Thank you, guys. TurboSat, I must agree that the new "anime" cartoons are strange. I grew up with Woody Woodpecker and Bugs Bunny... short time later Mickey Mouse Club. But we are probably going to persue #1's desires as a different project. First I have to get Mom and #3 back into the fold.
The 3.5 inch hand held compass did arrive today, really easy for my tired eyes to see. The smallest graduations are 2 degrees, with longer marks every 10. The main numbering goes by 20s, as in 20, 40, 60, 80, etc. I immediately noticed that the grid of our little city is about 4 degrees off of straight North/South. This I determined by looking at the straight-as-an-arrow curbstone of the street that runs away from us to the South.
I've got an family APB out on that little sat finder. We used it once about two months ago when we were using the Dish 500 with a circular LNB. WEC4104, to save you from having to search back through 3 pages of posts, let's just say that 3 months ago, my sons and I could not tell a pirate from a prince unless an eye patch was being worn. We were sold a combination that could not work for FTA, even though I told him I was after FTA.
Now we have the right pieces, it's just that the puzzle likes to move around. BTW: to any member considering buying a 4 foot dish, I love this GeoSat Pro that I bought from one of the sponsors at the top of the page. I can loosen all of the bolts for side to side adjustment, and the dish does not slip because of a metal tongue that protrudes over the top of the mast. This seems to me like a really nice design feature, that I had not noticed when the motor was in the way (yes, the motor is out of the mix until I can get a handle on this whole thing). Another nice feature is the rod that is used for elevation. I can completely loosen the two nuts on the side, and make adjustments up and down just using the rod. When I am ready, I tighten the nuts on the rod first, then go for the two on the side. Love this GeoSat Pro!
Okay, to continue, I have reduced the configuration down to just the mounting pole, the dish, the wires going down, and the receiver/TV set rig. There is no motor and no DISEqC switch currently for me to deal with. I'm still a noob. For anyone else that has been following this thread, member Anole pretty much told me to start out this way, keeping things simple at first, even mounting the dish on the ground if possible. If our house was not on the South edge of our property, the dish would be down there right now.
Now I need to print out WEC4104's instructions from above, and carry out the pertinent sections. Since we have not found the little sat finder, I will be leaving here shortly to drive over to the Jolly Roger and pick up a new one. Another ten bucks, but I can almost smell the FTA channels at this point.
The 3.5 inch hand held compass did arrive today, really easy for my tired eyes to see. The smallest graduations are 2 degrees, with longer marks every 10. The main numbering goes by 20s, as in 20, 40, 60, 80, etc. I immediately noticed that the grid of our little city is about 4 degrees off of straight North/South. This I determined by looking at the straight-as-an-arrow curbstone of the street that runs away from us to the South.
I've got an family APB out on that little sat finder. We used it once about two months ago when we were using the Dish 500 with a circular LNB. WEC4104, to save you from having to search back through 3 pages of posts, let's just say that 3 months ago, my sons and I could not tell a pirate from a prince unless an eye patch was being worn. We were sold a combination that could not work for FTA, even though I told him I was after FTA.
Now we have the right pieces, it's just that the puzzle likes to move around. BTW: to any member considering buying a 4 foot dish, I love this GeoSat Pro that I bought from one of the sponsors at the top of the page. I can loosen all of the bolts for side to side adjustment, and the dish does not slip because of a metal tongue that protrudes over the top of the mast. This seems to me like a really nice design feature, that I had not noticed when the motor was in the way (yes, the motor is out of the mix until I can get a handle on this whole thing). Another nice feature is the rod that is used for elevation. I can completely loosen the two nuts on the side, and make adjustments up and down just using the rod. When I am ready, I tighten the nuts on the rod first, then go for the two on the side. Love this GeoSat Pro!
Okay, to continue, I have reduced the configuration down to just the mounting pole, the dish, the wires going down, and the receiver/TV set rig. There is no motor and no DISEqC switch currently for me to deal with. I'm still a noob. For anyone else that has been following this thread, member Anole pretty much told me to start out this way, keeping things simple at first, even mounting the dish on the ground if possible. If our house was not on the South edge of our property, the dish would be down there right now.
Now I need to print out WEC4104's instructions from above, and carry out the pertinent sections. Since we have not found the little sat finder, I will be leaving here shortly to drive over to the Jolly Roger and pick up a new one. Another ten bucks, but I can almost smell the FTA channels at this point.
