All:

Please view this post as a gentle request/suggestion - this post is most definitely not intended as a rebuke or flame ...

This list serves a number of purposes. I think some of the most useful purposes of this list are to allow folks to learn from other folks experiences and to build a searchable collection of community knowledge (I've had more that a few Google searches lead back to the amsat bb). In order to share experiences and learn from other's experiences I suggest that the well intended phrase "please reply off-list" be used only when it is obvious that the information to be shared is not of general interest (such as replying to an item for sale or participating in a heated dispute).

FWIW, I just happen to have a G5400 rotor pair and a Primestar dish sitting in the garage waiting to be installed in my back yard and am also interested in any responses to:

I've got a G5500 rotor on its way to my QTH very soon, to become a part of my station. I also have a Primestar dish, the really oblong one with a single feed arm, that I want to mount on the rotor. I need some suggestions about how to mount, balance, and calibrate the dish so I don't muck up the whole thing.

Please reply off-list

I suggest we view most of the questions asked on this list in the same manner that an instructor/teacher in high school or college might view a question from a student. If one student is asking a question the odds are that there are several folks who have the same question and can make good use of the answer(s).

Regards, JoeC K3FMA