Recent content by Brct203

I think you are giving the US government way too much credit here. I doubt very much that they care about those small motorized dishes, if they even know what they are in the first place. Instead, I think it simply comes down to the market. True legit FTA in US/Canada is mostly a hobby, and the...

and what's nice with a 6ft is that it's small enough to be a portable setup, which is nice for experimenting

I travelled last week to the Adirondacks and in 2017 to TN. Great experience both times!

i get them on my Edision enigma2 receiver but I don't think I get them on my Amiko miniHDre. I suppose that maybe the Amiko chokes on the high number of services? Note that many (if not most) of those "radio channels" are empty

the most detailed info I could find is Skybox F3 HD PVR Satellite Receiver so from the specs it looks like a standard receiver from 5-10 years ago, DVB-S2, h.264. Definitely useable, except for the HEVC channels (which are quickly becoming more common). For that reason alone, I would not spend...

I think DW is actually 5/6 FEC so requires 9.4dB, so that's even less of a margin. Definitely a difficult one. I lose it at the slightest rain or even with thick clouds.

if you take a picture of the Eiffel Tower and label it Tower of London, you might think it's the Tower of London, but it's still the Eiffel Tower and it's still in Paris... in other words, the satellite names in the receiver are only there to keep things organized. When you scan, the receiver...

i have an opportunity to buy a used Octagon SF8008 combo. Does anyone here have any experience with it and is it good? I already have an OSMIO4K, i like the gigabit LAN on the Octagon, but not sure how the rest of the performance and useability comp[ared to the MIO4K thoughts?

very interesting information and screenshots! Thanks for sharing. about the Dawnco filters, what kind of price range are we talking about?

they should all be turned on as their voltage is what will control which polarity they will "see". Plus if it's an unpowered switch that's what actually powers the switch and the LNB(s)

yes my Amiko miniHDre will do that - a blind scan will detect and display frequency and SR for very weak signals but it won't show any quality info unless it can lock. Very usefull when strugling to find a satellite. But until now the Enigma2 images that I have tried would list only what they...

that would be awesome! That's one area where my Amiko outshines the MIO, as a blindscan will find signals even is too weak to lock on. Very convenient when "hunting" indeed!

actually one drawback I'm seeing with TNAP 5 compared to 4.2 is the positioner setup... For some reason on TNAP 5 it's giving the SNR in dB only in integer increments, while it's otherwise giving at least one decimal (on the main screen or on the Signal Search screen). On 4.2 the positioner...

Awesome! Congratulations! Always nice to read about such nice hardware being brought back to use!

once it's off the dish, take it apart where the main tube is attached to the motor/gear assembly (it should have 2-3 torx screws) and see if the tubes are seized. I suspect that water got in and rusted the ACME screw/nut or the tubes. See what moves and what does not. The outer tube should slide...