Recent content by TheBUDGuy

Montana PBS is now on simulcasting on Galaxy 16 (99W) at 11718 H 2390, showing a reading of 11 dB using a 1.2m dish. Signal power for PBS on G16 has also increased, now at 13.6 dB.

I'm sure most here know this, but if not, HD04 (12145 H) and HD05 (12155 H) will shut off on June 1, the same day the main 12180 V transponder moves to 99W. A scrolling ticker has been on both feeds since May 3 concerning this.

Effective during your next billing cycle in April, YouTube TV will be raising its price from $64.99 to $72.99 a month. In addition, the 4K Plus add-on will be lowering in price, going from $19.99 to $9.99 a month. Part of email I received is below: We have an important update for our members...

That worked just fine. A few copy and paste actions in Google Translate did the trick. Thanks!

Today, I saw that the "West" LED was blinking twice after both "East" and "West" LEDs flashed normally three times. I've look around, but cannot find the included manual. It's around here somewhere, but I'm not yet sure where. For the moment, is there an accessible PDF copy?

I spoke too soon. 12180 V on 125W is gone here, now jumping between 7.7 db and 8.4 db. 12145 H is 10.7 db and 12155 H is 11.1 db. A quick check of the radar shows rain at the uplink site in Alexandria, VA.

Coming in at around 16.3 dB here using a 1.2m dish. The transponder is also being simulcast on G16 (99W), but it is slightly weaker.

I was able to figure out the problem. The cause was a defective LNB. Replacing the LNB fixed the issue. I noticed that if I disconnected the cable that led from the LNB to the motor, the motor would work just fine. Connecting the cable caused the problems mentioned above to occur. I still took...

I believe I've got an extra power supply that just might work; it has 2 amps. I will also try replacing the ends of the cables to see if that helps as well. I use high quality cable with compression connectors, so hopefully replacing the ends allows me to get more use out of this cable.

I've been using the power supply that came with the Amiko Mini. It's only 1.5 amps. I didn't consider that the power supply may have been too weak. I'll check the voltage with the meter later today while I perform some more tests. I'm starting to feel some confidence that this isn't a motor...

Update: I went outside and used two new cables, one went from the LNB to the motor and the other went from the motor to the receiver. At first, the motor would turn the dish fine, but then, as the dish would move, it would start to gradually move slower until it came to a stop. There would be no...

I recently purchased an Amiko Mini H265, which arrived yesterday. I’ve been using an Amiko DM3800 motor since October 2020 and it has worked great. However, yesterday, something happened. When I connected the coaxial cable to the Amiko, everything was working fine. About 15 minutes afterward, I...

I've mainly kept my dish on 125W for PBS for years. Before July 2021, lots of PBS content was fed on their 3 feed channels: HD03 (in the 12180 V mux), HD04 (12145 H), and HD05 (12155 H). You could catch shows a few days or a few weeks before they aired on HD01 or elsewhere. I made sure to record...

I think the dispute has been settled. The ESPN channels are back and my DVR recordings of ESPN have returned. EDIT: Confirmed by YouTube TV on Twitter. View: https://twitter.com/YouTubeTV/status/1472657141789904899?s=20

I just really don't want to spend $30+ on an old analog receiver and find out C-SPAN won't come in. I've looked around on various forums and nobody has answered this particular question, to my knowledge. I should note, I’m in the 42dBW region of the footprint for 131W.