Recent content by Titanium

I've replaced hundreds of those damaged and missing cover locks with nylon ties...

A repoint service call for a small KU dish at a commercial location near a major US city will be a minimum of $500.

If the interference times do not line up with the solar outage calculated times and duration, then it would be local. Have you identified the frequency and strength of the interference? I would set-up a spectrum scan from 3.7 - 4.2 GHz and capture and hold active carriers that are...

Most likely you are experiencing solar outages, when the sun lines up directly behind the satellite, twice each year (spring and Fall). This will happen for a few minutes each day for a week or more (up to 10 ten minutes at the peak). https://gi.globaltt.com/Tools/ToolsSolarOutage.aspx

Also, the LNBF appears to be installed in the clamp with the skew set to "0". The skew for 97W satellite from Florida should be rotated to approximately to +26.3° https://www.dishpointer.com

1.8m dish is not suitable for the majority of C-band signals. Don't waste you money motorizing for C-band. The beamwidth to too wide for C-band and it will receive signals from adjacent satellites. This would be a good reflector for KU, but it will not receive many more KU services than a...

They are DirecTV transponders. The STB detects and is logging the TPs, but is unable to decode the transport streams as they are not DVB compatible.

Use a PLL (Phase Locked Loop) or external referenced LNB(f) to reliably lock low Symbol Rate signals. DRO type LNB(f) drift too much on these narrow carriers.

Casey, Wishing you the best as you reorganize your selling model. You provide great sales and support services to the satellite hobbyists and I am honored to consider you as a good friend! I completely understand the reasoning behind your decision and I have been considering the pros and cons...

The 8 ft dish might provide enough gain to receive the stronger DVB-S C-band signals, but not adequate to receive signals with higher FEC rates and modulations requiring a higher SIgnal to Noise Ratio (SNR). The minimum diameter for a 3 degree beamwidth is over 7 feet, any smaller diameter...

There is an approximate 3dB attenuation when receiving circular polarity on a linear polarity feed and visa versa. Many satellite signals are strong enough to be attenuated 3dB and still decode. Just depends on the reflector size and if optimized. Will likely duplicate each transponder and...

Be certain that your longitude and latitude coordinates are entered correctly in the stb. Often the longitude East / West selection is selected wrong or not entered as a positive or negative number. Please take a screen shot of the USALS (GoTo X) motor configuration menu settings.

Not my point. Simply responding to the "shady" comment. Many reasons to connect to a network: device streaming, storage updating, apps, etc. Not saying anything about the STB performance. Yes, the "feature" can be disabled, but the STBs are typically shipped with key auto roll active by default...

Yep... Automatic Key Sharing, enabled in some of these receivers, by default. Connect to WiFi and the keys are downloaded from an offshore server.... Some of these guys aren't even aware that it is TOS. :oops:

A transponder at 3947 MHz is far below the band pass frequency range of 4000 - 4200 MHz and will not be received. The C140 and C240 BLUE filter LNBFs attenuate all signals outside the band pass. Simply put: you cannot filter out the frequency that you wish to receive. Save your money...