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A HEXFET handles the DC switching [ultra low resistance ON state]. The RF signal passes through forward biased PIN diodes. I swap the bad FETs out when I have similar dud ported switches accumulated. The little FETs are llimited for current and can run hot to the touch. Will even burn your...

Some links I found to be interesting; while we wait for what, who knows? White Springs Media Home Page Victor M. Ives, Broadcaster Victor Ives presents In]In]In Memory TalkStar Radio Morning Co-Host Kim Matthews Dies 3-29-08 Courtesy of Radio Ink WHITE SPRINGS, FL -- March...

So, you downgraded their system to a galvanized [hollow] steel pole? How do you live with that? :)

. Glad someone is getting the good sat deals on eBay. I'm afraid to go there, for fear of collecting any more stuff over the long winter. This hobby is a magnet for cool things. I'd never turn-down a Pansat, or equivalent. The fun never ends...

Montana is there [SR:4.34], and the 30.000 SR group of PBS channels. Something on an SR of 4.444, too. I can't do HD, so no data to provide. Someone needs to blindscan using a quality dish that is known to be prime focused directly on the G-18 beam only. [check your PM's]

Sound like a good thing. I'm helping some friends add FTA to their TV, and a 2 for 1 on just G-18, is great news. I'm planting several fixed dishes on non-penetrating mounts, some will be multi-fed. Pictures to come, later. [I hope more feeds will show-up on G-18. A positive surprise...

I've been using a 1 meter Primestar [Channelmaster] dish to receive programming on G-18, and of course it works great. Today I rescanned and noticed PBS in the mix. At first I thought that maybe feeds were being relocated from next door at AMC-21. But, it must be my dish playing tricks on me...

Sad to hear the news. Receiving the signal by satellite was a wonderful thing. My mother much enjoyed it, for she was blind in her latter years, and bedridden in her final year when I cared for her. Many a night she would lie in bed enjoying the voices and music from programs she heard in...

FYI: "Another great feature of the receiver is the Signal Beep Sound. When turned on, this function beeps as you lock on to your satellite signal. It's an excellent and useful tool to use when you can not physically look at the monitor while aligning your satellite dish." Fortec Star...

Some Fortec models provide a user setting to switch on/off the audio tone for that function -- if you're unaware or haven't checked for that possibility. A re-flash of factory [updated] firmware is on the list too. When doing work outside at the dish, to view quality on a monitor, I've used...

That's the little devil, and they are larger when used on a C-band LNB. Now you need to add a small piece or pieces taken from another DRO. [Treat it as toxic material until proven otherwise. Do not grind to release powder into the air.] I removed a puck from another LNBF and cracked-off...

See post #5 in this thread for instructions to locate the archived info. Once you have read it over and if you decide to give it a try, I can provide the pictures that are now missing from my posts, if necessary. Only two modifications: The waveguide and the Dielectric Resonator Oscillator...

A few pictures of your effort would be priceless! :) You were doing fine, if this was the donor unit for the DRO ceramic material. Usually the hammer is the terminator, only called for after all else has failed. That you began with the hammer shows fearless ingenuity. -sidha

Actually, none of the cloned IRD's in their proof of concept projects will blindscan like a Pansat 25 or 2700 can, nor will it have the RS-232 data port. Doesn't matter if all you need is something that works for FTA channels that don't change parameters or sats much. I periodically checked...

I'm not so sure if that model has hardware or software based blindscan, but my Pansat outperforms on that function. Might want to keep that in mind if you intend to find wild feeds. Don't worry about the BIN it came with. If it works as FTA, fine; it might even work better with the...

Good to see an interest for hands-on projects whenever it appears. The FTA hobby projects are always fun to observe, and that makes coming here even more of a joy. This is interactive TV the way it should be. And on this I have some thoughts... The big problem with FTA is making oneself a...

If this kind of thing interests you, I still have the detailed photos that I took to illustrate the conversion process. Most or all of the pic links in the old thread have expired. There was some interest in this project again, last year, almost enough to start another active thread. When...

50/ 50 chance and you got lucky; it just happened to coincide with the polarity you needed. I've had that happen, but still try to skew the LNB by turning the entire dish, slightly. Also, I've had to reverse 12 and 18 volt control settings for the H/V switching, as some LNBF's are opposite to...

Just a quick setup and test for AMC4 on the SuperDish. Definitely not a clear shot to the sky. Also, the feed was modified; the Ku LNBF is offset. The readings below are for the strongest transponders, and would probably increase by at least 25% if the dish wasn't blocked by the deck railing...

***[Iceberg: Speaking of signals... I recently sent you a PM about the SuperDish. I still hoard a ton of stuff with more coming in, that I don't really need. Just had a package including a SuperD, drop shipped near Dallas TX, by a trucker friend of mine.]

11982H should be no problem on a SuperDish. I'm getting 95% quality with a .9 meter dish on a rough fix. Try locking on that transponder, the strongest. I'm sure I could get it rock solid on even an 18".

How would having DN prevent you from getting your FTA 'stuff'? Last I looked, FTA prevents the need for me to have DN.

AMC9 is what you want for RTN, per our previous conversation. Still not sure about the minimum dish size requirement for your location. I need to verify the quality numbers were I am, using a SuperDish. Too many of which that I'm going to start pushing them on friends who only see our local...

Good to see White Springs getting more coverage. May have something to do with them changing transponders. I hope they can improve the uplink compressed video, the quality of which is now quite the opposite of HD. Maybe they can come up with special glasses that will make it appear to look...

Reminds me of an engineering project where I built a minibike from a bicycle frame with added lumber. V-belt drive with no clutch, to a large pulley clamped to the spokes. The pulley was scrapped from a clothes dryer found in a dump; same for the engine. We need to start a gallery for...