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    99W NBC and PBS muxes

    Figures. I had hoped maybe it was back in the clear.
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    NBC mux on 99 Ku

    Are you actually able to receive video and audio? My TBS6985 card will let me scan the channels into Tvheadend but nothing will actually play. The PBS mux comes in fine so I don't think the dish is out of alignment, at least not by much.
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    99W NBC and PBS muxes

    I think readings are relative, using a TBS 6985 tuner card for PBS I get SNR 12.4 dB and Signal Strength -47.8 dBm but it's quite possible that even a different TBS tuner card would report those differently. As for NBC, I can scan in their mux and it shows the four time zone feeds as well as...
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    zap2it is gone

    If by some chance you are still using the old zap2xml.pl script... sed -i 's/zap2it/gracenote/g' zap2xml.pl or if you are using it in Tvheadend and don't want to change all your EPG sources links... Edit zap2xml.pl and change the urlRoot value to $urlRoot = 'https://tvlistings.gracenote.com/';
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    How things have changed

    Don't forget that in addition to the OTA channels they could also offer the free ad supported channels (PlutoTV, TubiTV, Plex, etc.). I don't know if there would be any legal requirements around that but as a non-lawyer I would not think so because it would be the guest choosing to watch, and...
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    Testing the new Titanium C138 Performance Plus C Band LNBF

    Thanks for the update, and I am actually happy to hear you are holding out for a high quality product. I discovered that the "interference" I thought was 5G was actually caused by poor design of the tuner card I was trying to use, and switching to a different tuner solved the issue, so that...
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    TBS5580 - Third time's the charm?

    Okay, Scott, I understand your reasoning, however I will say this is not the norm - most other forums let you go back an edit posts even after quite some time. As for removing bad information in posts, I would attribute that to a sincere desire to remove bad information, not to make the member...
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    TBS 6903-X Professional with Tvheadend: Success!

    Just to confirm what I wrote above, see my post at TBS5580 - Third time's the charm? which confirms that it is NOT 5G interference that is the problem, it is something about the TBS6903-X card that is wonky. And yes, I wrote TBS6910SE above when I meant to say TBS6903-X! I REALLY wish this...
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    TBS5580 - Third time's the charm?

    After the failures with the TBS6910SE and the TBS6903X, I tried a USB connected tuner, specifically the TBS5580. Same dish, same LNB, connected to the same Tvheadend backend, but this time it appears to be working with no signs of the "interference" that plagued the TBX6903X. Unlike the USB...
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    TBS 6903-X Professional with Tvheadend: Success!

    Well, my final verdict is this: The TBS6910SE card is probably going to be returned. When I made my previous post I had assumed the issue was 5G interference, although that seems strange for a couple of reasons, one being that I am in a semi-rural area and there are no towers that I'm aware of...
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    TBS 6903-X Professional with Tvheadend: Success!

    I went out today and re-peaked the dish and I am getting a good strong signal but the problem persists. My guess is that it seems that DVB-S2X is far more susceptible to 5G(?) interference. I have never had an issue with that before, even with that same dish and LNB, but the interference I am...
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    Testing the new Titanium C138 Performance Plus C Band LNBF

    It's now "next year" :) and the question is are we even getting close to the release of the blue filter models? I ask because it appears that DVB-S2X signals are far more impacted by this issue than regular DVB-S2 or DVB-S signals, especially at certain times of the day, and even though I have...
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    TBS 6903-X Professional with Tvheadend: Success!

    Well sadly that went downhill fast, LOTS of breakups and signal loss, Tvheadend reports a whole lot of errors. It is possible the dish need to be re-peaked but as of now the signal is unwatchable.
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    TBS 6903-X Professional with Tvheadend: Success!

    So for those who saw my previous post, TBS6910SE with Tvheadend: Total failure to receive, I just wanted to say that I returned that card and got a TBS 6903-X professional instead. Preliminary results are it does work, including for DVB-S2X. Here are the settings I used in Tvheadend to receive...
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