Recent content by Brct203

i'd be worried that the windows pass-through would be lighter gauge since it needs to be thin and flexible. I woudl suggest monitoring its temperature

by default they are not copied and just get erased whenever you restert the box. However if you have a connected usb drive, create a folder in it named "ServiceScan" (make sure the spelling and case is correct), then the service scan logs go in there are are preserved. As far as I know, the...

yes go to the menu - Plugins - look for "InfoBarWeather" and select that. In there you can enter your nearest city. Note that the country names are spelled in Dutch, and in my case, no matter what US city I select it just displays it as United States (Verenigde Staten). So it seems a bit buggy

yeah that does sound like the arm itself is badly damaged (probably stripped screw). Not something that can be easily fixed. might be worth keeping an eye on Facebook marketplace and Craigslist for anyone getting rid of an old C-band dish in your area, with some luck you'll find one with an old...

I'm not particularly familiar with that specific actuator, but there are basicaly 3 main components, and all could have suffered from degradation over time: - the motor - the gears - the acme screw and nut (or equivalent) Looks like the gears had plenty of grease so might be ok My suggestion...

has anyone here tested TNAP 6.0 a bit further? I just installed it ( build from April 27) and so far it seems stable. a few observations: - network interface seems fine - did not play with it but also didn't have to, the box is accessible from my network with Putty so it must be ok - remote...

are you talking of the main motor (the one that would move the satellite dish east-west in the intended application) or the polarization servo motor? if it's the main motor it can drive any typical 36 volt actuator, and the feedback is with pulses just like is still used today. Note that it...

i think i read somewhere a long time ago that the polarity og AnikF3 is switchable from circular to linear a regular dish500 LNBF (made for typical DBS range, with LO=11250) would not work on Anik F3 (11.7-12.2), unless you have an OSMIO4k/plus running TNAP 5.1 with the modified driver that...

how do you record a full transponder dump? I have an Enigma2 receiver, but i think that only records the specific program, not the full transponder, right I also have an old DVBWorld PCI card, but i'm not sure if it can lock those high-bitrate transponders (I'm asking out of curiosity as...

$300 is a bargain... While I already have a BUD (plus a spare one), the norsat and dish movers are something I would be interested in - that alone is well worth the cost. But that would mean driving all the way from CT to SC and back, and I can't even imagine how expensive it would be to ship...

as far as I know, there's capacity in that band on 4 satellites that cover North America: - Hispasat 6 @30W (not 100% certain, and I have never seen any info of it being used) - SES6 @ 40W (it was being used at some point, but not seeing anything listed at this time) - Amazonas @ 61W - according...

that's cool, thanks for sharing! I was just looking at the list of satellites and noticed that some are also receiveable in Western Europe (Türksat @42E for example). Also, maybe due to their geographical location, I notice that 177W is listed as 183E (just like Intelsat usually does), and...

just wondering, how old is the TV you're connecting to? Older TVs often have problems displaying 50 Hz frame rate (vs 60 Hz for regular North American video), and depending on the image you're using in the OSMIO4k or what it was set to last time, it might be defaulting to 50Hz. Hopefully you can...

It's a nice dish, definitely worth playing with, even on C-band, while understanding its limitations. I read earlier that you ordered a C/Ku LNBF. Just be aware that in most cases, those are ok on C-band but can be very mediocre on Ku. So you might want to also get a Ku-only LNBF (it's cheap)...

you might still see some VHF band 1 antennas on older roofs in the Netherlands as channel E4 was used for Nederland1 TV at the Lopik transmitter (between Utrecht and Rotterdam), until the switch to digital about 15 years ago. Now for a cheap/easy way to get an ATSC 1 tuner, your best bets are...