Recent content by mattopia

I made some additional adjustments today to fine tune the Slimline. I forget which transponder I used on G19 (11867 I think), but with my FTA receiver connected before tweaking I was at about 45% Q. I was able to tweak it up to 54-55% Q. I bet I could squeeze a bit more out but didn't want to...

I've had a Slimline kicking around in the garage for a few years and just couldn't scrap it. I've been playing with Outernet for several weeks and figured I'd try the Slimline as a dedicated Outernet dish. I ordered an LNBF and "universal mount" from ke4est on eBay. I mostly used information...

I have the 90cm geosatPRO and the LNBF that came with it, and I'm having excellent results with 125W and nearly every other bird. Wildfeeds that pop up can sometimes be a bit weak if they are DVB-S2, and I have not had luck yet with the Montana PBS, but overall I think you'll have very good...

It's possible I am watching a DVB-S2 feed right now on AMC9 with 52% quality and no issues. I get 62-63% on the LPB mux (up a bit after tweaking the dish today) and I'm still having issues. Sometimes it will be fine for 10-15 minutes. I tried a few minutes ago, hoping the few extra % Q would...

Well I'm feeling better knowing that it's not just me! It does seem that, after tweaking, it will "fix" itself now after a few moments. Previously I would have to change to a different TP and back. I get 125W just fine, so it's not a huge deal, but it sounds like there might be occasional...

On SES 3, the NBC muxes are spot on when compared to sathint.com. They are spot on with the ABC News mux on Galaxy 17 as well. On Galaxy 16, the RT/NHK mux shows as 12040 / 26666 on the STB and 12036 / 26666 on sathint.com, but the video is perfect despite the difference. The Newsource mux on...

I'm having a strange issue that seems to only affect the LPB mux on 87 west. I'm using a Manhattan DJ-1997, 90cm dish, and a geosatPRO PLL LNB. If I watch any of the channels on the LPB mux (11807 H 11149), they are fine for a few minutes and they slowly get choppy. A blindscan finds this at...

I don't know much about DVB-S devices on Linux (I'm struggling with a USB adapter myself), but I can tell you that usually the most helpful error messages for hardware will be found in the output of the dmesg command. From there, you can usually copy and paste your specific error into Google...

I was looking at the coverage maps for Hispasat and SES-4 earlier, and the North America transponders seem to fall in the 11.7-12.2 range. Are there any universal coverage transponders or is there any bleed over that I might receive with a universal LNB? I do need to eventually get a dual...

I thought I'd share this with you guys. When I chose where to put the dish, I knew I wouldn't get anything east of about 85W due to a large tree, and it's proved true for 72W where I get no signal. I've been debating on adding a second dish to pick up some things my motorized 90cm won't get...

Exactly - I set the motor to the "motor latitude" listed (my latitude), and I set the dish elevation to the elevation # provided. It was almost spot on. Set the skew on your LNBF to zero!

Thank you! I've learned that lesson before. My trick has been to mulch around the post/cable a bit - makes it look a little nicer too. I'll do PVC instead if I'm feeling too lazy to 'landscape' in the Spring. EDIT: The more I think about it, I should do both! I'd hate to have to run all of...

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I use MythTV as a backend for recording OTA and I use Kodi (aka XBMC) as a frontend for watching recorded content. It took a little bit of effort to set up, but it's been rock solid ever since. I'm just getting into FTA and am going to look into using a USB DVB-S dongle to integrate FTA with...

Wrapped things up (mostly) today - just have a bit of wire cleanup/organization to do and probably a little landscaping in the spring. Here are the pics as promised! Plumity-plum-plum: My cable-trenching method - Use a garden spade to cut down to below the sod, lift up, tuck the wire under...