Recent content by mkv7196

That's a huge difference between the lnb rod mounting points. Maybe they sent you the wrong sized lnb rods? Can you measure the length of your lnb rods?

Another observation I've noticed is that there is almost no interference during the night (say 10pm-7am). Mostly happens during the daytime.

It happens on most transponders but is less & less frequent as the dish is moved away from true south and towards satellites lower on the horizon.

Anyone made a terrestrial shield for their dish? I seem to be getting some interference every now and again (shows up as packet losses in dvb card software / pixelated screen on tv). I was thinking of getting a large cardboard box and wrapping one side with aluminum foil and putting it on each...

Does a 10ft dish work well for a multi-lnb setup in order to get 2 satellites that are 2 degrees apart? Anyone have this setup? What kind of typical signal loss would the 'offset' 2nd lnb experience?

I've got some left over mesh panels (6 out of 8). Anyone tried using a 10ft dish with only 75% of the available mesh panels? I'm going to try it out and see if it works on at least some of the stronger transponders like gdmx on 99.2w.

Which part of the scalar should be lined up with the markings on the lnbf? The back edge of the scalar that's pointed by the arrow here? http://i.imgur.com/7XHKrXd.jpg

Does it matter if the motor portion of the actuator is at the top or bottom? I was playing around with an actuator today and noticed that if the motor was positioned to the left or right side the actuator would stall on some portitions, while if it was at the top or bottom it would be fine.

I tried tsreader and it looks like the uncorrectable 'TEI errors' in it corresponds to the packet losses counter in dvbdream. I don't have a spectrum analyzer to look for terrestrial interference. Would something like the rf scanner in ebspro work as a substitute? I think even with an actual...

I believe these packet losses are actually corrupted data after FEC is done. In dvbdream there's a packet loss counter that shows the # of bad packets based on the continuity counter field of a transport stream. This field increments by one for each packet and if this field doesn't do that it...

I recently got a PCI card for my computer and have noticed that during the daytime I get packet losses (maybe 10-100 packets lost every few hours). During the night time it's almost perfect with no packet loss. The signal strength remains high 11-15 dB, yet the packet losses still occur for some...

I have a pci card in my computer and use the ebspro android app to tune my dish. It speaks out the SNR value every time it changes so that you can use both hands and eyes for adjusting the lnb/dish.

No, ASC1 number count stays the same but dish moves.

I have a Venture MA-810-24K actuator and ASC1 positioner. I'm getting this message on the positioner Reach W/E limit? Limit switch/sensor? Motor blocked? If I manually keep clicking west or east the dish moves one click at a time. There isn't any software limit set on the asc1 and the actuator...

Is software like ebspro a good way to peak the dish? I'm getting some odd inconsistencies with it. For example, 3844H on 99.2w is showing as 59% in ebspro but in dvbdream it's 84%. Which number should be trusted? I occasionally see packet losses when I'm monitoring the signal with dvb software...