Recent content by skipticum

Thanks Fat Air. Somehow I'm not getting them with my S10.

Thank you all for the feedback. I’ve realized that’s not an easy task. From what’s suggested so far, I take it that welding a pipe extension of 4.5” O.D. is the best option. Nevertheless, I do have another option (may be easier option) and that’s to raise the legs of the tripod up by placing...

Sergei, right now I'm barely getting 103W over the edge of my roof (I'm only getting the strongest TPs, i.e., Ion). With 2 to 3inch snow accumulation, I loose signal completely. ACRadio, I have no means of welding the pipes together (I don't have the tools). Thanks.

Is TP 4020 H on 101W still around? Thanks.

I have an 8 ft Unimesh mounted on a tripod of a 4.5" O.D. pipe. The total height from the ground is approximately 5 ft (may be 6 feet, I haven't measured yet). I like to extend the pole height by 2 to 3 feet using a pipe extension of the same O.D. as the existing one. The chalenge is in keeping...

Radio, you've mentioned in post #2 above that you have the openbox s10 with VERSION CHS2-11-10-10. Is this FW file name? I do have the same version in my openbox s10 (chipset 1015), but I noticed when I turn the unit off with the remote control, I get a blank LCD at the front, no stanby light...

I checked and the Openbox S10 I've got is legit (e.g., original). I guess I got lucky this time. I hooked it up and it's working great (it helps to have almost perfect dish alignment and orthomode lnbf for those s2 signals). I do noticed few issues, such as no stanby light when turned off with...

I have no problem at all with both RTV TPs with my 8 ft Unimesh and dual orthomode LNBF. My problem though is with the outdated information listed in lyngsat about these muxes. I do frequently rely on lyngsat to updated TPs, and according to lyngsat these muxes still include Network affiliates...

Is a price tag of $78 (canadian) a reasonable price for a new openbox S10? Recently I won an ebay bid for the above from a canadian seller (the buy it now price was $99). Shipping is free in Canada. When I looked through out the web for S10, I couldn't see a price lower that $100, when...

I’d like to know whether it is relevant to place an offset ku LNB at the east side of the main LNBF of a C dish to catch the western satellites, and vice versa for the eastern satellites. My C dish is motorized and can move from 103 W to 27.5 W. I recently added a ku LNB (placed east of the main...

recently I've been entertaining the idea of acquiring a DVB-S2 receiver to be able to get additional channels. However, after I looked at the channel lineup that use DVB-S2 format I realized that I get may be 99% of them in DVB-S. Most of the interesting DVB-S2 muxs composed of channels of the...

Why don't you try it without the multiswitch? I do have an ortho LNBs and I do get both polarities V and H fine without a multiswitch.

Thanks crackt. I'll give it a try

It seems this is the problem I have now, but with the C-dish moving when the ku-dish is intended. Could you please explain more about "program your vbox using diseqc 1.2 positions beginning around 30". The other thing that I find annoying is when I need, let say, fine east/west adjustment for...

Can anybody suggest best setup to connect my one receiver to both my ku dish with a motor and my c-dish with an actuator, using the newly acquired V-BOX x. Currently, I'm using a diseq 4x1 switch for both c-dish (with orthomode LNBF V and H) and ku motorized dish. Am I going to loose my ku...