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  1. climy

    Signal Strength vs Signal Quality

    Your right that was a bad example of a conversion table for db--but it's possible to have a lookup table in the STB signal quality code graphic display page--all a guess on my part however. And not questioning your knowledge. You seemed to be barking up the wrong tree because the point I...
  2. climy

    Signal Strength vs Signal Quality

    The STB supplier calculates percent. it's a unit less quantity. and so is db. however you can convert db to percent all day. http://www.lightmachinery.com/percent-to-dB-conversion-calculator.php from the manufacturer data on the tuner: STR (Strength): Gives signal strength as a percentage...
  3. climy

    Signal Strength vs Signal Quality

    The original poster never mentioned signal to noise in db and in that spirit, we are talking signal quality in percent which assumes full scale is unity or 100%. I never claimed any receiver measured db. updatelee just lamented the fact saying that db is the only way to measure s/n. true but...
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    Signal Strength vs Signal Quality

    Indeed. There is a data sheet for my tuner. STR (Strength): Gives signal strength as a percentage. A minimum level of 60% is required to ensure a quality signal. Signal Values Explained: STR (Strength): Gives signal strength as a percentage. A minimum level of 60% is required to ensure a...
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    Signal Strength vs Signal Quality

    The Reel Multimedia, Reelbox has Signal strength (STR), S/N, BER and UNC. On Ku it will go to near 100 STR and SNR. On the 1.8m (6ft) usually won't measure above 78 STR and 52 SNR. as long as BER is (0) zero, I get a good picture. BER is attempting to "correct" the image as long as there is...
  6. climy

    Reelbox Avantgarde I/II & III

    Posting some pictures for those who might be interested. It's a cool box; streaming video server from the tuners, shared hard drives, a lot of 3rd party tools support. As mentioned, I soldered an ATSC annex b clear QAM tuner, the (North America) version of a cable tuner to a Reel board. But...
  7. climy

    Reelbox Avantgarde I/II & III

    Brian, I like the Reelbox multi-tuner capability and with two DVB-2S tuners and a dual orthogonal feed x 2 lnb(s) connected, one H and one V bring down HD on C-band transponders. For cable, I asked them why not support the US standard, but that was not to be. I went as far as removing the...
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    Reelbox Avantgarde I/II & III

    Hi group; I guess I'm the only person in the US to own and successfully use a Reelbox AVG, media center in the States. It was dubbed the DreamBox Killer but sadly, there was not much support on this side of the world. I'd like to share my tips and tricks with yours if possible. I've had mine...
  9. climy

    New C-Band

    How do you switch them? do you use a actuator/dish mover?
  10. climy

    New C-Band

    Look up what kind of pole setting you'll need for it. Probably a hole at least 8' deep.
  11. climy

    Alignment TP for DW on 103W

    DW is ... Deutsche Welle. I was asking if there was a non PBS tp on this bird to help me align my dish for Deutsche Welle TP on 3740V. It's good to hear that folks report. The foot print is not out of bounds for where I live. So what setting are being used? is the tp DVB-S2? Are the...
  12. climy

    Alignment TP for DW on 103W

    I don't receive 3740V DW on 103W much at all. Just a glint now and then and there's not much to align to. Is there a good H or V transponder on that bird to help guide alignment to TP on 3740V? I have a 6 foot dish on the West coast. In the past, I've gotten DW with some success. I used a...
  13. climy

    Help identify Corotor Ku LNB

    I have two cable runs out to the LNB's using two tuners. If I use the dual feed, one for H and one V, receiver is LINUX programmed so I edit the config file for the satellite tricking the receiver to think all the transponders are horizontal. The trick powers the LNB into 18 V (horizontal) but...
  14. climy

    Cleaning a C/Ku corotator and LO Frequency of this LNB?

    Good ol Japanese electronic parts. They were the best.
  15. climy

    Help identify Corotor Ku LNB

    I should have also wiped down the outside of the Corotor too--looks like coffee splattered on it. Thanks for trying to look up the Ku lnb. That's an oldie part but I will try all the other settings you suggest. It may be the Ku antenna is not fully inserted as one cannot inspect that part of...
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    Cleaning a C/Ku corotator and LO Frequency of this LNB?

    Thank you for the advice. Yes I see that the servo adjusts H & V. I used it for manual adjustment while the weather is great outdoors. I have an Ortomode feed with H and V LNB's but there's not many FTA H transponders on 107.3W anyhow. I've never used a Ku LNB on this bird. Are there any...
  17. climy

    Help identify Corotor Ku LNB

    I have a 1.8m offset BUD. Yesterday I stopped by Dish Doctor and he handed over a free junk box Chaparral C/KU band Corotor with a Ku LNB. See the picture. I forgot to ask what the LO frequency was for this Ku LNB but tried 10750 settings on the receiver. Before this, I gently cleaned the...
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    Cleaning a C/Ku corotator and LO Frequency of this LNB?

    I got a free Chaparral C/KU band Corotor with a Ku LNB. I don't have any information from the manufacturer of this Ku LNB since it's a bit old. I gently cleaned the whole assy to remove dirt and corrosion inside the tube. Doing this, I removed the inner Ku tube and waveguide parts. I noticed...
  19. climy

    Mini-Bud is back!

    My 6 ft Andrews is pulling in 107.3W unencrypted C-band HD MUX S/N 60. I got some time today and attached a Ku Lnbf bracket. It's 6 degrees apart getting a few Ku channels on 101W. The TPC HD and BVN S/N is 58. It's a stationary set up with C-band Lnb in the middle. Once, I moved the C-band...
  20. climy

    Live Greek Television Online via Stream - Ideas?

    Best bet is satellite. Check out lyngsat for FTA Greek language channels. Free TV from Greece - LyngSat available in north America. Get a FTA recever and or do a streaming sever to a PC with content. If your locked onto one transponder/channel you can watch that 24/7 for pretty cheap. Your...
  21. climy

    6' Panel Dish with Feedhorn?

    I thought I'd share to the users here how I solved the H and V switching problem on my orthomode feed, 1.8 m C-band setup. I feed cables to each of the Norsats into their own tuner. I tweaked the sources.conf and transponders files to think they were separate sats. I set both to H to get 13V...
  22. climy

    Simplay HD-Verified control with Bravia HDMI

    Either this is a no brainer issue or this topic is completely un-registered/unknown-request/need/or idea on anybody radar--at least on line. Can anyone help? I have a Harmon Kardon AVR147 with Simplay HD-Verified for compatability with the HDMI connection--and I assume a new Sony Bravia is not...
  23. climy

    LNB alignment on 1.8m C-band (small FTA dish)

    Skew and focal depth Adjustments Thank you. It's been a fun ongoing project.
  24. climy

    LNB alignment on 1.8m C-band (small FTA dish)

    I installed a 1.8m Channel master offset dish to improve my FTA viewing on C Band--I liked the idea of the mini-bud. I removed the Ku bracket and fabricated new (from others, as seen on this site) that attached the flat scalar with emt box clamps. The flat scalar holds the BSC-621-2d. I used...
  25. climy

    pics of the dish farm...post yours too :)

    18", 1.8m and 36" offset They're leaning up against the fence. A comparison. Climy