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rv1pop

Last reply Mar 26, 2008 · posted in Free To Air (FTA) Discussion

Primestar LNBF challenge - Questions

We have had two days of very light winds so I got a chance to move the 75E mount and put up the 1M Primestar dish on it. I seached with the Fortec Star 4500NA and the "squealer meter" for about 5 hours yesterday and 3 hours today without a peep! I finally gave up for a while and put the 75E back on the mount. I had a whistle in seconds! Still have not found G10R - but getting close.

Since the 1M was a freebe and unknown condition, I am now very suspicious of the LNBF. Do both outputs have to be powered to use this?

What switch can I use to switch between the H and V outputs? And since I have two primestars, presuming I can get this LNBF working, can I hook these up with my other dishes/LNBF's to use my Mercury II with (most) all of the dishes I want to have?

I sure like the way the Mercury II works, a whole lot better than the 4500NA, but once I get the 4500NA programed, it seems to work very well, in fact seems to have a better threshold thta the Merc.

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gabshere

Mar 25, 2008

Do both outputs have to be powered to use this?

if this is the type i think it is one side has a H and the other has a V you can diesqc them together but only one side has to be powered but you will only get one polarity with out some type of switch / 22k or diesqc .....

these big dishes only seem harder to tune the wider dishes ( 37 X 24, 39 X 26) seem to point a bit higher these 1 meter ( or close ) look like they point a bit more towerd the ground . when i tune mine and point at my TS sat and the lnb arms are level then its about 10 degrees too high.

hook up the two primestars using a diesqc switch then you should be able to get them all on one box if you use a multiswitch ( one that feeds several dishes) then you can spread the output to up to 4 receivers at the same time.

rv1pop

Mar 26, 2008

Thanks George and Iceberg. The 4500NA blindscan is slow, and when it is done it drops all the scrambled list so you can not tell where you are. I watched and wrote done the TP's that had signal, and figured I might be looking at 119, but no Circ. LNB so did not even get NASA.

I lined up the 1M with the string that gave me G25 on my other dish and went from 0 to 45 on elevation with nothing on the squealer. The 75E came right up on it. There is a decal that says the H has to be powered to use one meter.
If this LNBF is dead, will the SATav. bullet focus in this holder? It fits, but is the FD correct? The two LNBF's are different.

Thanks for the information on the switches. It looks like a 4X4 multiswitch is going to be my next buy. I think I will be going for Many dishes - Maybe a motor on one to scan...

linuxman

Mar 26, 2008

If this LNBF is dead, will the SATav. bullet focus in this holder? It fits, but is the FD correct?

I have a Universal LNBF in my 1M Primestar dish, and it fits perfectly. I measured the distance from the face of the round Primestar LNBf to the front of the holder and put the Universal at the same distance. I can't tell any difference in the signal strength.

I am pretty sure the Bullet LNBF from SatAV is the same size as the universal with the plastic cover on. 40MM I think and you should be able to do the same thing with it.

Pismire

Mar 26, 2008

The Primestar lnbf that came with my 1.2m appeared to be dead as well. Never could get the thing to work so I put a Samsonic on there that I had laying around here. Works like a charm and fit right in the holder.

rv1pop

Mar 26, 2008

Thanks again for your information. That is what I hoped. I put the Bullet (Universal) on the 1M but did not hook it up. If I can find more of the Primestar dishes and/or LNBs I will certainly use them.

I am looking at what I want to watch, and it looks like 7 or 8 LNB's fixed on KU would be a good idea, maybe 1 or 2 with motors and whatever I can get on C band - I have one 10 foot dish to get up. If I do not go with multi dishes on a pole, or a truss setup, my dish foundation needs to be at least 28 feet long already!

I am trying to get some work done inside today as the wind is picking up and we had snow last night! It is about 35* with wind hitting about 25 MPH. I do not have my wind chill chart - but it is COLD. I may swap my Mercury II for my 'bounce around' 4500NA, today, so I can scan better. The price was right on the 4500's and they do not loose signal quite as fast as the Merc. so I am not unhappy with them.
Thanks again.

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Scott Greczkowski

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Song Name Game Part 3!

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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

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Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

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reubenray

Last reply Today at 10:36 AM · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Laptop Shutting Off When On Battery?

Lately my eight year old Dell laptop has been shutting off even when I have a full battery. I have had to keep it plugged up all the time to keep this from happening. Any idea what is causing this? I replaced the battery about three years ago.

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arlo

Today at 10:09 AM

A recalibration might be needed. Even if it shows full, the individual cells may have become unbalaced. And the BMS chip in the battery reports false information to the pc.
Try this. Start it up in the bios/uefi and leave it there until the battery dies and it shuts off.
It might just keep running longer than in Windows. Or run for a short while and shut off.
If it's the first case. Probably just needs a balancing. If the latter, the pack might just be dead.
Not throwing stones but perhaps just a cheaply constructed battery with substandard cells. Could be.

Patience. Keep restarting it in bios/uefi until it won't fire up anymore.
Then plug the charger in and let it complete a full charge. And see what happens. If it's better.
Do the same thing one more time. Run it until it dies dead-dead. Then just let it charge, pc shut off.
When charged, it might be better. It might not be.

There are bench jigs that read the actual BMS and override it to let a tech manually monitor and charge the separate packs. They can also reset any "time bombs" in it that cause an otherwise good pack to show bad.
Maybe Santa will be good to me some year.

You might just need a new battery. Maybe the PC power management chip is going. A Dell common thing.
Leaving a laptop plugged in with a full battery is known to reduce the life. Asus for one recommends that you don't leave the charger plugged in all of the time even when shut down. And setting Windows to charge the battery to 85% instead of 100% increases life.
That's all I got.

dishstaller

Today at 10:36 AM

arlo said:
That's all I got.

That was quite enough....I definitely learned something from your post. Thanks

TRG

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Last reply Today at 10:27 AM · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Starlink Router question

I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

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b4pjoe

Saturday at 2:12 PM

TRG said:
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

If you can't get into the router to reserve an IP address just don't use DHCP on the device that needs connected and assign it to a specific IP address in the network settings.

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HipKat

Saturday at 11:07 PM

TRG said:
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

They are not. Your best bet is to set up a third-party router, attached to the Starlink for your server, that you can get into, like a Linksys, etc

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Foxbat

Sunday at 12:44 AM

TRG said:
…it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

The Starlink V5 Install Kit I just got comes with the Mini Router. It is pretty limited in what it can do. For example, it can provide only one IP subnet at a time, no Guest Network, but it does support the pass-thru to a third-party Router. You can also split the Wi-Fi into separate 5 GHz & 2.4 GHz SSIDs to help some IoT devices that don't support 5 GHz bands to work.

The larger Starlink Router that still comes with the V4 Kit does support a Guest Network with separate IPv4 Subnet, but it's $120 from Starlink. And it still won't do DHCP Reservations.

harshness

Sunday at 11:46 AM

If you can restrict the DHCP address space to assign addresses to one end of the subnet (i.e. x.x.x.50+), you can manually assign the IP address on pretty much any operating system. This is a default behavior on several popular routers. As the Router Mini only supports 235 devices, I expect that's already done.

Another option is to use a router that supports PoE to power the antenna. This article discusses that option (under PoE Power heading):

Starlink V5 Is Here: What RVers Need to Know

Overview of the new Starlink V5 model along with comparison to the previous V4 model along with a recommended setup for mobile internet users.

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Foxbat

Today at 10:27 AM

Now that I've had the v5 kit with the Mini Router, it's not as bad as I first thought. Yes, no DHCP reservations, but you can set up multiple SSIDs that have separate IPv4 subnets, and like the big brother, you can select from 192.168.x.0/24 or 10.x.0.0/16 (where "x" is 1-4).

You can also split a subnet and have different SSIDs for the 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz channels to handle some IoT devices. I haven't discovered what subnet the 2nd NIC on the router assigns, I'm guessing it's the first subnet.

dishstaller

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Last reply Today at 10:27 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

I think we could all use a laugh - Rodney Dangerfield on Carson

Good...simple humor. Enjoy

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E92AtfTLge4

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Jimbo

Today at 12:37 AM

Not Rodney, but a laugh ...

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WHEcmortfK0?feature=share

dishstaller

Today at 10:27 AM

Sorry for posting the wrong link. Just corrected it.

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Last reply Today at 10:17 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

At least 64 dead in Spanish passenger train collision

Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

At Least 64 Dead After Two High-Speed Trains Collide In Spain | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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Jimbo

Yesterday at 11:24 AM

dishstaller said:
Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

At Least 64 Dead After Two High-Speed Trains Collide In Spain | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

They will have to look at the switching sections to determine WHY 2 trains were on the same track ... at the same time.

dishstaller

Today at 10:17 AM

Thought this article might be of interest to some of you who might travel via train.

The safest seat to sit on in a train

Safety experts have shared top tips on train safety after a fatal railway crash in Spain killed 69 people, including where the safest place is in an emergency.

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