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OTA select duplicate channels

Hello everyone. I live in a deep fringe area but with a lot of effort and expense I am able to receive OTA channels. Two channels are broadcast on both high VHF and UHF from different towers. The UHF signal strength and quality is much better than the VHF, but the Dish channel scan always picks the VHF version, I suppose because they come up first. As a result I frequently lose signal or get breakups when trying to watch these OTA channels through Dish.

I tried unhooking my VHF antenna (I have separate VHF and UHF antennas) and doing a scan, and that got the UHF version of those channels and the signal strength increased by about 10 points. But doing this loses channel 8 which is only VHF, so that isn't acceptable.

Is there a trick to get the Dish scan to pick the UHF version of duplicate channels? I have a HWS with the latest update and the AirTV dual tuner dongle.
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mwdxr1 wrote: Isn't ch 37 supposed to be the highest UHF channel now used. All of our translators are below 37 here (17-21-23-26-34).

Stations are going through the process of moving to the channels below 37, but the process won't be complete until the fall of 2010. Stations are divided into 9 phases, and stations in the last phase don't change until the Spring of 2010.

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larrykenney said:
mwdxr1 wrote: Isn't ch 37 supposed to be the highest UHF channel now used. All of our translators are below 37 here (17-21-23-26-34).

Stations are going through the process of moving to the channels below 37, but the process won't be complete until the fall of 2010. Stations are divided into 9 phases, and stations in the last phase don't change until the Spring of 2010.

Larry
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Phase 10 completion date is July 3, 2020.

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larrykenney said:
mwdxr1 wrote: Isn't ch 37 supposed to be the highest UHF channel now used. All of our translators are below 37 here (17-21-23-26-34).

Stations are going through the process of moving to the channels below 37, but the process won't be complete until the fall of 2010. Stations are divided into 9 phases, and stations in the last phase don't change until the Spring of 2010.

Larry
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There is a great disturbance in the timeline. :facepalm

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sam_gordon said:
Phase 10 completion date is July 3, 2020.

Transition Schedule
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Does that include translators, by 2020, or will that be later. By 2020 we should be on the way to 3.0 also.
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Does that include translators, by 2020, or will that be later. By 2020 we should be on the way to 3.0 also.
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I *THINK* translators are being done in the same time frame. And what do you mean by "on the way to 3.0"? Transmission equipment is being sold as "3.0 ready", but there are still a lot of steps before it's wide spread. Go try to buy a 3.0 receiver. And 2020 is a little over a year away.
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There is a great disturbance in the timeline. :facepalm

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I wrote: "Stations are going through the process of moving to the channels below 37, but the process won't be complete until the fall of 2010. Stations are divided into 9 phases, and stations in the last phase don't change until the Spring of 2010.

Oops... change those 2010's to 2020. :)
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I *THINK* translators are being done in the same time frame. And what do you mean by "on the way to 3.0"? Transmission equipment is being sold as "3.0 ready", but there are still a lot of steps before it's wide spread. Go try to buy a 3.0 receiver. And 2020 is a little over a year away.
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Yes, but at nearly 70 a year goes by pretty darn fast. :-). I have read that the first 3.0 conversions will be like a HDMI stick that will include the new tuner. Our local translators are 34 and under so that will not affect us. I know several CE's in the Portland area are waiting for 3.0 as they will be able to add more channels. I way a TV station can make more ad money.
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I seem to recall reading that ATSC tuner boxes should come on the market in 2019.

I think the price will be "interesting" until someone subsidizes them.

Anyway, it's a chicken or the egg kind of scenario.


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mwdxer1 said:
Yes, but at nearly 70 a year goes by pretty darn fast. :). I have read that the first 3.0 conversions will be like a HDMI stick that will include the new tuner. Our local translators are 34 and under so that will not affect us. I know several CE's in the Portland area are waiting for 3.0 as they will be able to add more channels. I way a TV station can make more ad money.
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CE's really don't have much of a choice on when they go to 3.0. That decision will come from corporate. :)

I agree the first 3.0 receivers will be some kind of stand alone box that can hook to the TVs (sort of like the digital converter boxes that supported analog TVs a decade ago).
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FAST Channels added to DIRECTV Stream/Internet

DIRECTV Stream/Internet added Ch 4105 SportsGrid
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Now live:
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It only took them 41 days to announce it
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Tech News Weekly 461

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What's For Lunch?

We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so... :)
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
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add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
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iPhone Duo's First Concert! Revis!

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Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

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

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

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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Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

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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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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.
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arlo said:
That's all I got.
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That was quite enough....I definitely learned something from your post. Thanks
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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):

mobilemusthave.com

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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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.
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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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Sorry for posting the wrong link. Just corrected it.
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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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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
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They will have to look at the switching sections to determine WHY 2 trains were on the same track ... at the same time.
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Thought this article might be of interest to some of you who might travel via train.

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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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