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voomvoom

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Last reply Apr 15, 2019 · posted in Linux / Enigma OS Support

SDR - Software Defined Radio

I have questions, hope someone can help?
I have one of these devices, and I got it for my (one of) enigma2 receiver
Trying to use it with the satdreamgr6 (not the NA project) image on an sf4008
The plugin is pre installed with the image, but I'm getting nowhere with it
I get a sound, but it's an annoying whistling, and it does that on all modulations
Do I need to install other drivers to get it to work?
Can someone point me in the right direction please?
It would be much appreciated..!!!

The above being said, I also have downloaded the recommended software for use on WIN7,
It had a driver problem, that I couldn't overcome, however.....
I loaded the software for WIN10 and it went smoothly, so I have the Dongle working great on WIN10,
Not that I know how to use it...??? Very ignorant here..!!!
Been listenng to AM local radio, FM local radio, Weather local radio, Air radio (pilots & towers), and
Short Wave. It would be really cool to get it working on my sf4008..!!!

Any help would really be appreciated..!!
Thanks..!!!!

Al

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comfortably_numb

Apr 15, 2019

voomvoom said:
I have questions, hope someone can help?
I have one of these devices, and I got it for my (one of) enigma2 receiver
Trying to use it with the satdreamgr6 (not the NA project) image on an sf4008
The plugin is pre installed with the image, but I'm getting nowhere with it
I get a sound, but it's an annoying whistling, and it does that on all modulations
Do I need to install other drivers to get it to work?
Can someone point me in the right direction please?
It would be much appreciated..!!!

The above being said, I also have downloaded the recommended software for use on WIN7,
It had a driver problem, that I couldn't overcome, however.....
I loaded the software for WIN10 and it went smoothly, so I have the Dongle working great on WIN10,
Not that I know how to use it...??? Very ignorant here..!!!
Been listenng to AM local radio, FM local radio, Weather local radio, Air radio (pilots & towers), and
Short Wave. It would be really cool to get it working on my sf4008..!!!

Any help would really be appreciated..!!
Thanks..!!!!

Al

What sort of antenna are you using with it?

Titanium

Apr 15, 2019

What is the tuner dongle chipset? RTL2832U?

If so, Install the Enigma2 Plugin, plug in the RTL-SDR dongle, reboot, start the Enigma2 Radio plugin and that is all.

If a setting needs adjusting, press Menu from inside the plugin for gain, sampling etc. "Enable Direct Sampling" setting should be set to "Disabled". Press Green "Save" then Exit the plugin and start the Enigma2 plugin again to operate with new settings applied.

If you still are having problems, press the Blue button to display the Log, screen capture with WebIF or digital camera and share the image with us.

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voomvoom

Apr 15, 2019

comfortably_numb said:
What sort of antenna are you using with it?

I got this from the RTL-SDR store:
RTL-SDR Blog R820T2 RTL2832U 1PPM TCXO SMA Software Defined Radio with Dipole Antenna Kit
But, I also have since gotten an adapter (SMA to Type F) and I'm using my outdoor fm antenna

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comfortably_numb

Apr 15, 2019

I wonder if I could just connect it to the OTA antenna I have in my attic?

Titanium

Apr 15, 2019

comfortably_numb said:
I wonder if I could just connect it to the OTA antenna I have in my attic?

Yes, see my reply to this question in the other thread.

voomvoom

Apr 15, 2019

Titanium said:
What is the tuner dongle chipset? RTL2832U?

If so, Install the Enigma2 Plugin, plug in the RTL-SDR dongle, reboot, start the Enigma2 Radio plugin and that is all.

If a setting needs adjusting, press Menu from inside the plugin for gain, sampling etc. "Enable Direct Sampling" setting should be set to "Disabled". Press Green "Save" then Exit the plugin and start the Enigma2 plugin again to operate with new settings applied.

If you still are having problems, press the Blue button to display the Log, screen capture with WebIF or digital camera and share the image with us.

Thanks Brian, still ignorant here!!!
First I copied your instructions and printed them VERY LARGE
I use the same monitor so I had to leave SatGuys for a short period, to get to the device in question.
Still was not working, so I took time and looked for the plugin, to make sure it was loaded
On the plugin page it's called Enigma2 Radio, looks like it's loaded to me?
Looking in plugins download folder, it wasn't there so it must be loaded?
Still not getting the plugin to work? So, I look in the Remove plugins folder
I don't see Enigma2 Radio anywhere, but there is a plugin called sdradio (or something like that)
I go back and it still does not work? I go through the different modulations and still only hear the annoying whistling noise?
As it was on the FM modulation, I clicked OK......
BOOM..... I got sound..!!!
I guess I never clicked on OK before???
Thanks a MILLION Brian..!!!!!!
Even though it appears to be my own ignorance, I probably wouldn't have figure it out without your help..!!!!
Thanks..!!!!

Al

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Titanium

Apr 15, 2019

Great that you have it working!

The SDR radio plug in by McElliot has developed the latest version now called Enigma2 Radio that adds additional modulations (NFM, LSB, USB, AM, etc.) and expanded settings. This latest plugin version is preloaded The North American Project image and I believe also with SatDreamGR.

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Scott Greczkowski

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Last reply 6 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

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.

Example:

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Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne

Get it?

An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....

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Kiss - The Art Of Noise

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Beautiful Noise - Neil Diamond

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White Noise - Jessie Baylin

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dfergie

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Last reply 10 minutes ago · posted in TV Shows

NCIS: Origins

Hard getting used to the new younger Gibbs, Mark Harmons son had the right look but I understand he didn't want the role.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.

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dfergie

Today at 4:38 PM

Really good one with OG Gibbs bookending it...

reubenray

Today at 4:48 PM

dfergie said:
Really good one with OG Gibbs bookending it...

Will the OG Gibbs be on NCIS or will Tony be on NCIS Origins?

dfergie

Today at 6:06 PM

Tony was there at the end of the episode with Gibbs.

reubenray

Today at 7:23 PM

dfergie said:
Tony was there at the end of the episode with Gibbs.

I saw Gibbs walk into the door, but I did not see Tony.

Jimbo

10 minutes ago

dfergie said:
Tony was there at the end of the episode with Gibbs.

Tony was Not in this episode ... you may remember Gibbs walking into the office and those around Welcomed him home, Voices only.

If you also watch the Mothership, Tony has been in that one ...

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dishstaller

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Last reply 26 minutes ago · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum

Hughesnet cancelling email addresses

Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.

I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.

Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.

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Foxbat

Today at 2:37 PM

Doing a Google of the HughesNet Email notice, it seems that HughesNet has been trying to eliminate hosting emails since 2019. And with HughesNet filing Chapter 11 back in August, it would be a smart move to switch to a more stable Email provider. Even AT&T farmed out their Email to Yahoo! years ago.

SpaceX's Starlink and the Cellular 5G Home Internet solutions have pretty much relegated HughesNet and its high latency, low bandwidth Internet service to History. If Earth had shorter days, maybe a Geostationary Internet Solution might have stood a fighting chance…

navychop

Today at 3:16 PM

Foxbat said:
If Earth had shorter days,

Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?

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Foxbat

Today at 3:30 PM

navychop said:
Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?

Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…

klang

Today at 4:21 PM

Foxbat said:
Even AT&T farmed out their Email to Yahoo! years ago.

I still have one of those although I've been trying to wean myself off it.

JSheridan

Today at 4:51 PM

Among my many email accounts I still have a .netscape.net which AOL assimilated a while back.

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EarDemon

26 minutes ago

Yep, I got the notification a few days ago. I'm not totally surprised.

Never used the address for anything, so no big loss to me.

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meStevo

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Last reply 27 minutes ago · posted in TV Shows

The Diplomat (Netflix)

Starting a thread klang !

After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.

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klang

Oct 16, 2025

Probably starting season 3 tonight.

meStevo

Oct 16, 2025

Finished it this evening. General impressions with no story spoilers, but will spoil it anyways as it just came out today.

Not quite as impactful of a finale as past seasons I thought, we'll see how far down the rabbit hole things go as the latest plot twists and turns unravel. Thought this season had a full episode or two too much rom-com style disagreements, but it was more or less paid off later. Ultimately didn't enjoy that being more of a throughline in the stories this season compared to what I remember of the priors.

My least favorite of the 3 seasons, but still very good. Really wonder how far they'll go with things, hard to see a nuclear attack or something ever actually happening. They just had a better story to tell and more meaningful beats in the prior season.

KAB

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Not in a hurry to watch it this time.

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Finished season 3 last night. Still one of my favorite shows.

Anyone else wonder if there might be something else going on with Callum? Seems to me he has too much access to Russian intelligence.

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One episode into season 4 that dropped today...

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Bobby

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Last reply 50 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

4K Events Discussion Thread

This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.

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jsmit86

Oct 7, 2026

Regarding the no sound bug when watching 4K HDR events or DVR recordings with Dolby set to ON:
I got rolled back to H708 last night after getting an email from the support team. It fixed the bug.

The email indicated that they believed they found the issue, and if the fix works, they would roll it out via an update in the coming weeks.

So... we should see that bug exterminated in the near future.

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long_time_Dish

Saturday at 6:31 PM

148-04 says the NASCAR race on at noon on Sunday. Be interesting to see if it is.

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Bobby

Tuesday at 8:48 PM

MLB, Brewers at Dodgers, Thursday 10-15, 6PM PDT, Channel 148-02.

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Foxbat

Today at 6:24 PM

Bobby said:
MLB, Brewers at Dodgers, Thursday 10-15, 6PM PDT, Channel 148-02.

Bobby said:
CFB, Notre Dame at BYU, Saturday 10-27, 4:30PM PDT, Channel 148-03.

Bobby said:
CFB, Ohio State at Indiana, Saturday 10-17, 9AM PDT, Channel 148-01.
CFB, Arizona State at Texas Tech, Saturday 10-17, 12:30PM PDT, Channel 148-01.

Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.

I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.

edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.

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Bobby

Today at 7:31 PM

Foxbat said:
Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.

I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.

edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.

As I recall you have the Flex package. Do you sub to multisport? -02 is FS1 and -03 is ESPN. -01 is Fox so you would get that if you sub to locals.

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Bobby

50 minutes ago

Bobby said:
As I recall you have the Flex package. Do you sub to multisport? -02 is FS1 and -03 is ESPN. -01 is Fox so you would get that if you sub to locals.

As an edit, you need to sub to the National Action Pack at $12 a month to receive those channels.

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A State Cyber-emergency in Japan

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Foxbat

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Last reply Today at 7:46 PM · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum

New Apple TV 4K released, plus other Apple Home devices.

Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.

At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…

Apple TV 4K

Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.

www.apple.com

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Ronnie-

Tuesday at 9:19 PM

Meh. The 4Ks I have will do everything that these do that I need them to do.

Which that's most tech these days for anything released the last four to five years.

It's honestly a testament to how good the previous gen Apple TVs were and are.

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navychop

Tuesday at 9:30 PM

I've saved a boatload of money!

navychop

Tuesday at 9:31 PM

Ronnie- said:
It's honestly a testament to how good the previous gen Apple TVs were and are.

Don't tell them that. They'll adopt planned obsolescence.

Foxbat

Yesterday at 8:59 PM

The only thing I can see that is compelling is the AV1 decoding done in the A19's hardware instead of the current ATV4K's processor.

navychop

Today at 12:55 PM

Outside of gaming, would Joe Sixpack notice any difference?

KAB

Today at 7:46 PM

navychop said:
Outside of gaming, would Joe Sixpack notice any difference?

Not a bit. IMO, apple's are slow to boot up. Time is about the same with 1st gen and 3rd. Roku runs rings around them in that department. I only stick I with the Apple tv's is the Apple infrastructure, which has it's definite advantages. But $300 is not worth sticking with it. Later, Apple!

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Last reply Today at 7:30 PM · posted in DIRECTV Technical Resources Forum

DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 10/14/2026

The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:

National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)

Additional tabs provide:

OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders

Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8

Understanding the TPN Map

Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions

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KyL416

Sep 18, 2026

Now testing on the stream server:
WJBF-D2 CW Augusta GA
KSVI-D2 CW Billings MT
WETM-D2 CW Elmira NY
WJET-D2 CW Erie PA
KLFY-D2 CW Lafayette LA
KARD-D2 CW Monroe LA
WVBT-D2 CW Norfolk VA
WTWO-D2 CW Terre Haute IN
WFXV-D2 CW Utica NY
KFDX-D3 CW Wichita Falls TX

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KyL416

Oct 8, 2026

PISTONS and THUNDER are finally testing on the stream server. PISTONS is showing the Ion/Scripps Sports promo loop filler that their NHL and WNBA feeds have, THUNDER has a "You are watching Thunder+" slate

The Clippers still haven't officially announced their TV plans beyond 10 simulcasts on KTLA, but the NBA's FAQ for ClipperVision is now live. The CLIPPERS feed is currently showing a loop of their Hawaii preseason game.

The Heat still haven't announced their West Palm Beach or Fort Myers affiliates. Since WPLG is streaming the games for free via their app, I doubt we'll be seeing the return of WPLG on stream.

So far nothing testing for the Bucks, Magic, Hawks or Hornets.

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doctor J

Yesterday at 7:19 AM

Weekly Analysis for 10/14/2026:

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KyL416

Yesterday at 7:23 AM

NBA League Pass prep

Some more reshuffles

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KyL416

Yesterday at 2:49 PM

KyL416 said:
The Clippers still haven't officially announced their TV plans beyond 10 simulcasts on KTLA, but the NBA's FAQ for ClipperVision is now live. The CLIPPERS feed is currently showing a loop of their Hawaii preseason game.

They finally announced ClipperVision, it will be on DIRECTV, but they didn't provide a channel number yet.

EDIT: It's going to be on channel 693

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KyL416

Today at 6:36 PM

KyL416 said:
WETM-D2 CW Elmira NY
WJET-D2 CW Erie PA
KLFY-D2 CW Lafayette LA
KARD-D2 CW Monroe LA
WVBT-D2 CW Norfolk VA
WTWO-D2 CW Terre Haute IN
WFXV-D2 CW Utica NY
KFDX-D3 CW Wichita Falls TX

These are now live on stream and weren't testing on satellite as of yesterday:
WETM-DT/19 CW Elmira
WJET-DT/25 CW Erie
KLFY-DT/11 CW Lafayette LA
KARD-DT/15 CW Monroe
WVBT-DT/44 CW Norfolk
WTWO-DT/3 CW Terre Haute
WFXV-DT/34 CW Utica
KFDX-DT/4 CW Wichita Falls

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KyL416

Today at 7:30 PM

KyL416 said:
The Heat still haven't announced their West Palm Beach or Fort Myers affiliates. Since WPLG is streaming the games for free via their app, I doubt we'll be seeing the return of WPLG on stream.

West Palm Beach is getting it on WTCN-CD/43 MNT. Still nothing for Fort Myers

Also, the Thunder's deal for KSBI/52 OKC and KQCW/19 Tulsa will be via a special cable and DIRECTV only feed of those stations. OTA viewers and Dish customers will be limited to 10 games.

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