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I ordered my LNB from Pete at PSB satellite. The order was relayed to his supplier and was shipped the same day. It was ordered this past Monday and I recieved it this past Weds.
The product arrived in a bubble mailer and was adequetly packed. I would have wished for the spec sheet to be included with the LNB but only the LNB and a plastic F-Connector cover was included in the box. The LO freq was printed on the side of the box for anyone who didn't know what the setting is.
On the negative side it's construction is rather cheap plastic which reflects it's chinese or tiwanese heritage. But what do you expect for $27? Also the LNB was a little smaller around the throat and I had to add a small piece of foam rubber around the holder to hold the LNB securely.
Everything else is all plus. There are little tickmarks on the top of the LNB to assist with adjusting the skew angle for fixed satellite setups. Once the LNB was secure I went inside to test it.
My setup on the KU side is a 100cm dish with my original .6db lnb with a circular lnb tiewrapped next to it for the DBS satellites. I am using a SG-2100 dish mover and a fortec 786V3 digital reciever, a Elecom CR-7007 analog reciever and a SS2 PCI card for the computer.
Yesterday I took the time and went through 11 different satellites and checked the signal strenght on a couple of transponders on each satellite for a base line. When the LNB arrived today I repeated the same test to see what kind of an overall average I was to get.
On one transponder there was a 20 point decrease in quality but I attributed that to the uplinker running a smaller signal budget and so I discarded that anomoly.
The results of my unscienctific test....Ta Da.....
With my original .6db lnb that was the best you could get about 3 years ago I ran an average signal strength of 46.8 on the scale of 1 to 100. With the extreme LNB I ran an average signal strenght of 54.7 on a scale of 1 to 100. That is an increase of 7.9%. Although it doesn't seem like much it has allowed me already to pull in some signals that were unviewable with the old LNB. In addition it should reduce rainfade and help with system stability.
I did notice however, for some reason with my PCI card that this lnb is taking longer to lock on lower symbol rate transponders although it doesn't seem to slow down the desktop reciver at all.
Recommendations: If you have a newer lnb say .4 or so I wouldn't bother as the improvement would be marginal but for the older lnb's of .5 or .6 I would definately get the LNB. It's less than $30 and does make a difference in strength. Of course if you have tree's in the way it's not going to help as it still needs signal to work with.
I will have to watch over time as durability might be an issue. As I stated the outward construction looks cheap but this thing does perform!! At some point I might try the little more expensive Invacom but for now I'm pretty impressed with the improvement for not too much money!!
The product arrived in a bubble mailer and was adequetly packed. I would have wished for the spec sheet to be included with the LNB but only the LNB and a plastic F-Connector cover was included in the box. The LO freq was printed on the side of the box for anyone who didn't know what the setting is.
On the negative side it's construction is rather cheap plastic which reflects it's chinese or tiwanese heritage. But what do you expect for $27? Also the LNB was a little smaller around the throat and I had to add a small piece of foam rubber around the holder to hold the LNB securely.
Everything else is all plus. There are little tickmarks on the top of the LNB to assist with adjusting the skew angle for fixed satellite setups. Once the LNB was secure I went inside to test it.
My setup on the KU side is a 100cm dish with my original .6db lnb with a circular lnb tiewrapped next to it for the DBS satellites. I am using a SG-2100 dish mover and a fortec 786V3 digital reciever, a Elecom CR-7007 analog reciever and a SS2 PCI card for the computer.
Yesterday I took the time and went through 11 different satellites and checked the signal strenght on a couple of transponders on each satellite for a base line. When the LNB arrived today I repeated the same test to see what kind of an overall average I was to get.
On one transponder there was a 20 point decrease in quality but I attributed that to the uplinker running a smaller signal budget and so I discarded that anomoly.
The results of my unscienctific test....Ta Da.....
With my original .6db lnb that was the best you could get about 3 years ago I ran an average signal strength of 46.8 on the scale of 1 to 100. With the extreme LNB I ran an average signal strenght of 54.7 on a scale of 1 to 100. That is an increase of 7.9%. Although it doesn't seem like much it has allowed me already to pull in some signals that were unviewable with the old LNB. In addition it should reduce rainfade and help with system stability.
I did notice however, for some reason with my PCI card that this lnb is taking longer to lock on lower symbol rate transponders although it doesn't seem to slow down the desktop reciver at all.
Recommendations: If you have a newer lnb say .4 or so I wouldn't bother as the improvement would be marginal but for the older lnb's of .5 or .6 I would definately get the LNB. It's less than $30 and does make a difference in strength. Of course if you have tree's in the way it's not going to help as it still needs signal to work with.
I will have to watch over time as durability might be an issue. As I stated the outward construction looks cheap but this thing does perform!! At some point I might try the little more expensive Invacom but for now I'm pretty impressed with the improvement for not too much money!!
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I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Stargate SG-1 cancelled, Atlantis renewed
Monday - August 21, 2006 | by Darren Sumner
The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.
Stargate Atlantis, meanwhile, has been renewed for a fourth season, with the network hoping to see that the spin-off series can stand alone, according to a source.
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Monday - August 21, 2006 | by Darren Sumner
The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.
Stargate Atlantis, meanwhile, has been renewed for a fourth season, with the network hoping to see that the spin-off series can stand alone, according to a source.
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Picked up a sweet directv dish, mount, twin lnbs and a short cable.
Has anyone converted one to FTA? A Frankenstein of sorts...
Has anyone converted one to FTA? A Frankenstein of sorts...
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Many of us have used a universal LNBF mount (or get creative with L brackets and plumbers tape - perforated metal strapping). Use a few inches of aluminum tube (or a piece of 1x2" lumber) to extend the support arm (replacing the plastic mount used by DirecTV and Dish) to place the LNBF throat opening at the correct distance from the reflector, the correct height and at the correct angle. Nothing magical... simply place the new linear LNBF in the center at the same distance, height and angle as the current combo.
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To add: 101W Ku seems to be (one of if not the) strongest for me, and if I only had Ku I definitely want 101W for the music mux, it's robust FEC and strong signal help a lot. I've thought about using a used Dish/DirectTV dish at my Dads to supplement his OTA (mainly for my benefit when I visit 
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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:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
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....
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:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
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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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
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Colts relieve general manager Chris Ballard of his duties
Colts Owner & CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon released a statement Monday announcing the news.
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Be nice to see a Cowboy headline like that.I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
Colts relieve general manager Chris Ballard of his duties
Colts Owner & CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon released a statement Monday announcing the news.
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Can we expect to see a new coach if we say "pretty please?"
I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
Colts relieve general manager Chris Ballard of his duties
Colts Owner & CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon released a statement Monday announcing the news.
Can we expect to see a new coach if we say "pretty please?"
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No idea what improvements might be involved.
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Direct YouTube Link - This is iPhone Duo!
The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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