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Many hams have never tried working satellites before. Some try for the Space Shuttle SAREX missions, or maybe have worked MIR or the ISS at one time or another but haven't tried anything else. I know, until about a year ago, I was the same way. When I thought about operating satellite, the first things that came to mind were those multimode VHF/UHF radios which cost as much as HF radios and huge M2 beam arrays with az/el rotators. Being a poor university student, I figured that satellite would be like EME for me; one of those terribly expensive facets of amateur radio that I'd have to wait many years before I could afford to try it. Thankfully, I was wrong. While there are many who do spend thousands of dollars on a satellite station, you can get started with a complete setup for around $100 if you are handy enough to build a simple antenna and source some cheap radios. For most hams, you'll be able to get started for even cheaper, as most already have radios capable of working some satellites, the FM satellites. Suprised? I was!
Right now, there are 3 satellites which operate FM. You uplink to them on 2 meters, and they transmit back down on 70cm. There's SO-50, AO-27 and AO-51.
SO-50 is the hardest of the three to work. It doesn't transmit very much power (300mw I think?) so it's harder to hear than the others, and it doesn't transmit a carrier unless someone is uplinking to it. Plus, it has to be turned on by someone every 10 minutes. Uplink is on 145.85 MHz with a PL tone of 67Hz. To turn on the satellite, transmit for a couple of seconds with a PL of 74.4Hz. The satellite will NOT give you any confirmation that your command worked; you'll just have to check to see if you hear yourself when you transmit 67Hz. Downlink is on 436.795 +/- 10kHz for doppler.
AO-27 is easier than SO-50, but only operates voice mode for 6 minutes per pass. It starts off with packet for 20 seconds, then goes into voice mode for 6 minutes, then back to packet for 1 minute before shutting off. This is because the satellite is getting old and it doesn't have the energy to be on 24/7 anymore. AO-27 when in voice mode always transmits a carrier modulated with white noise. You can hear the difference and see it on the signal meter when you are picking it up. This makes it easier to aim at. It's also stronger than SO-50 so it's not difficult to receive. AO-27 also does not require PL to operate so people with really old radios won't have a problem working it. Uplink is same as SO-50 sans PL, 145.85. Downlink is also the same, 436.795 +/- 10kHz for doppler.
AO-51, also known simply as Echo, is the easiest to work of the three. It transmits the most power, and transmits a blank carrier when not in use. It's on 24/7 so no problems trying to squeeze in a million QSOs into 6 minutes of a 15 minute pass. However, AO-51 changes modes depending on what kind of feedback the control team gets. The default mode is FM with VHF uplink and UHF downlink, but they also do sideband up, PSK31, L band up and S band down. This satellite also runs packet on a separate frequency most of the time, too. The schedule and frequencies are posted at this link:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ControlTeam.php
Most of the time, they are running uplink 145.92MHz with a PL of 67Hz and downlink at 435.3MHz +/- 10kHz for voice.
What do you need to work these sats? I use an arrow handheld antenna and two HT's. I have an old Radio Shack HTX-202 2 meter only radio I hadn't used in a couple of years. I had it hooked up on APRS for awhile as a low power tracker but satellite was a good reason to bring it back into good use as an uplink radio. I got a Yaesu VX-7R I use for the downlink, but you could do just as well with an HTX-404 or any other monoband 70cm radio. Don't use a scanner for a downlink. It might work but they usually lack the sensitivity needed that a real ham radio has in the 70cm band. Just looking at eBay completed auctions, you could get an HTX-202 AND an HTX-404 for about $80 total. I like using a different radio for the uplink and downlink because you can hear how well you're getting into the satellite; full duplex. Let's you make adjustments on the fly and see if you're getting QRMed or QRMing someone else. Some fancy new HT's have dual receive and can receive on 70cm when transmitting on 2. This is fine if you have an HT like this, BUT you'll need a duplexer to use an antenna with a seperate feed for 2m and 70cm like the arrow. Duplexers not required when you use two separate radios.
Antennas. The arrow handheld yagi is a small lightweight yagi antenna with 3 elements on 2 meters and 7 elements on 70cm. You don't have to buy one, you can construct one very easily for about $20 in parts, or cheaper. The most expensive part is the female BNC connectors! For the uplink, many just use a mobile 2m radio into a quarter wave ground plane. Not a lot of power is needed, 10 watts will do. Then all you need is a good gain directional antenna for the downlink. If you're using the arrow or similar, 1 watt works great for me most of the time, or you can pump it up to 2.5 or 5 or whatever your handhelds got and it will work. Got a 70cm beam already but don't want to walk around outside with it looking silly? You can hear low elevation passes with it even without an az/el rotator. Just use your omni on 2m with some power to transmit into it. You get the best DX on these low elevation passes. On high elevation passes, people have been able to work AO-51 with a quarter wave rubber duck outside positioning the antenna just right over a car hood as a reflector! Dualband HT and a quarter wave duck, no additional equipment needed!
The Arrow antenna is a great antenna. I worked Estonia, Italy, Sweden, Puerto Rico, California, Mexico, and many more with this antenna on passes as low as 2 degrees and down to the horizon at a good location.
http://www.arrowantennas.com/146-437.html
However, it is $73 and you can build the exact same thing yourself easily. Want to build one? Take a look here:
http://xe1mex.gq.nu/antenas/yagi.html
Now that you've got the equipment, all you need now is software to track the satellites. Try Orbitron, it's free! http://www.stoff.pl/
So, you've got all the equipment, and your tracking software of choice says a great 87 degree pass on AO-51 is heading your way! What do you do? If your doing the handheld method, find a clear area to stand where houses and large trees won't be in the directon of the satellite at any point during the pass. Remember when I said the downlink frequency was 435.3 +/- 10kHz? This is because of doppler shift. The satellite is moving so fast that the frequency you will receive it at will change as much as 20kHz during the pass! FM does make it a bit easier, though. Due to the capture effect, you don't have to change frequency all that much. With sideband, you're constantly turning the knob. On FM, you turn the knob 4 times. Set your radio's tuning step to as low as it will go. For most, this will be 5kHz, and this is perfect. Start off at 435.310 and turn your squelch all the way down. If you're using two radios, use a pair of headphones so you don't get feedback. I use a mono to stereo adapter with my HT so sound comes out of both headphones, and they're the muff type so not too much sound escapes. Point your antenna towards the horizon in the general direction of where the satellite is supposed to be. Rotate the antenna so that you're checking both polarizations. Soon you will hear the blank carrier (or someone talking!) of AO-51. DON'T transmit to the satellite until you can hear it! The satellites can hear you a lot better than you can hear it. Many times there could be a QSO in progress and someone who can't hear the satellite yet throws a carrier over the QSO without even knowing it. Once you've got a decent signal on the downlink, go ahead and transmit up to it on 145.92. Make sure your PL is on at 67Hz. The doppler on 2 meters is a lot less than what it is on 70cm. It's only about 3kHz but thanks to the capture effect of FM, transmitting on 145.92 the whole pass is close enough. You should be able to hear yourself through the satellite with a full duplex setup. This will allow you to fine tune your aiming and twisting of the beam. I like to use only 1 watt. When I use something like 5 watts, it starts to slightly desense my receive on 70cm but YMMV! Make some contacts! As the satellite gets closer, you will hear that it sounds like its getting distorted as if it is off frequency. This tells you it is time to tune down to 435.305. When it is nearly straight overhead, you'll tune to 435.3. As it's heading away from you, you go down 5kHz more to 435.295 and when it's almost gone you'll be tuned to 435.290. Now if you have a pass that's only a max of say 10 degrees elevation, you might start off at 435.305 rather than 435.310 so take that into consideration when you're listening for the sat to come above the horizon.
The FM low earth orbiting sats are great! You can work in excess of 3,000 miles with little HT's and a handheld antenna. You can get a VUCC award with these things quite easy if you QSL your contacts. Speaking of which, know your grid square. These are exchanged on every satellite QSO. If you don't know, it's probably on QRZ.com. Hope to hear you all on the birds real soon!
I know, I wrote this kind of quickly since the YL wants to go out, so if anyone needs anything clarified, let me know and I'll answer your questions to the best of my ability.
73,
Mark VO1ONE
Right now, there are 3 satellites which operate FM. You uplink to them on 2 meters, and they transmit back down on 70cm. There's SO-50, AO-27 and AO-51.
SO-50 is the hardest of the three to work. It doesn't transmit very much power (300mw I think?) so it's harder to hear than the others, and it doesn't transmit a carrier unless someone is uplinking to it. Plus, it has to be turned on by someone every 10 minutes. Uplink is on 145.85 MHz with a PL tone of 67Hz. To turn on the satellite, transmit for a couple of seconds with a PL of 74.4Hz. The satellite will NOT give you any confirmation that your command worked; you'll just have to check to see if you hear yourself when you transmit 67Hz. Downlink is on 436.795 +/- 10kHz for doppler.
AO-27 is easier than SO-50, but only operates voice mode for 6 minutes per pass. It starts off with packet for 20 seconds, then goes into voice mode for 6 minutes, then back to packet for 1 minute before shutting off. This is because the satellite is getting old and it doesn't have the energy to be on 24/7 anymore. AO-27 when in voice mode always transmits a carrier modulated with white noise. You can hear the difference and see it on the signal meter when you are picking it up. This makes it easier to aim at. It's also stronger than SO-50 so it's not difficult to receive. AO-27 also does not require PL to operate so people with really old radios won't have a problem working it. Uplink is same as SO-50 sans PL, 145.85. Downlink is also the same, 436.795 +/- 10kHz for doppler.
AO-51, also known simply as Echo, is the easiest to work of the three. It transmits the most power, and transmits a blank carrier when not in use. It's on 24/7 so no problems trying to squeeze in a million QSOs into 6 minutes of a 15 minute pass. However, AO-51 changes modes depending on what kind of feedback the control team gets. The default mode is FM with VHF uplink and UHF downlink, but they also do sideband up, PSK31, L band up and S band down. This satellite also runs packet on a separate frequency most of the time, too. The schedule and frequencies are posted at this link:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ControlTeam.php
Most of the time, they are running uplink 145.92MHz with a PL of 67Hz and downlink at 435.3MHz +/- 10kHz for voice.
What do you need to work these sats? I use an arrow handheld antenna and two HT's. I have an old Radio Shack HTX-202 2 meter only radio I hadn't used in a couple of years. I had it hooked up on APRS for awhile as a low power tracker but satellite was a good reason to bring it back into good use as an uplink radio. I got a Yaesu VX-7R I use for the downlink, but you could do just as well with an HTX-404 or any other monoband 70cm radio. Don't use a scanner for a downlink. It might work but they usually lack the sensitivity needed that a real ham radio has in the 70cm band. Just looking at eBay completed auctions, you could get an HTX-202 AND an HTX-404 for about $80 total. I like using a different radio for the uplink and downlink because you can hear how well you're getting into the satellite; full duplex. Let's you make adjustments on the fly and see if you're getting QRMed or QRMing someone else. Some fancy new HT's have dual receive and can receive on 70cm when transmitting on 2. This is fine if you have an HT like this, BUT you'll need a duplexer to use an antenna with a seperate feed for 2m and 70cm like the arrow. Duplexers not required when you use two separate radios.
Antennas. The arrow handheld yagi is a small lightweight yagi antenna with 3 elements on 2 meters and 7 elements on 70cm. You don't have to buy one, you can construct one very easily for about $20 in parts, or cheaper. The most expensive part is the female BNC connectors! For the uplink, many just use a mobile 2m radio into a quarter wave ground plane. Not a lot of power is needed, 10 watts will do. Then all you need is a good gain directional antenna for the downlink. If you're using the arrow or similar, 1 watt works great for me most of the time, or you can pump it up to 2.5 or 5 or whatever your handhelds got and it will work. Got a 70cm beam already but don't want to walk around outside with it looking silly? You can hear low elevation passes with it even without an az/el rotator. Just use your omni on 2m with some power to transmit into it. You get the best DX on these low elevation passes. On high elevation passes, people have been able to work AO-51 with a quarter wave rubber duck outside positioning the antenna just right over a car hood as a reflector! Dualband HT and a quarter wave duck, no additional equipment needed!
The Arrow antenna is a great antenna. I worked Estonia, Italy, Sweden, Puerto Rico, California, Mexico, and many more with this antenna on passes as low as 2 degrees and down to the horizon at a good location.
http://www.arrowantennas.com/146-437.html
However, it is $73 and you can build the exact same thing yourself easily. Want to build one? Take a look here:
http://xe1mex.gq.nu/antenas/yagi.html
Now that you've got the equipment, all you need now is software to track the satellites. Try Orbitron, it's free! http://www.stoff.pl/
So, you've got all the equipment, and your tracking software of choice says a great 87 degree pass on AO-51 is heading your way! What do you do? If your doing the handheld method, find a clear area to stand where houses and large trees won't be in the directon of the satellite at any point during the pass. Remember when I said the downlink frequency was 435.3 +/- 10kHz? This is because of doppler shift. The satellite is moving so fast that the frequency you will receive it at will change as much as 20kHz during the pass! FM does make it a bit easier, though. Due to the capture effect, you don't have to change frequency all that much. With sideband, you're constantly turning the knob. On FM, you turn the knob 4 times. Set your radio's tuning step to as low as it will go. For most, this will be 5kHz, and this is perfect. Start off at 435.310 and turn your squelch all the way down. If you're using two radios, use a pair of headphones so you don't get feedback. I use a mono to stereo adapter with my HT so sound comes out of both headphones, and they're the muff type so not too much sound escapes. Point your antenna towards the horizon in the general direction of where the satellite is supposed to be. Rotate the antenna so that you're checking both polarizations. Soon you will hear the blank carrier (or someone talking!) of AO-51. DON'T transmit to the satellite until you can hear it! The satellites can hear you a lot better than you can hear it. Many times there could be a QSO in progress and someone who can't hear the satellite yet throws a carrier over the QSO without even knowing it. Once you've got a decent signal on the downlink, go ahead and transmit up to it on 145.92. Make sure your PL is on at 67Hz. The doppler on 2 meters is a lot less than what it is on 70cm. It's only about 3kHz but thanks to the capture effect of FM, transmitting on 145.92 the whole pass is close enough. You should be able to hear yourself through the satellite with a full duplex setup. This will allow you to fine tune your aiming and twisting of the beam. I like to use only 1 watt. When I use something like 5 watts, it starts to slightly desense my receive on 70cm but YMMV! Make some contacts! As the satellite gets closer, you will hear that it sounds like its getting distorted as if it is off frequency. This tells you it is time to tune down to 435.305. When it is nearly straight overhead, you'll tune to 435.3. As it's heading away from you, you go down 5kHz more to 435.295 and when it's almost gone you'll be tuned to 435.290. Now if you have a pass that's only a max of say 10 degrees elevation, you might start off at 435.305 rather than 435.310 so take that into consideration when you're listening for the sat to come above the horizon.
The FM low earth orbiting sats are great! You can work in excess of 3,000 miles with little HT's and a handheld antenna. You can get a VUCC award with these things quite easy if you QSL your contacts. Speaking of which, know your grid square. These are exchanged on every satellite QSO. If you don't know, it's probably on QRZ.com. Hope to hear you all on the birds real soon!
I know, I wrote this kind of quickly since the YL wants to go out, so if anyone needs anything clarified, let me know and I'll answer your questions to the best of my ability.
73,
Mark VO1ONE
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That's good to hear! It's suprising how many hams haven't tried working some voice sats. It's not that they're not interested, but most think that it's more complicated than it really is, where most of the time they already have everything you need to get on, maybe minus the antenna. It's nice to be able to do something else with a dual band HT, and it gives no-coders an opportunity to make contacts several thousand miles away without the use of echolink or IRLP or similar. The sound quality of course is a million times better than sideband, too, and a lot more reliable conditions-wise. It sounds like you're just talking on a repeater the next town over, not to some spacecraft a thousand miles away.
Anyways, give it a try. Even if you're not licenced you could still listen if you have a nice, sensitive scanner or a motorola business band uhf radio programmed to the right frequencies, or of course a ham radio. I'm thinking about building some of those XE1MEX Arrow clones myself and selling them to hams here locally to get more of us on the satellites. You don't need to be a member of AMSAT or anything else to use the satellites. Of course if you find a lot of enjoyment in using the satellites you might want to consider joining to help continue funding an organization which is responsible for building and launching a lot of these satellites. They plan on building and launching a HEO (high Earth orbiting) satellite soon which will allow for much longer passes and contacts of even greater distances, but such an orbit is more expensive to achieve than a low Earth orbit. Here's the page about P3E:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/express/
73,
Mark VO1ONE
OoTLink said:totally awesome postYou got me interested.
That's good to hear! It's suprising how many hams haven't tried working some voice sats. It's not that they're not interested, but most think that it's more complicated than it really is, where most of the time they already have everything you need to get on, maybe minus the antenna. It's nice to be able to do something else with a dual band HT, and it gives no-coders an opportunity to make contacts several thousand miles away without the use of echolink or IRLP or similar. The sound quality of course is a million times better than sideband, too, and a lot more reliable conditions-wise. It sounds like you're just talking on a repeater the next town over, not to some spacecraft a thousand miles away.
Anyways, give it a try. Even if you're not licenced you could still listen if you have a nice, sensitive scanner or a motorola business band uhf radio programmed to the right frequencies, or of course a ham radio. I'm thinking about building some of those XE1MEX Arrow clones myself and selling them to hams here locally to get more of us on the satellites. You don't need to be a member of AMSAT or anything else to use the satellites. Of course if you find a lot of enjoyment in using the satellites you might want to consider joining to help continue funding an organization which is responsible for building and launching a lot of these satellites. They plan on building and launching a HEO (high Earth orbiting) satellite soon which will allow for much longer passes and contacts of even greater distances, but such an orbit is more expensive to achieve than a low Earth orbit. Here's the page about P3E:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/express/
73,
Mark VO1ONE
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I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.
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Interesting article about the work being done to develope an ATSC 3 converter box. Yes it does mention affordable.
www.tvtechnology.com
Pearl TV Issues Progress Report on Low-Cost 3.0 Converters in Advance of NAB Show New York
Group has secured lower pricing from key tech players to make less costly boxes available
www.tvtechnology.com
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It's dead, they just don't know it yet. They killed it by forcing DRM on it, and that TOTALLY botched implementing it.
There is absolutely NO compelling reason for anybody to switch to ATSC3.0. They only want it as a total and complete money grab.
Daisy Ridley to Star in New Take on 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea' at Paramount+
I'm not usually a fan of remakes but the description provided in the article does intrigue me.
I'm not usually a fan of remakes but the description provided in the article does intrigue me.
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Every time my Dish contract comes up I weigh the options of keeping Dish or switch to streaming. Right now I can watch/record the OTA channels vis my HDHomerun. I also can stream CBS and NBC via the Paramount+ and Peacock apps. What I would need to find is how to watch the Food Network, HGTV, Syfy, USA, Hallmark channels, Great American Family, Lifetime channels plus a few more with an app or two. My current Dish bill is $118, so I should be able to get a few apps for a lot less.
Any suggestions? I would want the best picture quality and audio quality I could get.
Any suggestions? I would want the best picture quality and audio quality I could get.
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USA and SyFy content is on Peacock, you can receive the rest of those channels via Philo, only $25 a month.
Philo - Stream Live and On-Demand TV
Why pay more for TV? Start your Philo free trial and enjoy live TV plus on-demand content starting at just $25/month. Stream hit shows, movies, and more.
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The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot 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
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
@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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I was bewildered with all the new DISH TV "Bonus View" channels, so I put together a web page table with all the info I could find. It's at:
https://anythingpeaceful.org/dishtv/DISH_TV_Bonus_View_Channels.html
Here's a partial screenshot of the table, as sorted by Channel Name. (You can click on a column header to sort.)
If you have any corrections or suggestions, please post here.
https://anythingpeaceful.org/dishtv/DISH_TV_Bonus_View_Channels.html
Here's a partial screenshot of the table, as sorted by Channel Name. (You can click on a column header to sort.)
If you have any corrections or suggestions, please post here.
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Three Bonus View Channels added today:
My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels
Thanks again to eagle-eyed Pat, for the tip.
My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels
Thanks again to eagle-eyed Pat, for the tip.
T
Two new Bonus View channels Added today:
And two Removed:
My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels
Thanks to Pat for the heads up.
And two Removed:
My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels
Thanks to Pat for the heads up.
T
One Bonus View channel added today. And one correction (on my part):
One Removed:
My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels
BTW, not a Bonus View item, but there was a temporary channel 304 Spooktacular added, I imagine just for the Halloween season.
Thanks again to Pat for the many tips.
One Removed:
My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels
BTW, not a Bonus View item, but there was a temporary channel 304 Spooktacular added, I imagine just for the Halloween season.
Thanks again to Pat for the many tips.
T
Three new Bonus View channels today:
My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels
As always, thanks to Pat for the tips.
My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels
As always, thanks to Pat for the tips.
This started a couple months ago. I have 2 H3s on one network, both with 2 EHD identical 3 TB seperately powered so all recordings are accessible by all 4k & J4s (8 of them).
On one H3 (not the main one that controls the MOCA network), after it reboots, it doesn't recognize it has two EHDs plugged into it. Rebooting the EHD by their power source doesn't fix it. Resetting the network doesn't. Software h3 reset doesn't fix it. Rebooting MOCA h3 doesn't fix it but so far, after 3+ cold boots (unplug pwr to H3 with unrecognized EHDs), it finally it figures out they are plugged into it. BUT.... Then when you open a program it only partially shows series and episodes, but instead of showing recordings, it only shows upcoming airings. HELP!!!!
On one H3 (not the main one that controls the MOCA network), after it reboots, it doesn't recognize it has two EHDs plugged into it. Rebooting the EHD by their power source doesn't fix it. Resetting the network doesn't. Software h3 reset doesn't fix it. Rebooting MOCA h3 doesn't fix it but so far, after 3+ cold boots (unplug pwr to H3 with unrecognized EHDs), it finally it figures out they are plugged into it. BUT.... Then when you open a program it only partially shows series and episodes, but instead of showing recordings, it only shows upcoming airings. HELP!!!!
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JohnGalt1234 - So you basically have 2 Hopper 3's. The CasinoH3 is the one that is Hopper 3 only while Master Bedroom is a Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus setup.
Master Bedroom uses Android TV (ATV) software so the DISH part is actually a app and will behave differently as you can probably tell the Guide's are different on the Master Bedroom which will resemble the same guide used on other ATV devices such as the Joey 4 and Wireless Joey 4. If I am correct, the CasinoH3 is the one with the problem since you did say the one dated 09/05/2026 is the naughty one while 08/15/2026 named Master Bedroom is the nice one. Usually I would expect the CasinoH3 to be the one without the problem because it's Hopper 3 only and Master Bedroom would be the one with problems because it has the Hopper Plus involved. That is why they behave differently because CasinoH3 is running the native Hopper 3 software while Master Bedroom is running the Android TV software and also it runs a app called DISH known as package com.dish.atv.launcher, the version for mines is P15403 2026100917 so it's probably the same version as the Hopper Plus software version with the date of October 9, 2026, not sure what the 17 means except maybe revision 17?
This explains it better than I can. Sorry, had to take all the ads out.
Master Bedroom uses Android TV (ATV) software so the DISH part is actually a app and will behave differently as you can probably tell the Guide's are different on the Master Bedroom which will resemble the same guide used on other ATV devices such as the Joey 4 and Wireless Joey 4. If I am correct, the CasinoH3 is the one with the problem since you did say the one dated 09/05/2026 is the naughty one while 08/15/2026 named Master Bedroom is the nice one. Usually I would expect the CasinoH3 to be the one without the problem because it's Hopper 3 only and Master Bedroom would be the one with problems because it has the Hopper Plus involved. That is why they behave differently because CasinoH3 is running the native Hopper 3 software while Master Bedroom is running the Android TV software and also it runs a app called DISH known as package com.dish.atv.launcher, the version for mines is P15403 2026100917 so it's probably the same version as the Hopper Plus software version with the date of October 9, 2026, not sure what the 17 means except maybe revision 17?
This explains it better than I can. Sorry, had to take all the ads out.
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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:
www.colts.com
Colts relieve general manager Chris Ballard of his duties
Colts Owner & CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon released a statement Monday announcing the news.
www.colts.com
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.
The situation w/ the Titans and Jordan Elliott is scary.
sports.yahoo.com
Makes me think of the Javon Belcher murder suicide.
Titans' Jordan Elliott was released after reportedly going to retrieve a gun after dispute at practice
Jordan Elliott lasted just five games with the Titans.
Makes me think of the Javon Belcher murder suicide.