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GeneWildershair

Last reply Apr 18, 2004 · posted in Old VOOM News and Developments Archive

Well I should be getting my new 30" dish..

and new STB sometime this morning between 8, and 11. it's 9:49 here now and I'm still waiting for the installers arrival. I will report back after everything is done. Maybe throw up a few picks of this giant dish. I wish it were gonna rain later tonight so I could check the rain fade issue I have been having.

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JasonX

Apr 18, 2004

Gr8Reb8 said:
Good for you Jay!

Couple of points:
1. My guess is that with a little more time, you would be able to peak the dish to 99 and that appears to be the max.
2. Since the geniuses at Motorola/Voom changed the signal strength scale so the usable numbers are between 70 and 99, going from 96 to 98 is more than what it appears.
3. Do not make excuses for Voom when they send these loosers to install, especially when they do not even give you the option of self installing.

Looking forward to hearing how your new dish holds up in drizzle and rain.

I've had the 30" Voom dish for just over 2 weeks now. On a clear day the signal strength is 98. When it rains it drops to 90-92. No change in picture quality when it rains. Before, I would lose the signal completely when it rains. Not now. Great picture all the time. The dish is pointing almost horizontally since the satellite is low in the sky.

My install of the 30" was not exciting at all. The installer assembled the dish in the drive-way, hauled it on top of the roof, removed the old one, attached the new 30" dish, took out his meter to obtain the signal, tightened it down, and left. The meter was attached to the dish and audibly told him (by beeps)when the dish was peaked.

GeneWildershair

Apr 18, 2004

JasonX said:
I've had the 30" Voom dish for just over 2 weeks now. On a clear day the signal strength is 98. When it rains it drops to 90-92. No change in picture quality when it rains. Before, I would lose the signal completely when it rains. Not now. Great picture all the time. The dish is pointing almost horizontally since the satellite is low in the sky.

My install of the 30" was not exciting at all. The installer assembled the dish in the drive-way, hauled it on top of the roof, removed the old one, attached the new 30" dish, took out his meter to obtain the signal, tightened it down, and left. The meter was attached to the dish and audibly told him (by beeps)when the dish was peaked.

yeah that's good to hear, I guess the big dish helps retain the signal you currently have, where as the small 18" dish just can't. As far as installers go, I think the couple of guys that I had yesterday, were just a couple of jack asses. I forgot to mention that I argued with the guy abou tleaving the dish so I could try to put it myself. I had to call VOOM and have them tell him to leave it. The installer was telling me I wouldn't be able to get a signal without modifying the dish.

pmalve

Apr 18, 2004

rang1995 said:
Did they use a new LNB or take the one off the 18" dish,then back again (because you still have the 18")if the LNB isn't the right distance or the correct one for that dish it can be a problem(i have read)

You can use the same lnb for either size dish. It is the arm length that is different. 30" dish has longer arm to get right focal point.

pmalve

Apr 18, 2004

andrzej said:
pmalve,
what are your quality and power #s with the 30incher?

Satillite signal quality 98
Power 76
SNR 17.63

GeneWildershair

Apr 18, 2004

pmalve said:
You can use the same lnb for either size dish. It is the arm length that is different. 30" dish has longer arm to get right focal point.

ok here's what I noticed, I first tried to go with the original LNB, (from the 18" dish) hooked up to the 30" dish's arm, and I didn't notice any real change in signals, I was getting 96 sat quality, and about 78 power. I then switched the lnb to the one that came with the 30" dish, and it bumped it up to 98, (99 when clear skies are out) and a power of 89!So of course I just used the lnb that came with the 30" dish. By the way this evening, clouds moved in and it started raining, very light, but this is the same type of rain that used to wash the signal out with the 18", and my picture is steady, quality is now 95, and power 85. Everything is looking good.

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Last reply 52 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

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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

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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.

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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

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Jimbo

Today at 12:37 AM

Not Rodney, but a laugh ...

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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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