Correct, just a line off the 95 into flex 1 of the locker amps whatever, then split to flex 1 of all swm16s.
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Awesome Directv headend I'm building for a hotel
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This has been discussed before, and still calls for some speculation for how DIRECTV intends to bring Reverse Band to the MDU, hospitality, and lodging markets. But from everything I can tell, the idea to retask the flexports for RB would require a new legacy style Slimline LNB with more than four outputs, perhaps six. And as a result need a redesigned Slimline ODU with at least a wider LNB support arm with a larger flared yoke end to fit the LNB and straight section to easily allow another twin coax run through it to the two flexports.
You can then use frequency stacking on each flexport cable for the odd and even xpndr sets of 99(cr) and 103(cr).
Also to reassign the flexports this way, the WD service at 95W must be mirrored to somewhere on the 99-103W group of course.
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Here is a 4 channel analog I'm working on for another hotel that has 6 non HD Tv's in their bathroom mirrors.
Looks like you have an HVAC in the headend. I used to put headends in, in the old C-band days. Have done lots of maintenance on both Dish and Directv headends. I've stopped lately doing those or even computer headends. Health issues w/my neck makes it too painful these days. If they ever do my surgery may do some of the PC stuff again probably no more sat. Doing my home headend for fun is enuff. Looks like a clean job, kudos to you.
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I would like a larger version dish to use for my home set-up. I like bigger for less rain fade issues. That's the reason I tinkered w/the elliptical prime star dish w/Directv LNB. I got all the sat OK, but gain I was getting wasn't worth spending a whole lot of time peaking all the sats on it. So just said screw it.
The akhi dish is the only thing that will give you a legit gain without sacrafice, and as of now there's no reverseband support for that
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Speaking only for the cabling, at the moment, coaxial cable (cable TV wiring) is the preferred medium of choice when it comes to installations like this. Reasons include the fact that it's easier to handle coaxial cabling versus fiber optic wiring (less likely to break copper than glass), and if you ever need to splice the wiring, that's far easier with coax. Further, coaxial cable is more than capable of handling the bandwidth requirements for receiver channeling back and forth from and to the dish (yes, multi-decades-old technology is still quite useful!).
This person's setup really ought to be considered the textbook case for such setups. The pieces are laid out logically, the wiring is not a "rat's nest" and is appropriately channeled and tied down, there appears to be reasonable documentation of what's what, the SWiMs are given room to "breath" (not get too hot), and it appears to work
I kind of disagree. I installed one about 2 years ago and could not get it aligned.
I actually got a better signal on a slimline dish
I hate to say it, but if you tighten the text on that old blue guide to make 3 hours fit on today's larger TVs, I'd take that old thing over what we have now
I wish all hotels would do things right like this if they're going to. I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express this week with a very antiquated DirecTV headend system. Only a few HD channels, and several of them were actually SD. One channel was just the bouncing DirecTV logo and without fail every night after the news the picture started to break up on every channel. I do wish hotels using these systems would include all the local channels too... Not just the ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX affiliates.
Lots of places just use the 4 networks as space is at a premium when working with 24, 36 or 48 channels.
The places that drive me crazy is when they mix the analog with the HD, and then don't take the time to get the numbering in the correct order and do 30.1 , 30.2, 33, 35.1 etc.
It can be all mapped down to 2,3,4,5,6 if the installers would take the time to map down the tv's or headend correctly.
The places that drive me crazy is when they mix the analog with the HD, and then don't take the time to get the numbering in the correct order and do 30.1 , 30.2, 33, 35.1 etc.
It can be all mapped down to 2,3,4,5,6 if the installers would take the time to map down the tv's or headend correctly.
The bouncing directv logo means the SD box needs to be reset and put back on a subscribed channel.
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