Best of the Blog 2023, Volume 10

The Solid Signal Blog is your resource for thousands of articles and reviews, with new content coming every day. 2023 marks our seventeeth year since our humble beginnings, and today over 250,000 people read the blog every month. Every month, the staff gets together and gathers articles that really seem like they have long-term appeal. Here’s the list for October, 2023:

  1. DIRECTV Technical Support: Five Easy Fixes
  2. Cell Phone Bars, Signal Strength, and the Truth
  3. Who Remembers C-Band Satellite Dishes?
  4. MODERN PROBLEMS: “My H24 is giving me error 775 when I connect to my portable dish”
  5. It’s time to scan for channels again if you have an antenna
  6. Boat docked for the winter? Get a satellite upgrade!
  7. Can you still use a SATLOOK LITE satellite meter?
  8. What is the best antenna for me?
  9. How can you tell which DISH satellite antenna you need? And how can you even tell them apart?
  10. Can you use a universal remote with the DIRECTV Gemini Air?
  11. HERE’S HOW YOU DO IT: Diplex over-the-air antenna into your satellite TV line… in your business
  12. NICE AND EASY: Can you “just replace” a broken H25 receiver with an H26K?
  13. Can you use a DIRECTV Genie with a Winegard Roadtrip T4?
  14. Is it legal for more than one home (or business) to share an antenna?
  15. What’s the best omnidirectional antenna for 70+ mile reception?
  16. STILL having screen saver problems with your commercial DIRECTV receiver? Here’s the ultimate fix
  17. Does the DIRECTV Genie have a built-in Wireless Video Bridge?
  18. Last call for component connections
  19. What should you do with all those old Lightning cables?
  20. NICE AND EASY: Can you use crimp-on connectors for a cell booster cable?
  21. Should you bridge the outputs of a SWM-30 so that you can share programs?
  22. Can you use a DIRECTV H26K with a portable, RV, or marine dish?
  23. Let’s talk honestly about DIRECTV’s Alaska/Hawaii dish
  24. When is it ok to split an RG6 cable?
  25. Is there an “HD Adapter” for a KING One Pro?
  26. NICE AND EASY: Do you ALWAYS need a SWM multiswitch with a DIRECTV H26K?
  27. Your Antenna Tower Installation Experts
  28. What’s the difference between Winegard’s HD8200U and Xtreme Signal’s HD8200XL?
  29. Can you use a DIRECTV HR44 with a Gemini?
  30. New TV without a coax input? Old satellite receiver? What can you do?
  31. 3 reasons your antenna isn’t picking up that channel you want (and what to do about it)
  32. What’s the difference between the DIRECTV H44 Genie Lite and the DIRECTV H44 Commercial Receiver?
  33. Why should you get a Gemini Air? Is it really necessary?
  34. Why can’t you have a “wireless TV antenna?”
  35. Can you use a Gemini Air for DIRECTV satellite?

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