[BC] anybody else seeing glitches from AMC-8 ? update

[Ronald J. Dot'o Sr.]

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Ron D


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Glaenzer" <glaenzer at verizon.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 05:39
Subject: Re: [BC] anybody else seeing glitches from AMC-8 ? update


>I turned on the station at home early to see if the glitches were
>still
> there, and the first local spot nearly blew me across the room (AV
> Sat)
>
> Drove up to the studio and the LED displays on the ACS 8.2 were
> barely
> kicking on Fox Sports, and only on left channel
>
> Re-programmed the other card in the RX to Premier 4 and punched it
> up and
> had good audio
>
> So I scavenged the card out of the Chicago Bears slot in another SG
> till I
> get it repaired
>
> I need some spare SG cards, I'm down to one spare at the H-Q cluster
> and
> none here
>
> G
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ronald J. Dot'o Sr." <ron.doto at comcast.net>
> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 7:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [BC] anybody else seeing glitches from AMC-8 ? update
>
>
>> On April 19th and 20th I had dropouts.  The normal EB reading on my
>> Starguide is around 14db and I was losing the signal periodically.
>> Tried re-aiming the dish to peak the EB reading and the best I
>> could
>> get was around 6db.  Called my  satellite tech and by the time he
>> got
>> there the sig was back up to 14db and the dish was aimed as well as
>> it
>> could be.  I had a bout like this on March 13th and suspect the 2
>> meter dish is flakey and plan to replace it with a 3 meter dish of
>> better quality for more gain.  The dish goes to a splitter that
>> feeds
>> an ABC Starguide 3 receiver and a Learfied OSU Beavers receiver
>> with
>> the Starguide providing the feed voltage to a PLL LNB through the
>> splitter.  Sometimes I wonder if the bird isn't tumbling slightly
>> causing signal fade but have no way of knowing for sure.
>>
>> Ron D
>> Salem, OR.
>>
>>
>>
>> > From: "Gary Glaenzer"
>>
>> >> have 4 RX's all flashing 'FAULT' ath the same time with breaks
>> >> in
>> >> audio
>> >>
>> >> wondering if I have a dish problem or anyone else can check ?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> Gary
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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