[Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-14 Thread Reed
Has anyone had trouble with RFI, receive or transmit, with Dish or Direct TV.  I have cable through Comcast & tired of their rate increases so thought I give satellite a try since looks like more bang for the buck. Thanks, Reed  W4JZ ___

[Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-14 Thread j...@kk9a.com
I have Dish and there is no interference to it when transmitting on the HF bands. During heavy rain storms there is occasional signal loss and I suppose if you live in areas with a lot of snow you could have similar issues. John KK9A Reed w4jz wrote: Wed Mar 14 08:56:34 EDT 2018 Has anyone had

[Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-14 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
For multiple reasons we dumped satellite TV.  Cable service was gone 10 years ago. While the DSS receiver and its associated power supply didn't give me any issues, I found the plastic box in which the receiver was contained offered little to no shielding from my HF transmitters.  Specifically

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-14 Thread Wayne Carlson
I tracked down some receive RFI to a Dish Joey Ethernet connection. Unplugging the cable and switching it to use WiFi instead resolved it. 73, Wayne K2DT -Original Message- Has anyone had trouble with RFI, receive or transmit, with Dish or Direct TV. I have cable through Comcast & ti

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-14 Thread John K9UWA
Hi Reed YES ! DirecTV receivers are horrible racket makers. #1 I built a new power cord for the receivers wired into a 12V ASTRON regulated 12v supply. No More Switcher Wall Warts allowed at my QTH. #2 The HDMI cable from the Rcvr to the TV set has 12 turns through a stack of TWO of the 2.4"

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-14 Thread Jim Miller
Satellite will give tv but what about internet upload download speeds latency and jitter? On Mar 14, 2018, at 11:28 AM, "j...@kk9a.com" wrote: I have Dish and there is no interference to it when transmitting on the HF bands. During heavy rain storms there is occasional signal loss and I suppos

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-14 Thread Fred Jensen
John described RFI from the wall wart switching supply and such supplies are both notorious RFI generators and are ubiquitous.  Our DirecTV receiver/DVR is completely quiet on HF and as far as I can test, on VHF and UHF as well.  I've never interfered with it on any band, even when I was runnin

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-14 Thread Edward R Cole
towers for ham radio). Both Dish-Net and Direct-TV receive near 11-GHz microwave so are pretty much insensitive to most ham frequencies (I currently operate up to 1296). 73, Ed - KL7UW - From: Reed To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft]

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-14 Thread Dave Cole (NK7Z)
If anyone has an SDR, or P3 image of Direct TV RFI I would love an image of it for my RFI Snapshot page at: https://www.nk7z.net/rfi-snapshots/ Please send it OFF LIST if you would. 73s and thanks, Dave NK7Z https://www.nk7z.net On 03/14/2018 08:28 AM, j...@kk9a.com wrote: I have Dish and t

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-14 Thread Reed
Thanks everyone for responding!  When you only have one cable network in your area they pretty much can charge what they want. Been with them since the late 80's, but 2 increases in 3 months is a little much.  I don't use them for internet or phone thank goodness, just TV. 73, Reed  W4JZ _

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-14 Thread John K9UWA
A little clarification is due. Sorry I missed a couple parts in my original response this morning to Reed's question about DirecTV rcvrs. My first omission. I do not use DirecTV for internet. Only for TV-reception. It would be horrible for internet. No Satellite Internet would work for anyone

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-14 Thread Jim Brown
On 3/14/2018 12:04 PM, John K9UWA wrote: My first omission. I do not use DirecTV for internet. Only for TV-reception. It would be horrible for internet. My good friend W6JTI lives FAR off the grid in the "lost coast" section of Northern California (if you want to find him on a map, look a few

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-14 Thread Dave Hachadorian
olved the problem. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ -Original Message- From: Reed Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 5:56 AM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI? Has anyone had trouble with RFI, receive or transmit, with Dish or Direct TV. I have cable th

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-14 Thread John Huggins, kx4o
I have personally seem a 40m signal change the channels on our Direct TV setup. This is, unfortunately, a common problem... https://www.google.com/search?q=direct+tv+amateur+radio+changes+channels&oq=direct+tv+amateur+radio+changes+channels John, kx4o On Wed, March 14, 2018 12:56, Reed wrote: >

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-14 Thread Jim Brown
On 3/14/2018 1:36 PM, John Huggins, kx4o wrote: I have personally seem a 40m signal change the channels on our Direct TV setup. This is, unfortunately, a common problem... https://www.google.com/search?q=direct+tv+amateur+radio+changes+channels&oq=direct+tv+amateur+radio+changes+channels Probl

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-15 Thread John Huggins, kx4o
You are, of course, absolutely correct Jim. Know that one model of the sat receiver uses an RF remote of some sort that many think is the culprit. Sadly the response from the, understandably RF clueless, sat help lines is kind of like going to a doctor with the plea "it hurts to do this" and respo

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-15 Thread Jim Low man
I’m wondering how much worse the problem will be as DirecTV goes to this new technology that’s being advertised on TV-something about a wireless receiver. I’ll have to pay more attention. It sounds like something that the girlfriend may want to wait for. Right now her equipment is first-gener

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
This is getting a bit off-topic, but Directv has larger hard drives and even add-on extenders up to 4 TB,  as well as a dedicated 4K channel plus on-demand 4K. need a DVR server plus a 4K client box. Bob. N7XY On 3/15/18 9:26 AM, Jim Low man wrote: I’m wondering how much worse the problem wi