13dB is very good, so no problem there. $5000 for one of these boxes sounds like more than double what it should be, unless it is gold plated. I am going to guess the carrier is DVB-S QPSK 3/4. So you could put just about any other receiver on that with a splitter, even a domestic receiver and see i...

It looks like your downlink frequency is 4029MHz based on the IF frequency shown by your receiver. That is good as interference problems are more of a problem at the lower C-band. The filter on the feed itself may be from someone like MFC. These filters became very popular for getting rid of interfe...

There is a document that covers this from the RDS Forum. It is old, but still relevant: http://www.rds.org.uk/2010/pdf/R09_048_6_no%20pw_57.pdf . The important bits are highlighted on page 4. Page 40 of the NRSC guidelines also has some information on page 40: https://www.nrscstandards.org/standards...

That is absolutely true... However, I don't really see any reason that a line of ad text rotating onto the radio display every few minutes would alienate listeners. Well other than DT... It's not like they blast off at double volume in the middle of your favorite tune the way audio commercials do. ...

If you just need to get RS232 data over an IP connection, then Lantronix make some good boxes for that. The UDS1100 for example.

I think you are correct. Just lock up all the sources and the Tricaster.

The A/D and D/A converters can cause problems on these older Orban products. Usually they just die, but what you describe is possible. You can find them on Ebay or I think Orban will still repair these units. The 2200's are still well worth repairing. Personally I think they were the best processor ...

The transmitter end is good. It had occurred to me that I could replace them with connectors that will pass the pressurization. I could do what you suggest also. I was hoping to do something that did not mean a significant break in transmission though and was easy!

Hello all. In a month or so I have to return to a site to do some repairs on the pressurization system. I was there last month and the dehydrator had failed from old age and because the feeder would not pressurize, so it had run until it died. The dehydrator will be replaced as it is too far gone. T...

To properly shut down the amplifier with the bias, it is not sufficient to remove the bias voltage. It needs to be driven to a negative voltage of several volts. For the harmonics, usually the output filter after the pallet will have elliptical sections to knock out the second and 3rd harmonics and ...

DVB-T is a lot less robust than DVB-T2 in this situation. Getting the modulation to be identical with different modulators will be a challenge. I would say you have two priorities. 1. You need to be able to remote control/monitor the transmitters so that you can see any alarms such as loss of synchr...

I do not know this transmitter model or your test setup, so I might be pointing out the obvious. Are you measuring the AM with a dummy load or into antenna? A narrowband antenna/filter will cause poor AM measurements. Especially so if the measurement point is not the forward port of a good direction...

I have had very good luck with HP Z400 workstations used for both on-air and production. You can get them with loaded with Windows 7 and >8 GB RAM often for <$200. I probably have about eight of them now. They are very well made (much better than consumer grade) and very stable. Corporations used t...

I had a quick look at the transmitter manual for what you have. It uses the FM300-108 pallet which is a very common pallet and was used by many transmitter manufacturers before it became obsolete. It is generally very stable. There is also a trimmer on the input side for the bias which should give a...

You might expect a gate voltage closer to 2.6V. From what you have said about that transmitter, you risk spending a lot on spares and on your time with no guarantee of a good result. You might be better putting those costs towards a new transmitter with a warranty.