Great little setup. Is the GT Media V8 able to display constellation diagrams? I have seen some conflicting information. The product seems to be, or maybe not, a clone from a Satlink meter 6906
Thanks for the information Justin; When I get a free afternoon I'll set up the one that Santa delivered! Initial use will be for monitoring GB3JV (naturally!) and to see how OQ100 turns up on it! I see you've put some Amateur ATV bands into the memories(?), good idea and GB3JV, of course! I daren't show it to G8MNY - I'll never get it back! 73 de Richard G8ITB
HI Richard! Hey, that sounds cool, I took mine to Reigate Hill with the barefoot LNB and picked it up at ground level, (just) but the furthest report so far for GB3JV is Sheppey with a 60cm dish.
Hi G8YTZ. 290-2350MHZ output frequencies are for Wideband LNG with LNB freq. 10410MHz. I have tested GTMedia V8 Finder2, newer version of V8 Finder meter. Unfortunately V8 Finder2 does not accept output freq. below 950MHz. as your V8 Finder meter does. I tested with LB freq. 10000MHz and TP freq. 10290-10949MHz and there is info 'Out of range'. Also LNB freq. 10410MHz is not available. There is 10000, 10450, but not 10410. Does your device support LNB freq. 10410MHz? Thanks for your video.
Thanks for that information. I suspect it’s tied up with the discontinuation of the ST chipset that’s been widely used in things like this, and of course the BATC Minitiouner. Of course, using an SDR with the Portsdown band viewer is a great alternative. The ADALM Pluto works very well with this and delivers a 50 MHz bandwidth.
Here in Brazil, the terrestrial digital signal isdb-t is used. Is it possible to configure the V8 Finder to capture this signal and install terrestrial digital antennas with this satellite finder? It's amazing what human beings are capable of doing with knowledge. Congratulations!!👏👏👏👏👏
I’m afraid not, this version is just for DVB-S/S2. I’m sure there will be other versions sold in your market for TV Antenna installers, but most TV sets will have a signal strength and signal quality indication that could be used for this purpose.
Great video so thanks for taking the time. I've just taken delivery of a V2, so I doubt I'll be able to tune it down to 70cm. Are you are of any instructions online that'll help me make my way around the satfinder. The scrappy bit of paper that came with the unit isn't exactly fulsome. Thanks. Martin - G4EFE
Hi Justin ...so if I want to set one of these up for Use with a C band LNB ...I just Enter 5150 in lnb section and do a scan and hopefully it will find the repeater ...or do you have to always set a symbol rate and a fec ie it’s not auto ....Steve G4htz
No, in Unicable the frequencies are different, however you you have a suitable external mixer that you can use it would. Basically this box is a portable satellite receiver designed to receive DVBS/2 from 950-2150MHz, but I've found it tunes much lower than that and is useful on the 70cm amateur band.
Have just bought one and having set it up for 437MHz, I noticed the displayed frequency is 11311MHz, which is the image frequency, if I set it to 1255MHz, it displays the correct frequency, so would this be because my particular version does not cover 70cm ?
Hi Dennis, it sounds like you've not set the manual LNB Local Oscillator frequency correctly. I recommend setting to a round 10000 MHz. From what I can tell the image rejection is about 0db.The procedure is from 07:00 into the video.
@@G8YTZ Thanks for the reply, all now working, I'd selected the wrong transponder when i originally did a scan, deleted the 11311MHz and all is well, now set up for 70, 23 and 13cm, incidentally i think the image rejection may be a little higher than 0dB, as having selected the correct one the signal is much stronger, thanks.
@@TheDennisfitch Pleasure! It takes some sussing out at first, but interesting the £35 Revez sat receiver I bought has the same logic! I reckon the core software is the same on a lot of these boxes. The Revez does not go down to 70cm, but any box that has a tuner designed for Sky Q should work at 70cm (Sky Q LNB's require the low end to be 290MHz)
@@TheDennisfitch HDS620, this one tunes down to 700MHz so can pick up the OSCAR 100 beacon with a standard LNB. If you don't need that then the Octagon SF8008 model is probably a better bet. The Revez can also run on 12V though, which is great for portable operation. For general DATV though the BATC Minitiouner is the way to go.
For commercial satellites you just select the satellite required which is pre-configured and the just run a programme scan. If you need to manually enter any settings you will find them here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free-to-air_channels_at_28°E
Hi bud, you may be able to save me from absolutely having a meltdown trying to use my Satellite Signal Finder V8 Finder2 and my Falcon QuickSat QS65. I am absolutely lost and not a clue how to run a simple check to make sure the Sat is pointing to UK Astra 2…pleeeeeasee help
@@G8YTZ I have and will try again today, last place I was pointing through tree branches would that affect it? I also purchased the V8 Finder 2 to help aid trying to pinpoint the Sat signal but that’s bamboozled me even more
Noted, the video is aimed at the Amateur Radio (Digital TV) community, so prior technical knowledge is assumed, but I take on board what you say. If you're interested in Amateur TV I suggest looking at www.batc.org.uk for TV and www.rsgb.org for Amateur Radio in general.
Its designed for DVB-S&S2, not DVB-T. Amateur stations use DVB-S&S2 for terrestrial transmissions and occasionally DVB-T&T2. FOr your use case you need a terrestrial antenna meter.
A Satellite dish? Yes - that's its intended purpose, subject to certain technical limitations. This unit is not designed for SKY-Q LNB however it should work fine.
In the UK this satellite is below Horizon so not receivable, so I don't know much about this one I'm afraid. The video is aimed at licensed Radio Amateurs (Hams) wanting to receive Terrestrial Amateur TV repeaters. The best guidance that I can give you is to first check that you have the latest and correct regional firmware on the box from the manufacturers support forum, as most satellites are pre-programmed into the box. Also, for manual programming (which is also possible using the guidelines in the video, noting the LNB type you have) there is a web site with all the details about this satellite here: www.lyngsat.com/Eutelsat-117-West-A-B.html. Best regards. Justin.
G8YTZ. Could you let us know your V8 finder specification from Menu->Tools->Information? Hardware version and software version interested me. Thanks a lot. I am testing now a Dmyco v8 finder (yellow) with lnb set to 10GHz, transponder below 10950MHz is out of range. There is H/W ver. 1.1.0 15/12/2017, S/W ver. 3.02.118.629 15/12/2017. I will try upgrade to GTMedia soft.
@@helaluddin7545 No, I don't, however most of these boxes tent to use generic components and open source software, so the principles will be just about the same.
Hi, amateurs are not yet using DVB-S2X, the trend right now it to use more DVB-T for the lower bands (6, 4m & 2m and even 70cm) as this offers better resilience to multi-path. The problem with DVB-T is that it requires a very linear amplifier due to the very large peak to average power ratio. Recently I've had some great results with DVB-T on 2m and 70cm @333k bandwidth. I also get great results accessing the GB3HV repeater (Farnham, Hants, from my home in Orpington 44 miles) with just 10 watts of DVB-S2 with a 6dB MER @ 2MS/s and 16.7dB MER @ 333kS/s. All using H.264 codec.
@@ArclampSDR that’s interesting to know unfortunately the standard symbol rates amateurs use tend to be 500 or 333 sometimes 250 or 125. Repeaters are generally 2000 or 4000.
They’re designed for finding direct broadcast satellites and aligning the dish but in the Amateur radio community we use as a digital television Monitor.
Oh dear if people are interested to know more I would suggest looking at the radio Society of Great Britain website www.rsgb.org or the equivalent in your own country Google amateur radio and your country.name.
A very fascinating device! Nice video tutorial.
Great little setup. Is the GT Media V8 able to display constellation diagrams? I have seen some conflicting information. The product seems to be, or maybe not, a clone from a Satlink meter 6906
Sadly not no constellation. For this I recommend the BATC Minitiouner and the Windows based Minitioune Software.
Thanks for the information Justin; When I get a free afternoon I'll set up the one that Santa delivered! Initial use will be for monitoring GB3JV (naturally!) and to see how OQ100 turns up on it! I see you've put some Amateur ATV bands into the memories(?), good idea and GB3JV, of course! I daren't show it to G8MNY - I'll never get it back! 73 de Richard G8ITB
HI Richard! Hey, that sounds cool, I took mine to Reigate Hill with the barefoot LNB and picked it up at ground level, (just) but the furthest report so far for GB3JV is Sheppey with a 60cm dish.
TNX vy much dr Justin that's a really helpfull and pleasant tube !
Germain, ON4SG
Excellent tutorial, many thanks! I may get some of this kit and give it a try!! 73’s, G2DS.
Thanks Dave!
Thanks so very much for taking the time to record this. I’ve yet to make mine work but I think after watching this I may have a chance.
Got mine up and running, thanks....need to go out /P with the Titanium LNB and see how good my local coverage is.....
Hi G8YTZ. 290-2350MHZ output frequencies are for Wideband LNG with LNB freq. 10410MHz. I have tested GTMedia V8 Finder2, newer version of V8 Finder meter. Unfortunately V8 Finder2 does not accept output freq. below 950MHz. as your V8 Finder meter does. I tested with LB freq. 10000MHz and TP freq. 10290-10949MHz and there is info 'Out of range'. Also LNB freq. 10410MHz is not available. There is 10000, 10450, but not 10410. Does your device support LNB freq. 10410MHz? Thanks for your video.
Thanks for that information. I suspect it’s tied up with the discontinuation of the ST chipset that’s been widely used in things like this, and of course the BATC Minitiouner. Of course, using an SDR with the Portsdown band viewer is a great alternative. The ADALM Pluto works very well with this and delivers a 50 MHz bandwidth.
Here in Brazil, the terrestrial digital signal isdb-t is used. Is it possible to configure the V8 Finder to capture this signal and install terrestrial digital antennas with this satellite finder? It's amazing what human beings are capable of doing with knowledge. Congratulations!!👏👏👏👏👏
I’m afraid not, this version is just for DVB-S/S2. I’m sure there will be other versions sold in your market for TV Antenna installers, but most TV sets will have a signal strength and signal quality indication that could be used for this purpose.
Great video so thanks for taking the time. I've just taken delivery of a V2, so I doubt I'll be able to tune it down to 70cm. Are you are of any instructions online that'll help me make my way around the satfinder. The scrappy bit of paper that came with the unit isn't exactly fulsome. Thanks. Martin - G4EFE
I’d be interested to know how you get on with the v2. I think you’ll likely find it similar from a software configuration point of view.
Hi Justin ...so if I want to set one of these up for Use with a C band LNB ...I just Enter 5150 in lnb section and do a scan and hopefully it will find the repeater ...or do you have to always set a symbol rate and a fec ie it’s not auto ....Steve G4htz
Symbol rate needs to be set, FEC is automatic.
G8YTZ thanks Justin
give a price ,
Good show. What's the lowest symbol rate it can use across the table? 73 de M0YDH
Hi David, It's 1000kS/s, but you can use it to receive the OSCAR-100 Beacon with a standard PLL LNB.
Great tutorial, I wanna buy a sat finder which suppots unicable/SATCR LNB's, does this one do?
No, in Unicable the frequencies are different, however you you have a suitable external mixer that you can use it would. Basically this box is a portable satellite receiver designed to receive DVBS/2 from 950-2150MHz, but I've found it tunes much lower than that and is useful on the 70cm amateur band.
Have just bought one and having set it up for 437MHz, I noticed the displayed frequency is 11311MHz, which is the image frequency, if I set it to 1255MHz, it displays the correct frequency, so would this be because my particular version does not cover 70cm ?
Hi Dennis, it sounds like you've not set the manual LNB Local Oscillator frequency correctly. I recommend setting to a round 10000 MHz. From what I can tell the image rejection is about 0db.The procedure is from 07:00 into the video.
@@G8YTZ Thanks for the reply, all now working, I'd selected the wrong transponder when i originally did a scan, deleted the 11311MHz and all is well, now set up for 70, 23 and 13cm, incidentally i think the image rejection may be a little higher than 0dB, as having selected the correct one the signal is much stronger, thanks.
@@TheDennisfitch Pleasure! It takes some sussing out at first, but interesting the £35 Revez sat receiver I bought has the same logic! I reckon the core software is the same on a lot of these boxes. The Revez does not go down to 70cm, but any box that has a tuner designed for Sky Q should work at 70cm (Sky Q LNB's require the low end to be 290MHz)
@@G8YTZ Which Revez sat rx have you got ?
@@TheDennisfitch HDS620, this one tunes down to 700MHz so can pick up the OSCAR 100 beacon with a standard LNB. If you don't need that then the Octagon SF8008 model is probably a better bet. The Revez can also run on 12V though, which is great for portable operation. For general DATV though the BATC Minitiouner is the way to go.
How do I configure it for orbytv? Also, there is no option to set it for U.S., is that a problem for me?
If I want to use to tune in sky tv via sat dish will this do the job thanks
How do i find what settings to use for port, transponder etc when trying to find astra 2. I couldn't get the signal bars coloured
Thanks Steve
For commercial satellites you just select the satellite required which is pre-configured and the just run a programme scan. If you need to manually enter any settings you will find them here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free-to-air_channels_at_28°E
Thanks for the response 👍👍Sorry for been thick 😂😂 so I run a channel scan before finding the satillite?
How do I use this finder to activate a dstv decoder without using Tv set.Please teach me
Hi bud, you may be able to save me from absolutely having a meltdown trying to use my Satellite Signal Finder V8 Finder2 and my Falcon QuickSat QS65. I am absolutely lost and not a clue how to run a simple check to make sure the Sat is pointing to UK Astra 2…pleeeeeasee help
Try using one of the satellite pointer applications like Dish Pointer there are quite a few on the App Store.
@@G8YTZ I have and will try again today, last place I was pointing through tree branches would that affect it? I also purchased the V8 Finder 2 to help aid trying to pinpoint the Sat signal but that’s bamboozled me even more
It would be helpful if you said what the unit does abs why you’re using it at the start
Noted, the video is aimed at the Amateur Radio (Digital TV) community, so prior technical knowledge is assumed, but I take on board what you say. If you're interested in Amateur TV I suggest looking at www.batc.org.uk for TV and www.rsgb.org for Amateur Radio in general.
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Is GT media V8 finder meter support hevc.265 ?
No, unfortunately not.
Does this also work for ATSC, ISDB or DTMB or just DVB?
Not this version, other devices that would meet your requirement are available according to local markets.
Hi how do I setup if I want to Scan the local DTV TV Frequency of 562.00MHz CH32
Its designed for DVB-S&S2, not DVB-T. Amateur stations use DVB-S&S2 for terrestrial transmissions and occasionally DVB-T&T2. FOr your use case you need a terrestrial antenna meter.
Could you use the V8 FINDER to pick up a signal for tv dish
A Satellite dish? Yes - that's its intended purpose, subject to certain technical limitations. This unit is not designed for SKY-Q LNB however it should work fine.
How do you program for 116.8W Orby? it's hit or miss. Whenever I turn it off it seems I have to start over
In the UK this satellite is below Horizon so not receivable, so I don't know much about this one I'm afraid. The video is aimed at licensed Radio Amateurs (Hams) wanting to receive Terrestrial Amateur TV repeaters.
The best guidance that I can give you is to first check that you have the latest and correct regional firmware on the box from the manufacturers support forum, as most satellites are pre-programmed into the box. Also, for manual programming (which is also possible using the guidelines in the video, noting the LNB type you have) there is a web site with all the details about this satellite here: www.lyngsat.com/Eutelsat-117-West-A-B.html. Best regards. Justin.
Thanks for the help! I really appreciate it
G8YTZ. Could you let us know your V8 finder specification from Menu->Tools->Information? Hardware version and software version interested me. Thanks a lot. I am testing now a Dmyco v8 finder (yellow) with lnb set to 10GHz, transponder below 10950MHz is out of range. There is H/W ver. 1.1.0 15/12/2017, S/W ver. 3.02.118.629 15/12/2017. I will try upgrade to GTMedia soft.
Can you set up the satellite from inside your house?
The video is intended for Amateur Radio applications.
Where i will get i want to buy please tell me how can buy this satlink finder?
I'm working in the Saudi Arabia Madinah areas.
Amazon!
@@G8YTZ assalamualaikum sir how are you? Sir do you have satlink ws-6916??
Sir my need emergency one
@@helaluddin7545 No, I don't, however most of these boxes tent to use generic components and open source software, so the principles will be just about the same.
@@helaluddin7545 I'm sorry, I don't know suppliers in the Middle East, you could try a Satellite shop perhaps?
I have the V7 and it will not except 10437 Frequency, and ideas??
Did you set a custom LNB to 10GHz? If you you'll need to do a calculation from another LNB setting. I've not tested the V7.
This finder works also for TDT or only Satellite ?
It supports DVBS & S2
It receives from 420 mhz?
I’ve tested it down to 430 MHz, specifically that’s the V8 gold with 2022 software or earlier. I haven’t tested the latest software release.
@@G8YTZ can you do a vid on how to make it go down that far?
It doesn’t show above 85%, I checked the same transponders on different antennas in diameter.
I’ve had the same experience. It could be down to phase noise in the LNB LO though.
could you demonstrate the S2X ability?
Hi, amateurs are not yet using DVB-S2X, the trend right now it to use more DVB-T for the lower bands (6, 4m & 2m and even 70cm) as this offers better resilience to multi-path. The problem with DVB-T is that it requires a very linear amplifier due to the very large peak to average power ratio. Recently I've had some great results with DVB-T on 2m and 70cm @333k bandwidth. I also get great results accessing the GB3HV repeater (Farnham, Hants, from my home in Orpington 44 miles) with just 10 watts of DVB-S2 with a 6dB MER @ 2MS/s and 16.7dB MER @ 333kS/s. All using H.264 codec.
@@G8YTZ ive found you can lock in SR values lower than 1msps on the gtmedia you just cant type it in. lowest i got was 820ksps
@@ArclampSDR that’s interesting to know unfortunately the standard symbol rates amateurs use tend to be 500 or 333 sometimes 250 or 125. Repeaters are generally 2000 or 4000.
@@G8YTZ it might work i havent tried but you might beabvle to mess with the transponder file you can export
How do you delete all channels. I don't know the password
is intelsat 901/intelsat37e preinstaled on this device
If you keep the firmware updated new satellites are added, but you can configure them yourself manually too.
Does it has directv satellite 101.103 119 setup
I’m sorry I’ve no idea. I’m based on the U.K. so not experienced with U.S. services.
Very interesting. Dave N9HF
Can you watch any football match with this in real time ?
Lucy, it's a piece of test equipment for engineers, it's not a TV.
@@G8YTZ Well I mean, could that be a thing to get on the dark web?
@@USERNAME1-x5u just install the TOR browser on your computer.
@@G8YTZ thanks
How are these used?
They’re designed for finding direct broadcast satellites and aligning the dish but in the Amateur radio community we use as a digital television Monitor.
@@G8YTZ so I can watch tv from this ?
That’s not what it’s for. It’s a technical tool.
How can I get it I'm in Uganda kiboga
Amazon sell them.
I need it
Lol eveyone saw this on Wish & thought it was a portable TV.
Oh dear if people are interested to know more I would suggest looking at the radio Society of Great Britain website www.rsgb.org or the equivalent in your own country Google amateur radio and your country.name.
It's a complex device I regeret buying it
The video is aimed at radio amateurs
Puede ser en español ?
Try GT media V8 pro 😎
Prize
Price.....?
You can find them on Amazon for around £50
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That's what this thingy is? Stupid wish website app...
It is designed as a satellite finder, but has applications in amateur radio. Amazon is the best source.