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    Question Turbo 8 compatible satellite meters.

    I've been researching turbo 8 compatible sat meters and have found the following two meters that are compatible with Dik and Bev;

    Sathero SH 500G (not the SH 500HD)

    Birdog Ultra.

    Anyone know of other Turbo 8 compatible sat meters? Also what is the best price you have seen or where to look?

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    Applied Instruments has a couple of models, SuperBuddy 29 and XR-3 with the Turbo S2 module. They're expensive though.

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    Any Spectrum Analyser would be better choice than a meter and likely cheaper these days--it does not matter what modulation method they use--the SA will show you signal strength and let you peek up your dish.
    ebay seems to have handheld SA for around $200 that have the frequency range needed. And usb based gizmos for about $70. You might have to power the LNB with another gizmo and/or have a PC to take out to the dish, but pretty cheap.
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    jvvh,

    I think you are right that might be the way to go. I already have the DVB-T dongles, but would need a laptop and a power pass set up that would be cumbersome. But this would only need the power pass and can be used for other hobbies;

    hxxp://j3.rf-explorer.com/

    I will just have to research the model with the correct band for the LNB down band. I saw a YouTube video I will have to find again.

    jets
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    I picked up a used portable SA built for satellite use and it is pretty handy. It has the ability to feed 14/18V to LNB as well as 22 KHz tone. I've modified a DTV B-band upconverter to let me see from about 200MHz to 700MHz or so as well as the 900-2000 Mhz range that the SA has. Not really handheld and I wonder sometimes why I can't see the signals that the SA shows on my STB (lots of stuff off satellites are not signals that STBs can't do it seems).

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