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Help! I'm still in trouble. Dried everthing out resealed the wveguide (didn't remove the lense) and I get stuck at TX18 - requesting crosspol. Cables checked and rechecked. Receiver working fine. So it seems to me that either the transmitter or the modem has gone belly-up, but how do I tell which? If I reconnect the old DW6000 will I be able to get some response from the bird to indicate that I'm transmitting or will I be ignored? I think I'll try it and see what happens unless someone knows a reason why I shouldn't. I hate to buy hardware that I may not need, but I may have to in order to find out which unit has the problem.
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If your 6000 was working, you can connect it to try. You will be able to get the modem all lit up BUT will not be able to get online as the 6000 will no longer be valid. I did that when my 7000 appeared to be dead. Getting "on" lit up with the 6000 confirmed that the 7000 was bad.
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Lee and Carole, Have you tried pointing to another satellite? I would recommend pointing to 117W and use 1070V in the modem drop down selection. If you cannot pass ACP here you likely have a hardware problem. (SM5 is not a good choice in WA, or the N. parts of ID, MT and ND)
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Thanks everyone, I did manage to get the 6000 going (couldn't connect to the NOC, of course) but when I looked at the xmission stats, I had 50 errors for two good transmissions! Bill, I won't have time to try 117 today, but I will tomorrow as a final test. At this point I'm convinced that I have a transmitter problem. BTW, we are in the SF Bay area so 117 should work. Lee
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Bill, Couldn't try 117 because of trees! There's a 60' cottonwood in the way and my cables aren't long enough to get around it. Does anyone have suggestions on where I can get a used transmitter?I would prefer a two watt but they seem to be rare. Lee
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