How long do add-on orders take?

I’m a satellite customer and have just added Starz at a discount thru the DTV website. I got the standard “we’re processing your order email,” but so far those channels aren’t showing up on my receiver or on my account on the website. I’ve refreshed and rebooted, but nothing has changed.

I can’t call customer service, because they’re not open for a few more hours.

How long does it take for these new channels to show up?

Thanks.

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u/Top_Peach6455 — 3 days ago
▲ 4 r/otr

Bring your own headset parties?

My memory is a little fuzzy on this, but in the early days of radio, were there large gatherings in hotels and other facilities where people would bring their own headsets to listen to a radio broadcast? I thought I had read about such parties being held, for example, on New Year's Eve, where people would head to a hotel ballroom and listen to a performance from an orchestra or band from another city. There was sometimes a "bring your own device" element that I can't understand. Would there be a place to "plug in" your own headset to sit and listen?

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u/Top_Peach6455 — 9 days ago

Tecsun PL-330 LSB calibration issue?

I may have posted about this before, but I'm still searching for the best solution. When listening to hams on 40m and 80m LSB on my Tecsun PL-330, it seems my tuner is off by 0.06 kHz. For example, the voices on 7185 sound like aliens, but adjusting to 7185.06 makes them sound human. This 0.06 kHz offset appears to be consistent across all the ham nets I listen to.

Is there something wrong with the tuner? If so, is there a way to fix it without completing resetting the radio and losing my presets, etc.?

Thanks!

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u/Top_Peach6455 — 14 days ago

Tecsun PL-330 LSB calibration

I may have posted about this before, but I'm still searching for the best solution. When listening to hams on 40m and 80m LSB on my Tecsun PL-330, it seems my tuner is off by 0.06 kHz. For example, the voices on 7185 sound like aliens, but adjusting to 7185.06 makes them sound human. This 0.06 kHz offset appears to be consistent across all the ham nets I listen to.

Is there something wrong with the tuner? If so, is there a way to fix it without completing resetting the radio and losing my presets, etc.?

Thanks!

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u/Top_Peach6455 — 14 days ago

Indoor airband antenna?

I use a Bearcat BC125AT with a Diamond RH77CA antenna to listen to airband, and this combo works great outside. It’s (understandably) a little less effective indoors.

My question: is there some type of indoor airband antenna I could place near a window to improve indoor reception? I have an active loop in my window to improve SW/LW/MW reception, but I haven’t seen anything similar for airband.

Thanks!

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u/Top_Peach6455 — 1 month ago
▲ 3 r/alexa

Equalizer resetting on Echo devices

I have an Echo Show 5 and several Echo Pops. I've recently begun having problems with the equalizer settings in the Alexa app. I used to be able to adjust the treble, bass, and midrange settings once, and they would stay that way until I changed them again myself. Now it seems like they reset every time I play a new song, or even just randomly. Is there any way to make these equalizer settings permanent again?

Thanks.

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u/Top_Peach6455 — 1 month ago

Video doorbell night vision not working

I'm a Blink Pro subscriber with a BDM00200U video doorbell, as well as other cameras.

I've always set the night vision to auto and the IR intensity to high. I've never had any issues. A week or two ago, I changed the batteries, and now I can't get the night vision to stay on. Nothing else has changed in our setup. We do have some outdoor lights that might be tricking the doorbell camera sensor into thinking it's daytime, but these aren't new. They didn't cause any issues prior to changing the batteries.

I've toggled the night vision settings between auto, on, and off. Sometimes that temporarily fixes the problem, but then the camera goes back to full color within a few minutes.

Any ideas?

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u/Top_Peach6455 — 2 months ago

Radio networks?

I know that early radio network programming was shared between stations over phone lines, but did radio networks also utilize the Long Lines microwave/coax system when it became operational?

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u/Top_Peach6455 — 2 months ago
▲ 16 r/radio

CBS Radio specials?

Will there be any special programs on CBS Radio (or other platforms) covering the end of the network? So far, I’ve seen a feature on CBS Sunday Morning a few weeks ago, as well as the daily clips on The Takeout with Major Garrett.

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u/Top_Peach6455 — 2 months ago

Genuine Diamond RH77CA antenna?

I’ve seen some talk online about genuine vs. counterfeit antennas. How can I tell if this Diamond I bought from Amazon last year is genuine or just a knock-off?

Thanks.

u/Top_Peach6455 — 2 months ago