Winterhill vs Knucker

Discussion about the Knucker DVB-T Tuner DVB-T Receive Software. See also https://wiki.batc.org.uk/Knucker
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KA5BBC
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Winterhill vs Knucker

Post by KA5BBC » Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:12 pm

Maybe I'm misreading one or both of the diagrams and specs but my understanding is that the Winterhill receiver project has a terrestrial input on one of the nims - one that I am reading to be a DVB-T input.
Does this mean that rather than using two separate receive units in the Portsdown build we will be able to use just the Winterhill for both DVB-S and DVB-T or will we need one of each to be able to receive both?
Andy, KA5BBC/MM0BQV

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Re: Winterhill vs Knucker

Post by g8gtz » Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:41 pm

No that is NOT the case.

The Winter Hill uses the 4334 NIM and is DVB-S / S2 ONLY.

There are currently no plans for a BATC dual mode receiver.

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Re: Winterhill vs Knucker

Post by G4EWJ » Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:42 pm

WinterHill uses FTS4334L or FTS4335 NIMs, which can receive DVB-S or DVB-S2, but not DVB-T/T2.

The terrestrial input on the diagram in the presentation is just to show how the system could be used for any non QO-100 DVB-S/S2 signal.

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Re: Winterhill vs Knucker

Post by KA5BBC » Sun Feb 07, 2021 4:15 pm

Thank you gentlemen that makes it much clearer.

It looks like I'm going to need a bigger box to hold all the parts ;)
Andy, KA5BBC/MM0BQV

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