Best of the Blog 2019, Volume 4

The Solid Signal Blog is your resource for thousands of articles and reviews, with new content coming every day. 2019 marks our thirteenth year since our humble beginnings, and today over 200,000 people read the blog every month. Every month, the staff gets together and gathers articles that really seem like they have long-term appeal. Here’s the list for April, 2019:

1. Does your boat need multiple satellite domes?
2. What is an SMA connector?
3. How Can I Install 17 Wally Receivers?
4. What size power bank do you need?
5. AT&T doesn’t sell microcells any more. So now what?
6. Is DIRECTVs 101 satellite going away?
7. Wireless Genie Client problems? What can you do?
8. How high up should you mount your satellite dish?
9. What is an “NTSC TV?”
10. NICE AND EASY: What is a “series link?”
11. NICE AND EASY: Is it ok if an antenna sways in the wind?
12. How can you send video over 200 feet? HDMI won’t do that
13. DON’T DO THIS: Put a streaming or satellite box in your sock drawer
14. Can you use a DIRECTV power inserter to power an antenna?
15. COMMUNICATIONS PIONEERS: Marvin Middlemark
16. Should you put all your smart home products on a guest network?
17. Could a Genie client be any smaller?
18. Live TV is back. Are you in?
19. How far away can your phone be from the tower?
20. When should you use a satellite tap instead of a splitter?
21. Call Drops: Three Little-Known Reasons
22. What are the most important frequencies for a TV antenna?
23. What is DiSEqC? (We have the specs no one else has)
24. What does Wi-Fi stand for?
25. The history of DIRECTV DVRs, part 4: Total Domination
26. 5 Tips for Choosing a Cell Signal Booster
27. The ever changing etiquette of texting
28. Should you pick up an antenna you find by the side of the road?
29. Can you use a magnet mount and still do wireless charging?
30. NICE AND EASY: Does AT&T still have a satellite at the 110 location?
31. Deck Mounts for Antennas and Satellite Dishes
32. OPINION: The foldable phone fiasco
33. Whats the best cell booster?
34. What happens if you mount an antenna backwards?
35. If you give a cell booster as a gift, do you have to preregister it?
36. What’s the best cable for a cellular booster?
37. What is “sandboxing?”
38. Is there a way to block access to a cell booster?
39. How private is “private browsing?”
40. Is DIRECTV SWM technology mandatory?
41. How often should you reset your Genie DVR?
42. What’s the right size pole for a TV antenna?
43. Does it matter what color your antenna is?
44. Can you turn off the indicator lights on a cell booster?