Thread: Satellite Dxing,

Originally Posted by Hindu55

4.7 deg to be exact. It's the farthest east I can get. Caught a video feed on AB 1 yesterday late afternoon. That was a rarity.

Your right that is a rarity, when I go sat hunting some satellites only have feeds listed they are the hardest to find, you hope you’re lucky enough to catch a feed. Can you pass along the transponder info? I will put it in my receiver, if the weather gets a little warmer next week I would like to give AB 1 & 2 a try again.

Try this sat NSS 7at 22º West, around 8 to 9 pm EST:
12035/H/2893 NNL-70168
12040/H/2893 NSL-70095
My best satellite DX was off of this sat during the summer, I locked in Reuters WNS on 12002/V/4000 it is encrypted, but the audio was on saying Reuters World News Service. If you check Lyngsat you see that the transponder is listed as
Caribbean & Andean

spot beam. The signal quality was not strong but it was enough to scan in to the Fortec Dynamic.

Originally Posted by 1ADAM12

Intelsat 8 at 166.0 E 3940H 2.4 m on hilltop. You planning a trip?

10-04 1Adam12 - I checked out the ku side of that sat, the Australia beam looks doable, hum! a trip to west coast to do sat hunting sounds good. I'm almost tempted to do it.

How did you get the map into the post? A couple time I wanted to do that but did not know the right buttons to push. Over and out Mikelib.

Originally Posted by mikelib

Your right that is a rarity, when I go sat hunting some satellites only have feeds listed they are the hardest to find, you hope you’re lucky enough to catch a feed. Can you pass along the transponder info? I will put it in my receiver, if the weather gets a little warmer next week I would like to give AB 1 & 2 a try again.

Try this sat NSS 7at 22º West, around 8 to 9 pm EST:
12035/H/2893 NNL-70168
12040/H/2893 NSL-70095
My best satellite DX was off of this sat during the summer, I locked in Reuters WNS on 12002/V/4000 it is encrypted, but the audio was on saying Reuters World News Service. If you check Lyngsat you see that the transponder is listed as
Caribbean & Andean

spot beam. The signal quality was not strong but it was enough to scan in to the Fortec Dynamic.

The feed on ab 1 was on 11587/H/3215 and scanned in as SNG 2 SAT 1
I also have caught the NSS 7 feeds on 12035 and 12040 and I also once
caught the Reuters signal this summer. Signal was very up and down.
Made me wonder if the Sat just had some temporary stability problems
and allowed the beam to squeak North a bit. Have not caught it since.

Originally Posted by Hindu55

The feed on ab 1 was on 11587/H/3215 and scanned in as SNG 2 SAT 1
I also have caught the NSS 7 feeds on 12035 and 12040 and I also once
caught the Reuters signal this summer. Signal was very up and down.
Made me wonder if the Sat just had some temporary stability problems
and allowed the beam to squeak North a bit. Have not caught it since.

You must have a good LOS to the south east, what is your opinion of the NSS7 feeds? Where do you think they orginated from?

Originally Posted by mikelib

You must have a good LOS to the south east, what is your opinion of the NSS7 feeds? Where do you think they orginated from?

Well we are in flat farm land here and I'm on the east side of the Village
(County Seat - Pop about 3500). Across the street is a single story house
then about 1/4 mile of field before any trees. Was going to try AB 2 but
the house across the street is in the way. I was thinking over in the
middle east somewhere on the NSS 7 feeds.

Originally Posted by Hindu55

Well we are in flat farm land here and I'm on the east side of the Village
(County Seat - Pop about 3500). Across the street is a single story house
then about 1/4 mile of field before any trees. Was going to try AB 2 but
the house across the street is in the way. I was thinking over in the
middle east somewhere on the NSS 7 feeds.

Your right about the NSS 7, one day I caught them playing a video they made that pinpointed the area, another time they left a camera on in a office with had a map on the wall and a medallion that was easily recognizable. Talk about loose lips…

On AB2 there is one transponder with 2 TV stations on it both are in Arabic. I managed to lock them in at the bay one day with a DTV 18x20 dish. The SQ was enough for a lock with occasional pixalation. In retrospect I wonder who the target audience is in North America, as the stations look like they originate from some Arabic North African country.

Originally Posted by mikelib

... If I was locked on to the correct satellite I should of received the North America spot beam that is listed in Lyngsat one of these days I am going to invest in a spectrum analyzer. ...

If you like BLSA type [PCI card spectrum analyzer] you always can find it - my offer still open for anyone who want it.

Originally Posted by mikelib;

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On AB2 there is one transponder with 2 TV stations on it both are in Arabic. I managed to lock them in at the bay one day with a DTV 18x20 dish. The SQ was enough for a lock with occasional pixalation. In retrospect I wonder who the target audience is in North America, as the stations look like they originate from some Arabic North African country. [/COLOR]

They are Lebanon based channels, very liberal and modern western in its programming. .

Originally Posted by Smith, P.

If you like BLSA type [PCI card spectrum analyzer] you always can find it - my offer still open for anyone who want it.

Thanks for the offer, I was looking for something that is portable and you can carry it outside.

Originally Posted by pedrogarcia

They are Lebanon based channels, very liberal and modern western in its programming. .

Thanks for the info I always wonder who would be watching those channels so they are Middle Eastern. I guessed North Africa, I was wrong.

I meet a Lebanon refugee; he was making pizza in North NJ. He had a real interesting story on why he left Lebanon.