Thread: Satellite Dxing,

Last week before the North East’er rip through New Jersey, I went down to the bay to try and find Atlantic Bird 1 at 12.5º West. I found 30º West with no problem (nice salsa music and salsa dance contest on Cuba Vision.) I slide the dish over, and at the azimuth for Atlantic Bird 1, I did a blind scan and came up with a strong transponder that was id as Skylogic, a satellite Internet provider. The transponder was 11593/H/3504 and it scanned in 4 radio stations that had no audio. They were, AB1eu, AB1sa, IP-Roaming and PCR.

I could not find out any info at Lyngsat, or Skylogic’s website.

Has anyone ever seen an Internet transponder with a low symbol rate that scanned in as radio channels with labels?

The pictures of the find are attached; receiver is Fortec Dynamic, 500 Dish with a Universal Chaparral LNB.

Originally Posted by mikelib

Last week before the North East’er rip through New Jersey, I went down to the bay to try and find Atlantic Bird 1 at 12.5º West. I found 30º West with no problem (nice salsa music and salsa dance contest on Cuba Vision.) I slide the dish over, and at the azimuth for Atlantic Bird 1, I did a blind scan and came up with a strong transponder that was id as Skylogic, a satellite Internet provider. The transponder was 11593/H/3504 and it scanned in 4 radio stations that had no audio. They were, AB1eu, AB1sa, IP-Roaming and PCR.

I could not find out any info at Lyngsat, or Skylogic’s website.

Has anyone ever seen an Internet transponder with a low symbol rate that scanned in as radio channels with labels?

The pictures of the find are attached; receiver is Fortec Dynamic, 500 Dish with a Universal Chaparral LNB.

I have attempted to scan a DN sat (72.7 or 77) with a Coolsat 5K and with a Fortec Dynamic and the channels there came in as radio channels when they were actually TV channels, so not the same scenario as you are reporting.

By the way, nice van, can I have it?

RADAR

Cool Hobby!

Nice Pics. Thanks.

If the signal is MPEG4 most receivers (that handle MPEG2 only) will log those channels as radio

Great pictures Mike, a whole new side to FTA.

mikelib,

I've picked up the same thing on my Fortec Dynamic here in Ohio.

I thought I tried it before but just tried the AzBox and it shows the strong
signal but will not scan in anything. The Fortec Dynamic scans in exactly
the same as you do (mikelib).

[quote=AcWxRadar;2021780]I have attempted to scan a DN sat (72.7 or 77) with a Coolsat 5K and with a Fortec Dynamic and the channels there came in as radio channels when they were actually TV channels, so not the same scenario as you are reporting.

By the way, nice van, can I have it?

RADAR[/quote]
Tnx Radar, I have the same 2 STB’s the Dynamic log’s data channel in the radio section as channel 2500 and/or 4400. I get the same problem on the Coolsat 5K when scanning 77W. I did managed to scan in one TV station and it is encrypted.

The Van was a retirement present to me, I was going to use it travel a lot, but it gets limited use. I use it to go and see the kids and grandkids down in Charlotte, NC.
I have a 2004 model on a 2003 Chevy 250 Express Chassis check it out:

http://www.roadtrek.com/models.aspx?ModelID=12&YearID=11&Country=USA

Originally Posted by 1ADAM12

Cool Hobby!

Originally Posted by 1ADAM12

Nice Pics. Thanks.

Adam12: Do you know if you can receive any signals from the Asia Satellites?

Originally Posted by Iceberg

If the signal is MPEG4 most receivers (that handle MPEG2 only) will log those channels as radio

Iceberg: Tnx for the info, I do know that the transponder was ID as Sky logic and they do use Atlantic Bird 1 & 2 for satellite Internet service. 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.

Originally Posted by pedrogarcia

Great pictures Mike, a whole new side to FTA.

PedroGarcia: I find it interesting to take a small dish down by the bay to try to receive signal from the Atlantic Satellites. I have already received Atlantic Bird 2 at 8º west; it has one transponder spot beamed toward the east coast of North America. It has two Arabic Stations on it. Check the post:
(Atlantic Bird 2)http://www.satelliteguys.us/free-air-fta-discussion/174503-atlantic-bird-2-a.html

Originally Posted by Hindu55

mikelib,

Originally Posted by Hindu55

I've picked up the same thing on my Fortec Dynamic here in Ohio.

Originally Posted by Hindu55

I thought I tried it before but just tried the AzBox and it shows the strong

Originally Posted by Hindu55

signal but will not scan in anything. The Fortec Dynamic scans in exactly
the same as you do (mikelib).

Hindu55: Kudos to you that has to be about 5º elevation for you, that sat is at 15º elevation for me and I have to go down by the bay as I have no LOS at home for that elevation. Thanks for confirming that you can receive that transponder.

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.