Recent content by manitobamike

Scanning around 72W and cannot find NBC feeds anymore. Is it me or did they go away? I even noticed that lyngsat does not show 72W anymore.

Additional question regarding 125w I have been trying to find 125W signal unsuccessfully. Is the signal significantly weaker than other FTA satellites? Can someone tell me the spec. for the strongest TP on the 125W.

What did I miss with this. If you have 2 dual LNB's you should be able to feed 4 cables from dishes = 1 for each receiver? Does a dual universal LNB only switch both feeds at the same time or can they switch independant.

Advice to newbie Only thing I can add to this as a recent newbie is to read. Read lots. If at all possible don't permanently mount the dish unless you have an absolute clear view of the sky aiming southish. You will want to be sure any trees or buildings don't obstruct the satellites you intend...

Ok tks for id answers but any takers on the blind scan techie question? The Id question was prob easy. Are there any electronic techies that know what the mechanics of blind scan are?

Easy questions. What is a blind scan? Ok I know what the purpose and outcome is and that different boxes seem to come up with different results but what is the technical procedure going on? How does it determine what symbol rate(s) to attempt? Does the transponder encode the SR and FEC into a...

When attempting to download any list the screen that appears list each line as an error. Sample: "Notice: Undefined index: 15.0°W Telstar 12 Ku in /home/satguys/public_html/thelist/include/satelliteNames_Function.php on line 126" :(

I'm sure lots of people on here would be willing to answer any specific questions you might have. Watch your wording if you want unambiguous answers. RF is radio frequency. It is just a descriptive term for the frequencies in a particular band (3kHz to 300GHz according to Wikipedia). In saying...