E6/Nim5

[B.J.]

Looks like Nimiq-5 has completed the switchover of transponders to 8PSK.
The hidden channels I found yesterday have encrypted.
Things are pretty much the same as before the switch except that there are more (encrypted) channels per transponder now.

 

[Mr Tony]

so for most of us we wont even be able to lock 72.7 because its all 8PSK now (turbo)?

 

[B.J.]

so for most of us we wont even be able to lock 72.7 because its all 8PSK now (turbo)?

Yeah, turbo. When I saw the posts about things going turbo 8psk, I decided to get the Genpix thing. So far, it has worked pretty well. Only thing I've had trouble with so far have been one 8PSK transponder that I finally got by changing the freq a bit, and I also had trouble locking the OETA DCII channel for some reason. I was getting a very strong signal on my 4200, but the Genpix basically couldn't lock it. One time I got it to lock, but with so many errors I couldn't do anything with it. I guess it didn't matter, because that channel was FP, and Genpix only does ZK, but I still should have been able to lock it. Maybe the Genpix has trouble with the 4880 SR? The Genpix worked fine on the Nebraska PBS channels (all but 2 were ZK).

Anyway, so far the Genpix thing has only saved me one channel via the turbo 8psk, but it's fun being able to see what's there, even if I can't watch it. I'm sure more things will pop up FTA eventually.

 

[pedrogarcia]

BJ> One day I am going to get used to referring to sats by name rather than position. It's definately a US thing, I guess i should know them by now LOL

ICE> thanks, saved me going through the Lyngsat page again