Recent content by brandon

IA-6 is my favorite. I've scanned during the day that thing lights up like a christmas tree. Nice to watch the video feed from the LA news choppers.

Hi, I do listen to aircraft on the normal airband (118-136 MHz) with my scanner. It appears in Australia you can pick up any airport (even ones far away) since they simulcast their signals to a satellite. Here you can listen to his feed with Winamp http://audio.liveatc.net:8012/au_sat.m3u...

I understand this is possible down in Australia according to this site. http://www.satdirectory.com/--atcviasat.html He is able to pick up all the ATIS, Airport, and even HF frequencies right from the Optus B1 satellite. Very cool!!! Now the big question is do any North American satellites...

It might be a hassle, but FIOS is definitely worth it. 15/2 here... I'll never go back to Mediacom (yuck yuck yuck)! Can't wait for FIOS TV so I can dump Dish. Hopefully it's here soon.

I concur with Iceberg. I purchased a Coolsat 5000, and his review pushed me in that decision. What a great investment. I enjoy scanning for feeds and it really does a good job. The blindscan feature is great and is much faster than on my Fortec Lifetime Ultra. I also like the ability to do a...

How good is the video when viewed remotely? I've never been a fan of "Internet video" as it always looks very poor. Can the Slingbox be customized to provide quality video streams? I've considered getting one of these. My Internet connection is 15Mbit(down)/2Mbit(up) with Verizon FiOS, so I...

Great recording! I'm always interested in hearing recordings from satellites. Also the EME stuff is interesting :)

Here is an interesting site http://www.uhf-satcom.com You can probably make a customized antenna for UHF satellite reception. Most of the UHF SatCom downlinks are in the 243-263 MHz range. Unfortunately most traffic is encrypted but occasionally you can catch some clear stuff. Sometimes...

I've noticed that too. I believe those are data TP's (such as the Internet) which is why they don't show up as any channels?

Now what we really need is a CNN International feed.

My dish got slightly warped when it was shipped. I was able to fix it by putting it on the ground and pushing it back into place. It's worked fine ever since.

Bummer. Guess I'll have to wait until I get FiOS TV to receive this channel.

Lyngsat shows two satellites at this position and shows no data. Are these satellites being used or are they retired? What puzzles me is that I scanned this satellite and a channel comes up saying it's AMC9 even though I sucessfully monitor AMC9 at a 83W. When I manually put this TP under the...

Ahh so it wasn't just me then? I used to have it pixelate all the time on my Fortec like the signal was bad, even though its over 90%. But on my Twinhan card it has always worked without any issue. Nice to see it working on both!

For San Diego folks, having KUSI added is awesome! It's my favorite San Diego news cast.