Recent content by Brct203

Well I can confirm what you said... Take a look at the attached reports. Note that the duration indicated is for the blind scan part only, and does not include the service scan part The results are a bit inconsistant but still some hints: on 117W, great results with TNAP6 using the regular...

I'm finding it exactly where Jim said it was, in TNAP 6 using the GlamourAuraFHD skin items # 6 and 7 in the list of settings

hahaha you know me well! Yes I shall run some tests... I think 117W is indeed an interesting test subject. 40.5W is also an interesting one, as it has some T2MI transponders, but it's overall a bit weak, so results do vary because some TPs are just around locking threshold

Adding to the excellent advice provided by Mr Tony, powered multiswitches will make the setup more reliable. Also if you can get quad LNBFs, then all you need are the diseqc switches. I just don't know a reliable source for quad C-Band LNBFs. But for the Ku LNBFs that should not be too...

I was not aware of the plugin that allows easy swap of the driver - that's a game changer as the only reason I was staying with 5.1 was the low bitrate driver. Thanks Cyberham for pointing it out!

this is what I scanned on 28.2 East from the north of France, close enough from the UK that I could very easily receive the UK beam on a 65cm dish. Of course many channels were encrypted and an interesting aspect is that some channels were FTA in SD but pay TV in HD If you can get dishes aimed...

Sometimes when doing some testing - like site survey, it's nice to have a list of satellites with the parameters for the location - elevation, skey and azimuth. There was a site - satstar.net that was excellent for that purpose - you would enter your location and dish size and whether it was C...

for anyone who is interested in trying it, Anik F1R's orbit just crossed the equatorial plane, so can be received like any "normal" satellite for probably the next 30 minutes. I am seeing the exact same problem where the blind scan in TNAP 5.1 is not finding it, but the Signal Finder locks that...

i've definitely seen this type of problem on other satellites, where it mises certain transponders even on multiple blind scans, for no apparent reasons. And at other times it will find it. I don't have an explanation for it

but that's on 117W, right? I think Arlo is talking about the last remaining Canadian (Nunavut) feed on the ageing Anik F1R @ 107W

could be that his LNBF is turned 90 degrees

looks like that would be 121W

interesting observation... we're having a bit of a thunderstorm right now - light rain but with large raindrops, but thick dark clouds in the line of sight to 99W. I could see the SNR on the 90cm dish go down faster than on the 6-footer, and the 2dB difference was at some point more than 5dB...

i'm playing a bit with a 6ft Ku offset Channel Master dish and comparing reception to a 90cm Fortec Star offset The surface of reception being proportional to the square of the diameter, and 3dB being roughly equivalent to doubling the signal strength, one would expect about 6dB more on the SNR...

LPB on 87W is probably the most difficult here (I'm in western Connecticut) 11100V 45000 on 34.5 (Venezuelian mux) can also be quite challenging the French transponders on 34.5W can also be a bit borderline