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Does anyone know what happened to the kids programming on the PBS mux? Back when AMC 3 had PBS programming there seemed to be a lot of kids programming from around 6:00 to 8:00 EST. I got involved in other things and PBS moved to AMC 21. When I finally realigned to AMC 21 it seemed like...

By the way... My receiver was still set for the AMC 3 frequencies when I had my "Discovery" . Maybe if you tried your AMC 3 frequencies you might have some luck? I read on another post that the frequencies mirrored each other on both AMC 3 and AMC 21. Good luck Inno!

I wish you luck. G18 and G21 are so close together that I was getting both at the same time. (G18 was a little off.) I'd aim for G18 and just bump a little bit. Isn't it cool to find Satellites in the cold dark Autumn skies? :)

Well, this is still the coolest forum on the net :) Thanks for the answers. I notice now (since you've mentioned it) that Mike Kohl's site has "125.0 West AMC-21 coming soon" I didn't notice this before. No channel listings at all for it. I didn't even know that there was a new bird up...

Had a strange thing happen to me tonight.... I was out realigning my old primestar antenna that I use for AMC 3. After aligning this antenna I went to the front of the house to align my Fortec dish which is aimed at G10 (Sorry, I notice that it's G18 now). The memory of my Fortec receiver was...

I think that someone else said this.... I want to win the Moteck Motor from Sadoun! "Let us also know how you intend to us the motor and why?" To be able to motorize a bigger dish. Thanks for sponsoring us!

Something that I wish that I knew when I bought mine - Doesn't a universal have a 22khz switch built in, making it incompatible with an external switch? If this is true, I wish that I had known when I purchased my LNB's.

Pete, Stefan, and rdel, Thank you for the replies. I'm glad to know that it can be done. I appreciate the pictures, and the explanation of signal rejection. It appears that the scalar ring has been cut to insert the KU lnb's (in the photographs). I would think that this would cut down on...

I have the chance to get two free dishes. Both are small mesh, with one being 8'. The other is a 12'. I've have no experience with BUD's (nothing over 36 inches really.) Naturally, I want to go for aligning the twelve footer right away. How does a BUD compare to a small dish for aligning...

Recently I was offered a 12' BUD (mesh) which I think that I'm going to take. I was wondering about the possibility of attaching multiple ku-band LNB's to track adjacent satellites. Does a BUD has too tight a focal point to allow for the separation (spacing)? I hope this question makes...

I've always assumed that NASA would be one of the last to go. (Public funding) Is this a good assumption? By the way - Just about every other moment has been a "D'OH" moment for me lately. :)

Katrinasucks, Welcome back! :) Wish that that deal would have been around when I was looking. The question has come up recently, and I'm certain someone will appreciate it. Tim

Wow, I'm really starting to get lost in all of this information. It seems like a lot of the links go into detail on this and then fizzle out before actually showing results(or maybe I'm just getting confused?). I was really interested in link about using c-band on amc 4 with a twinhan...

It's pretty hard to list just one tip that I've learned from Sadoun. I've learned so much from his installation pages. Especially this one: http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Installation/HH-mount-installation.htm

I know that this is starting to diverge from a FTA thread, but could I ask what sort of antenna and receiver would be needed for this? (Maybe this is still considered Free to Air?) If the 4000 dollar receiver is standard, I think that I might rapidly loose interest.

If anyone is interested , this page explains things like PID's, symbol rates, 4:2:2, DCII, DBS, DSS, etc. I know that a lot of you are well versed in these things, but maybe others (like me) might benefit from looking through this: http://www.coolstf.com/mpeg/index.html Some stuff might be...

It certainly was.

Sweepy, Originally got this from Pete. Still the coolest map that I've ever seen: http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/launch/980031_001.pdf Don't forget to zoom in. Looks great printed on glossy paper.

Some information on ) Low-Rate Information Transmission (LRIT): http://noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/satservices.html Edit: Ouch! Looks like these aren't hobby receivers. Seems like everything I found was in the $4,000 + range...

It seems that both the polar orbit, and and GOES satellites still transmit data using radio facsimile. I sort of remember reading something about building a receiver setup using a radio facsimile machine back in the '80's (Wow). From this link...

Tron, Bummer. :( Is there anything on any of these, which could be received with a FTA receiver? Thanks.

Mastermesh, You might be interested in this satellite tracking program located here: http://www.satscape.co.uk/index.html (Satscape)

I don't want to sound like an expert on this - I just read it off of another website, but NOAH apparently downlinks at 137MHz. :( It looks like reception is possible for a couple hundred dollars though: http://www.hobbyspace.com/Radio/WeatherSatStation/index.html...

Thanks for the replies. Hope that I didn't drag this post out further than it had to go, but I just had to know. :)

Would you all mind humoring me for a second? This is one of those ideas that has no reason, but will stick in the back of my mind until I prove it wrong. I'm wondering if those with Fortec receivers and a universal LNB, have success blind scanning WYDN, while those using a standard do not...