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Sorry to hear this. It was his articles in Radio Electronics magazine that first got me started in this hobby.

OK, got it at 139w on an 8 ft Birdview here in New Mexico. Only 5.2 dB, but a solid lock. Thanks for everyones help.

I was confused too. I had assumed, incorrectly, that ARCS had moved to 127w. I am getting 3880 H 30000 with an SNR of 12.0 dB. Looks like ARCS is still on 139w.

Thanks. I'll try peaking the dish tomorrow.

Could someone post the freq and SR of the Alaskan mux? I'm getting most everything else without any problems on my 8 ft. Birdview. But not getting this one.

Looks like AMC 6 has replaced AMC 18 at 139w. For the first time I can receive ARCS. On my 8.5 ft dish it's breaking up badly at 4.4 db. Should be OK on my 10 ft dish. Just need to take care of some tracking issues at the far end of the arc and deal with a few trees for the 10 footer to work.

IMHO it doesn't matter which way you mount the LNBs to the waveguide on the feed. Either way should give the same results. For mounting the whole assembly on the antenna, orient it so that the probe in one LNB is exactly parallel to the dish axis (N-S), that will be your vertical polarity. The...

You receive ARCS from 139w in New Mexico? I don't see even a hint of a signal here. If so, what size dish do you have?

I'm not seeing those signals at 55.5, 58, or 61 west.

Just to clarify one thing, I get excellent reception from SES6 at 40.5W in the 3.6 to 4.2 GHz range with a Titanium LNBF. It is in the 4.5 to 4.8 GHz band with a Chaparral Superfeed and dielectric slab that the performance isn't as good as I would like. Maybe just need to play around with the...

In the 4.5 to 4.8 GHz range, Eutelsat 65W is the strongest satellite for me here in New Mexico. It comes in very well on my 10ft dish. There are about 8 or 9 channels there. Lyngsat is pretty much correct. Amazonas 2 at 61W is mostly data but there is one video channel, WooHoo HD at 4558 V...

Looks like it is a goner. Stricken with fuel leak, Intelsat 29e seen drifting in geostationary orbit – Spaceflight Now

We've had about 6 ft. of snow this winter. Had I known it would snow this much, I might have used taller poles. At least I don't need a step ladder to work on the feeds.

For footprints, I like: SatStar.net - Satellites But as Brian said, they aren't particularly accurate. Even if you aren't in the footprint, give it a try, you might get something. For example, I can get a few C band channels weakly from Star One C1 at 65w here in New Mexico, even though I'm...

Why don't you pick up one of those big dishes just down the road from you? They might even deliver. :)

There are 3 satellites with transponders in the 4.5-4.8 GHz that I can receive in North America. Last I looked at them (a few months ago) Lyngsat was accurate in their listings. 40.5 W SES-6: Circular, one ITC channel and one encrypted mux. Covers South American, most of North America and...

Did you try changing channels to a different mux and then back again, to see if that fixed the issue? My V8 does that sometimes and changing channels always fixes this.

I get it fine on a 8.5 footer with a Titanium LNBF. For me it is one of the stronger signals on 103w.

Also see the first post in this thread http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/a-note-on-map-master.285902/#post-3643695 I downloaded the software and got the cable when this first came out, but never tired it, so I don't have any firsthand knowledge of it. But I believe it is like a channel...

Yes, the receiver number matches what's on the label, so it is good.

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My Birdview is the same, the center 12 inches or so flattens out. Not really an issue with the original large C Band scalar, as it would shade this area. But as you said, it would throw off the measurement of the depth.

WB6SJM here. Not very active, but hope to get on more when I retire next year. :) Wife and one son also have their license. Got my 1st class radiotelephone license (with radar endorsement) when I was 19. Guess they don't have those anymore.

I have a spectrum analyzer that isn't very sensitive, so once tried an in-line amp on my 250' run of RG6 to boost the signal. I wasn't expecting any change in the BER on my receiver, and for the most part there wasn't. But one mux went from good to breaking up badly. Turns out the amp was...

Free C Band dish near Albuquerque. http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/zip/5863679235.html