113W Ku?

[Brct203]

I just noticed that i'm not able to get the BVN/Hwazan/Macrovision mux on 113W, and Reuter seems weaker than usual. I am also no longer getting the Esperanza/Hope channels.

Has anyone else noticed the same? Other nearby satellites are coming in fine (Tigo on 117W, NHK on 103W)

 

[Brct203]

well, BVN is back, but the whole thing seems quite a bit weaker than it was a week ago. Strange...

 

[Cham]

Not picking them up at all on a 90cm, but it's cold out and everything has a thick coating of frost that might be messing things up at my end. Winter is coming!

 

[Brct203]

same thing today, getting a pixelated picture on Reuter and not even a lock on BVN. They were all good last week (not very strong but good enough to be stable outside of heavy rain/snow events. Now the sky is all clear and there was no frost.

Only thing i can think of is that we got very heavy rain on Sunday night, so was wondering if that messed up a coax. But then I would expect that the reception of other satellites would be also affected.

 

[Kraven]

Didn't know there was a 113W. Unless am mistaken, isn't Satmex on 116w?

 

[Jim S.]

Eutelsat has satellites at 113W and 116.8W. (Also one around 115W, but it may be inclined, I don't remember anymore.) In Vermont, you may be either outside or on the fringe of the footprint for 113W. It has the Dutch channel that used to be on 101W and a full-time Reuters feed.

 

[Jim S.]

I just checked and I have no signal on BVN, and not enough signal to stay locked on Reuters (although that's normal for Reuters for me.)

 

[FTA4PA]

I'm getting a solid lock on both of these (Reuters/BVN) in Central PA with a motorized 90cm Fortec Star/Titanium PLL-1KS and overcast skys.

 

[Brct203]

this morning i was able to lock on both but not as strong as last week. But it's possible that my dish got a bit misaligned with the strong storm we had on Sunday evening. I'll check the alignment when I get a chance

 

[SatPhreak]

I just checked 113w and got the BVN mux but not Reuters. But I have never got Reuters with my 90cm dish.

 

[N5XZS]

No problem with the Reuters feed in New Mexico around 70s%.