Replaced a dead HH motor this weekend and decided to test my East West limits. I was able to find 180E without much difficulty and there were a few ITC feeds. I might have found 172E although not sure as couldn't scan in any channels on the transponders found. According to Satbeams there are spotbeam footprints which reach the US west coast so just wondering if anyone has succeeded and if so which transponders were active?
172E Eutelsat 172B Ku in NA?
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Can you find anything ITC on the following?
3888 H 10414 (encrypted)
3916 H 3330, or
3947 H 15000, or
4196 H 1415
3888 H 10414 (encrypted)
3916 H 3330, or
3947 H 15000, or
4196 H 1415
My mistake! You said Ku. I looked at your signature and saw no Ku dish so I assumed C.
I have my inverted fixed dish on 180E and the signal is great at about 12.5 dB typically. To try for 172E, I need to swing west about 7 degrees in azimuth and lower the dish by 5 degrees for an elevation of 8 degrees. Provided a tree doesn't get in the way (I'm looking through a forest of them) and provided the resulting 8 degree elevation doesn't have me looking into my local hill, then I can check by trying some blind scans.
I have my inverted fixed dish on 180E and the signal is great at about 12.5 dB typically. To try for 172E, I need to swing west about 7 degrees in azimuth and lower the dish by 5 degrees for an elevation of 8 degrees. Provided a tree doesn't get in the way (I'm looking through a forest of them) and provided the resulting 8 degree elevation doesn't have me looking into my local hill, then I can check by trying some blind scans.
Blind scans aren't pulling anything in. I may have trees in the way though. Much harder when you don't know of an active transponder that's receivable.
Thank you for trying! FWIW "WSI WS9036" in my signature is a 36" Ku dish. RIP WSI.
I found a few transponders which I think may be 172E although not sure. I'll grab the ones I found and post them shortly to see if you can replicate. Satbeams shows a Ku-band North Pacific beam and Ku-band HTS10/HTS11 footprints which reach the western US although can't find any information on which transponders if any have active feeds and maybe they aren't used for video. Satbeams could also be outdated or incorrect. The North pacific beam looks promising unfortunately nothing shown on Lyngsat. Somewhere I recall a website similar to Lyngsat with a focus on Europe/Asia although that may have been long ago.
I found a few transponders which I think may be 172E although not sure. I'll grab the ones I found and post them shortly to see if you can replicate. Satbeams shows a Ku-band North Pacific beam and Ku-band HTS10/HTS11 footprints which reach the western US although can't find any information on which transponders if any have active feeds and maybe they aren't used for video. Satbeams could also be outdated or incorrect. The North pacific beam looks promising unfortunately nothing shown on Lyngsat. Somewhere I recall a website similar to Lyngsat with a focus on Europe/Asia although that may have been long ago.
No luck. I did see a "bobblehead" signal on 12685 H 16523 as listed on saoing but I couldn't get anywhere trying to tweak it in. Perhaps I would need to move my dish tripod to get around the trees but I don't plan to do that. Maybe somebody who has a clear view of that part of the sky could try.
I put my dish back on 180E to enjoy the Tahitian transponders.
I put my dish back on 180E to enjoy the Tahitian transponders.
Here are scanned transponders which might be 172E:
11499 V 22499
12229 V 22499
12600 H 34999
12645 H 21369
I only have good SQ on 12600 H the others are too low to scan a channel even if was there.
Oddly, 11499 V seems like it may be a transponder on 169E so not entirely sure what I'm finding. That said, all the Ku transponders may be used for data so it may be a waste of time.
11499 V 22499
12229 V 22499
12600 H 34999
12645 H 21369
I only have good SQ on 12600 H the others are too low to scan a channel even if was there.
Oddly, 11499 V seems like it may be a transponder on 169E so not entirely sure what I'm finding. That said, all the Ku transponders may be used for data so it may be a waste of time.
that does not seem to match the frequency plan of Eutelsat 172B: http://frequencyplansatellites.altervista.org/Eutelsat/Eutelsat_172B.pdf
except for 12600 and 12645
12229 is a perfect match for one of the transponders on Horizon3e @ 169E: http://frequencyplansatellites.altervista.org/Intelsat/Horizons_3e.pdf
11499V might be a match too
If you can do C-band, I can vouch from earlier this year that the circular AFN transponder on 169E Horizons 3E was active and receivable in Japan per Lyngsat. Their C-band footprint extends into California and, on Ku, to the west coast of North America.
A while back I had LOS to the western horizon with my C-band dish but in its current location it can't see that far west and attempting to do so it would flop.
Thanks for posting those detailed transponder links. I think you may be correct, it looks like I found spot beams on 169E.
Thanks for posting those detailed transponder links. I think you may be correct, it looks like I found spot beams on 169E.
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