Azteca on 93W is now 4:2:2

[Mr Tony]

Just a note...the Azteca feed on 93W (I think its Azteca 13) is now 4:2:2

12002 V 4352

Coolsat shows garbled pic...azbox plays it fine

FYI....

 

[pro96]

Good thing for those wit Azbox or DVB-S2 card wit codecs

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[greg harris]

Rescan.
For me, 11984/6615V Is showing the same thing but not in 4:2:2

 

[Mr Tony]

interesting. I didnt rescan but just flipped over and saw it as 4:2:2

 

[Mr Tony]

scanned 93W and get 3 channels

11983 V 6616 4:2:0
11995 V 6616 4:2:2
12002 V 4352 4:2:2

all same thing

 

[carlospr43]

Thanks for the update!!

 

[mrfrog]

Since my goal is Azteca 13, I guess I started on the FTA hobbie at the wrong time. This week, I have spent a few hours trying to find 93W Ku bird without any success. 91W single Ku sport's channel, no problem - I can find 91W linear Ku fast and easy, even with 18" dish.
But to increase the signal strength, I am using a 30" dish. I moved from 91W Ku towards 93W a bit a the time, maybe 1/64". I also tried to find it using the strongest transponder to aim dish suggested on another post by iceberg (G25 AKA IA6/G26/T6)-11897 H, 3010, and also 11983 V 6616, but noting.

Can coolsat decode 4:2:0?
If so, any recommendation to lock a transponder at 93W Ku?

My setup:
Coolsat 5000 platinium, 10.750 Ghz LO setting
Standard linear Ku LNBF, single port
30" offset dish - I am in AZ

Thanks for the information

 

[Mr Tony]

4:2:0 is the "stock" signal and any DVB receiver can tune it just fine (my CS5000 is the main unit I use)

I'm not near my setup to give you any other signals to try and grab but make sure the skew of the LNB is done. I went to the sat list above (thelist) and plugged in Phoenix as location for the satellite calculator.
With that I get this
46 elevation
137 azimuth (where in sky to aim...180 is souoth, 90 is east)...so it would be SE
skew (critical) is 26 right. So if you stand in front of the dish facing it, the LNB you twist it clockwise. With a fixed dish you need to twist the LNB for the proper skew to get the best signal.

 

[carlospr43]

I remembered locking this sat several days ago, here are the freq that my box kept, give it a try , good luck
12002 V 4352
12045 V 6620
11895 H 3010
11977 V 4350

 

[mrfrog]

I forgot to mention in my previous post that my skew is at 26 as you recommended - just for the 93W bird of course. I learned how important is the skew by setting it to zero - vertical - on a locked signal of 91W: the quality went from 90% to below 50%.

93W is not listed on my receiver, but I added it manually with 10.75 ghz L.O.
Regarding azimuth, I am positive it's right. I can find and lock the transponders from 77W, 110W, and 119W - with a quality signal over 85%. I double checked that my LNB is standard linear instead of dish Network circular LNB or the universal from mexico's sky service.
My elevation here is 48° because I am in Tucson.

Since I bought the stb used from ebey, my last option will be flash the box with the firmware recommended by the house. On my opinion, that should not matter, but I won't be 100% sure until I do.
Thanks iceberg for your recommendations.

4:2:0 is the "stock" signal and any DVB receiver can tune it just fine (my CS5000 is the main unit I use)

I'm not near my setup to give you any other signals to try and grab but make sure the skew of the LNB is done. I went to the sat list above (thelist) and plugged in Phoenix as location for the satellite calculator.
With that I get this
46 elevation
137 azimuth (where in sky to aim...180 is souoth, 90 is east)...so it would be SE
skew (critical) is 26 right. So if you stand in front of the dish facing it, the LNB you twist it clockwise. With a fixed dish you need to twist the LNB for the proper skew to get the best signal.

 

[guacharaca]

Big change but no improvement in picture quality on the HD card. The coolsat moves one step closer to the museum..

 

[Mr Tony]

The Coolsat should have the sat logged in there. It is probably under Telstar 6 or IA6. Those are the older names for it

 

[Remington]

I'm moving soon to a more "FTA friendly" location and I want to get back in the business. I remember the 2 Azteca channels (on IA6?) being scrambled at some point. My Mexican wife was sad... Are you saying they back in the clear now? I'm talking back in 2004-2005...

 

[guacharaca]

I do not see any signal now on 93w. Hopefully it will come back.

 

[Mr Tony]

It was there last night (12002) but lower signal quality than normal

 

[Mr Tony]

I'm moving soon to a more "FTA friendly" location and I want to get back in the business. I remember the 2 Azteca channels (on IA6?) being scrambled at some point. My Mexican wife was sad... Are you saying they back in the clear now? I'm talking back in 2004-2005...

its just one now (Azteca 13) but as noted above its 4:2:2 now so you need a receiver (azbox) or PC card that decodes 4:2:2

 

[Remington]

its just one now (Azteca 13) but as noted above its 4:2:2 now so you need a receiver (azbox) or PC card that decodes 4:2:2

Thank you for the info.
I was already interested by "The Q" at the time but it was pricy and no blind scan if I recall..
Azbox has the blind scan right?

 

[Mr Tony]

the newer versions do
the Elite doesnt

 

[ftamart]

scanned 93W and get 3 channels

11983 V 6616 4:2:0
11995 V 6616 4:2:2
12002 V 4352 4:2:2

all same thing

Is the 4:2:0 channel still there? I entered the frequency on my receiver, but there is no signal on that TP.

The 12002 V TP has a record high signal today on my receiver. In fact, I have never had such a high signal on any TP of any satellite. Yesterday it was very low.

I guess now I will have to upgrade to a 4:2:2 receiver. Which ones are 4:2:2 capable, besides the Azbox?

 

[Mr Tony]

only one left is the 12002 one. The others were "feeds" for the futbol game