Can someone tell me what bird this is...

[Xevious2K]

Greetings All,

I got the dish mounted and aimed at (I think) AMC6. Could someone verify this. I haven't installed the motor yet, just going step by step.

Here are a couple of the channels I found...
1. Sat Link 2 Path 1
2. Sat Link Path 2
3. NBCNC
4. $AETV (I think the $ refers to Scrambled or encoded)

Any Idea what bird this is?

Thanks

 

[voomvoom]

My guess would be AMC 9....

 

[Xevious2K]

They are doing a story about the hurricanes in Fla, the reporter is speaking in spanish.

 

[charper1]

What tp freq - sym rate is the $AETV on?

 

[PSB]

Amc-9 for sure..... They just dropped the NBCNC feed : (

 

[charper1]

Is that $AETV one of the Home2US pay feeds?

 

[Mr Tony]

NBCNC is AMC9

 

[Xevious2K]

What tp freq - sym rate is the $AETV on?

charper1,

You'll have to forgive me, I'm so new to this, I have no idea how to get that information out of my receiver.

Thanks PSB and Iceberg. knowing where I am is always a good place to start.

 

[Mr Tony]

most receivers you can press the info button and it shows it

couple examples are enclosed

 

[Xevious2K]

Iceberg,

If it's OK with you, I may PM you with some questions. I just got the Pansat 3500s and whoever wrote the manual is still in 3rd grade. If you think it would be better to post the questions in general, just let me know.

Thanks,

 

[Mr Tony]

yes the manuals are usually junk.

You can PM me if you'd like, but if you post the questions out here than people who might have the same questions will know the answers

 

[Xevious2K]

Good Point, I'll Post in General.

BTW, Which motor control do you perfer/use, DiSEqC or USALS?

 

[Mr Tony]

Good Point, I'll Post in General.

that'll work. Just start a new topic

BTW, Which motor control do you perfer/use, DiSEqC or USALS?

I use 1.2 for the nudge

 

[Xevious2K]

Currently my dish is fixed, (I need a better mount for the motor), at AMC9. I'm going to move the dish manually tonight. Can someone reccommend a bird that has some interesting programming. Or better yet, a bird that is transmitting NASA TV that I can pick up on Ku with a universal LNB?

Thanks,

 

[Mr Tony]

NASA is on Echostar 7 (119) but you need a DBS LNB for that. NASA doesnt have a KU feed right now (a true KU feed...not DBS)

Otherwise there are a couple options
IA6 (93) for news feeds
G10 (123) for networks
AMC3 (87) for PBS..but you need an AC-3 receiver for those.
IA5 (97) if you want to learn a new language

 

[drhydro]

you might try the liberty channel on amc4, they have been re-broadcasting nasa quite a bit lately.

 

[Xevious2K]

Can I just wire tie a dtv lnb to my existing one to pick up E7? I've seen that other people have done this. What are the drawbacks? Will it work OK?

Thanks,

 

[Mr Tony]

Can I just wire tie a dtv lnb to my existing one to pick up E7? I've seen that other people have done this. What are the drawbacks? Will it work OK?

Thanks,

get a hose clamp at a hardware store...much sturdier

It works great..I have that right now on my motorized. Only drawback is if its motorized, you can't aim at 119 for the audio, since its off the KU band. So you aim for 123 or 115

I use to have a fixed dish at 123 (Galaxy 10) and a LNB next to it for the Audio on 119