DVIDS on 91W

[Martyn]

I just started playing with a C-band dish I picked up from Craigslist and I'm trying to find a good location for it.

With trees all around, It's a balancing act between 89W to 121W or about 99W to 125W or possibly further.

One of the channels I wanted to receive was DVIDS on 91W, but I'm having trouble on a 7.5ft dish. Some of the other channels on the satellite come in at Q levels of 70%, but I'm just getting a grey bar at 7 or 8% on DVIDS.

Can anyone tell me if this is a weaker channel or perhaps the dish is undersized? If so, I'll give up and shift the dish to see the arc from 99W to beyond 121W. If I should be able to see it, I have some more experimenting to do.

Thanks

 

[T4Runner]

I just started playing with a C-band dish I picked up from Craigslist and I'm trying to find a good location for it.

With trees all around, It's a balancing act between 89W to 121W or about 99W to 125W or possibly further.

One of the channels I wanted to receive was DVIDS on 91W, but I'm having trouble on a 7.5ft dish. Some of the other channels on the satellite come in at Q levels of 70%, but I'm just getting a grey bar at 7 or 8% on DVIDS.

Can anyone tell me if this is a weaker channel or perhaps the dish is undersized? If so, I'll give up and shift the dish to see the arc from 99W to beyond 121W. If I should be able to see it, I have some more experimenting to do.

Thanks

I get the three channels on my 7.5 ft mesh here a 3 hr drive South East of you, but at 60% Quality compared to 75% Quality on REELZ. I'm using a MicroHD for the receiver.

I looked you up on google earth, since you posted your Ham call and I suggest the dish should go in the middle of the back lawn... ;>) what an eyesore huh?


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[Martyn]

Thanks for the reply and your detective work! Unfortunately the back lawn isn't mine. I rent a unit at the rear with a small garden space and a big ass tree.

I've come to the conclusion the tree is causing problems. There are a bunch of low-hanging branches that seem to cut off the weak channels but not the stronger ones.

I noticed it this afternoon when I was watching the ABC network feed and realized the picture broke up each time the wind kicked up the tree. I need one of those pairs of pruning devices on a long stick to clear the line of sight to get rid of some of the branches.

Right now on 91W, I'm getting the CW mux at 35%, NBC at 73%, Arts at 51%, TWC at 51%, CSN mux at 44%, BYU at 20%, Word Network at 71%, Montana at 49% and Reelz at 51%.

 

[wbarrett]

Martyn

DVIDS does show some cool uplinks but it is not showing video more than it is. Me personally... I'd shoot for 99, 101, 103 and 105.

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?Bill

 

[Martyn]

Bill,

Thanks. I have those. I was after DVIDS because it carries the public domain feed of the State Dept. briefing everyday. It's useful for work and I can't get State Dept. TV directly on the west coast.

I found the same feed, although a much lower quality signal, on a transponder on 95W labeled "ch20." I'm not sure who operates that, but it was the feed from State Dept. TV.

Martyn