Lost the REELS station on 91 again

[shanklej]

Is it temporarily gone or moved somewhere else? Lot of strange things happening on 91. I have tried scanning various transponders with no results. Thanks for SatelliteGuys. I see they have moved it and scrambled it. FIGURES. Bye Reels......

 

[gpflepsen]

It's still at 3888/H/19749 for me. Showing a Bond movie as I type.

 

[shanklej]

Thanks for responding gpflepsen. I tried your suggestion and it didn't work for me. Possibly your are in a different part of the country from me. I am in NC Florida.

 

[gpflepsen]

My signal is solid 80%, one of the strongest I have.

MicroHD off 8' CM w/ C1.

 

[FaT Air]

Try this. Transponder list - Delete that transponder. Confirm on exit. Cycle the power Off for 10 sec. then On. Then try scan it back in. Might work. Might not. My S9 has had to that a couple of times. Something must be getting corrupted in the TP list(???)

 

[shanklej]

Tried your suggestion Fat Air - no luck. On Lyngsat Reels shows as encrypted at 3888/h/19749 mpeg-4hd powerv4 - it is light green. I get nothing that's encrypted. I simply refuse to pay for TV that should be free. They certainly advertise enough........

 

[gpflepsen]

Scan for FTA.

 

[shanklej]

Nope, scanning for FTA didn't work. My SI on 91 for other transponders is 90 and the Q is 75. For 3888/h19749 SI is 45 and Q is 5

 

[tekjunkie02]

sometimes moving the dish a few clicks one way or the other will bring it back... middle of the storm right now so I can't try it

 

[gpflepsen]

That "5" tells the story.

 

[Babadem]

Nope, scanning for FTA didn't work. My SI on 91 for other transponders is 90 and the Q is 75. For 3888/h19749 SI is 45 and Q is 5

I did have to adjust my LNB slightly yesterday to pull it in. Don't know why that happens on the REELZ transponder sometimes.

 

[FaT Air]

Check to make sure your analog receiver is adjusting the probe in the feed horn correctly? Do other H transponders get good Q? 2800 H 31250 - 3720 H 28800 are well above 70 here. But then, so is 3888. ???

 

[shanklej]

Clicking right or left doesn't improve the Q for 3288/H/19749. I added 3720/H/28800 and the SI was 90 and the Q was in the low 70s. The S9 box would not allow me to enter anything less than 3000. So the 2860/H/32250 is not available for me. There are a lot of Transponders on 91 that have an SI of 90 and Qs in the 70s.

 

[Lone Gunman]

The S9 box would not allow me to enter anything less than 3000. So the 2860/H/32250 is not available for me. There are a lot of Transponders on 91 that have an SI of 90 and Qs in the 70s.

Think that 2880 was a type "O". I think what he was suggesting was to find some other "H" transponders to see how you received those. 4160 H 31250 is a good hot one for me here in Virginia @ 86% S and 85% Q on my Winegard system using an S9.

 

[FaT Air]

2860/H/32250 - yeah, TYPO. 4160 H 31250, should be a literal "barn burner" in the high 70's (MINIMUM), I would think.
May be time for a dish "Tweak".** Check elevation(at zenith- 83W) then try again. If still 'no go' check the azimuth off to the east or west. try it again.
Use a strong transponder for initial tweak, then double check with weaker transponders.
**No matter how well these things are installed, over time they all seem to move. Some more than others.

 

[shanklej]

06-09-2013
Thanks Guys for helping.
I get SI 90 at click count 5746. This is with no "Reels" channel.
So I deleted all transponders except 1 in the 90/70 range.
Added 4160/H/31250. Scanned at 5746. 4160/H/31250 was in the
40/20 range. Bumped W 1 - still 40/20. Bumped W another 1 - jumped
to 88/76. Scanned 91 with 2 transponders and this was the results:
3753/H/14410 90/84
4160/H/31250 88/73
4082/H/29999 88/76
4042/H/31249 88/77
4016/H/6619 90/74
3996/H/19166 90/71
3922/H/29999 89/77
3890/H/19749 90/80
3842/H/29269 90/76
3802/H/31249 90/78
3772/H/14400 90/80
3723/H/28799 90/78
3843/V/29269 90/75
3803/V/31249 90/76
3773/V/14399 90/76
3754/V/14410 90/83
3724/V/28799 90/76
These are the highest Qs I have ever gotten.
Reels appeared at this point at 5747.
Went back to 5746 - no Reels.
Still can pick up some transponders at 5746.
To my way of thinking, I wouldn't have gotten any
SI in the 90s if my dish was out of adjustjment,
but I am most likely wrong. Seems I will have
to run 91 at click count 5748 permanently.
At this point I am totally lost but happy.

 

[FaT Air]

Probably lost a count somewhere throwing the dish off just a tad. That or it spun on the pole or in the ground 1/10 of a degree. Wouldn't doubt some other satellites will benefit by doing the same on them. Q seems to be pretty close to what I have. Another reason could be end play in the actuator. Try going to the satellite from the other direction.

 

[Joe DC]

Is it temporarily gone or moved somewhere else? Lot of strange things happening on 91. I have tried scanning various transponders with no results. Thanks for SatelliteGuys. I see they have moved it and scrambled it. FIGURES. Bye Reels......

I also lost REELZ about a week or so ago on my 6' dish with MicroHD receiver. It was about 70 Q prior and have no issues with the other stations I was receiving .....very strange??

 

[SatelliteAV]

There have been reports on several forums regarding a change of reception for Reelz. Try bumping the dish aiming to optimize for this transponder.

 

[Joe DC]

There have been reports on several forums regarding a change of reception for Reelz. Try bumping the dish aiming to optimize for this transponder.

Did try that with no luck. Even scanned adjacent satellites to see if another transponder was blocking the signal since I'm using a wide beamwidth dish.