QUESTION ABOUT KU2 ON SAT MEX 5

[Blue Crystal]

I am using a BSC621-2 LNB on a 1o ft. bud,which picks up C and K Band. I have very little problems picking up K band on most of the sats that I try.
My problem is K band on Sat Mex 5. My signal strength is in the high seventies when I start the scan. I usually pick up 32 to 36 transponders. However, when my receiver scans the transponders for programs, I get no programs.
When I go to Lyngsat at look at their info for Sat Mex 5 it says the Ku beam is KU 2. Is Ku 2 different from regular K band? I have tried different settings on my receiver and still have the same problem. Any Ideas?

 

[Mr Tony]

you should get them as long as you're not near the Canadian border. The dropoff is dramatic there. I live in MN and get those channels on Lyngsat at barely any quality on the 30"

 

[Blue Crystal]

I'm in central Fl and get the C band very well. From memory I believe I pick up 40 or more channels on C band. It must be something to do with my settings.

 

[Mr Tony]

sounds like it

You are within the "hot" footprint of the satellite. Northern states it drops off DRAMATICALLY

 

[Blue Crystal]

I'll keep trying until I hit them. Thanks

 

[SatPhreak]

I live a few hundred miles north of Ice and can't get squat on either of the SatMex satellites on my 90 cm, but you should be ok in Florida.

 

[Blue Crystal]

I changed some of the settings on my receiver. The settings I used did not make any sense, according to the factory receiver set up.
Guess what? I found 34 Sat Mex 5 Ku band stations and 62 C band.
I guess the factory settings are not perfect.

 

[pro96]

I changed some of the settings on my receiver. The settings I used did not make any sense, according to the factory receiver set up.
Guess what? I found 34 Sat Mex 5 Ku band stations and 62 C band.
I guess the factory settings are not perfect.

34 KU stations and 62 Cband stations off Satmex 5, how can that be.
I don't even get 1/2 that many combined.. interesting.

 

[Mikhel]

34 Ku? I can only get like 8 channels, 4 of those encrypted (MTY 1, 2, 3 and 4), in Cband i get more or less the same number, about 50-60 channels. I live in México, just and hour and a half south of San Diego.

Cheers

Mike

 

[N5XZS]

Same thing, here too in New Mexico on 8 stations and some backhaul feeds and I am getting at mid 80's on the signal meter.

Not sure how you got 34 stations on the KU band?:

 

[pro96]

Yeap my exact point..