Simon Bolivar 78W receivable in S. Florida

[nycrich]

Currently can receive Simon Bolivar 78W on 6 ft dish.
Can get 11379H 23000 sig 66 on Coolsat 4000 (Scans in 6 channels). Live soccer on one channel.
The 11504 V 3000 sig 70 is a bit higher ( 1 channel scans in)
Tried yesterday on 3 footer dish but signal was only 63, and could not lock signal.
This is reception in Ft Lauderdale, Florida.

 

[qwert1515]

No signs of life in Southern California with a 1.2 Meter dish with a universal LNB
Thanks for the post, I have look for this satellite a few times without any luck.

 

[jogon64]

Does anybody know if there´s a ku footprint map for NA for this bird?

 

[Mr Tony]

Mike Kohl mentions "some spillover into SE US"

78.0 West Simon Bolivar C-Band Serving Venezuela, some overspill to SE U.S.
V-3888 1262 3/4 23.000 0259 0260 TELE SUR
1160 1120 VENEZOLANA DE TV Venezuela
1460 1420 VISION VENEZUELA Venezuela
4096 4097 TVes Venezuela
8191 0702 Audio: La Radio del Sur Venezuela
8191 1122 Audio: Canal Informativo Venezuela
8191 1522 Audio: Canal Activa FM Venezuela
8191 1622 Audio: Canal Clasico FM Venezuela

78.0 West Simon Bolivar Ku-Band Serving Venezuela, some overspill to SE U.S.
FEEDS

 

[nycrich]

11379H Colombeia
Vive TV
ANTV
Venezoelana de TV
TVES
Telesur TV
11504 Showing documentary of oilfields in Venezuela, economic reports of oil production, etc.

 

[John Popper]

Sorry for the necrobump but since there are not that many threads about this bird I wanted to post a little update (also SATBEAMS has finally posted a C Band footprint map of this bird) which might prompt some of the users to see if they are able to get it:

I was able to get the 3886V 23000 mux here in Central Mexico with my 10 footer with low but enough quality for it to not pixelate

image taken from Exploradores de Satélites.com


I dunno about y'all but im always thrilled when I get a new bird I wasnt able to get before!

 

[eurosport]

I've gotten good reception of this bird in north Florida. 10ft dish.

 

[Anole]

I know it's not preferred to bring back old threads, but this seems very relevant.
Thanks for the updated info.

edit:
SatBeams map for C-band. (1.2m might work for 1/2 the US)
SatBeams map for Ku-band. (lower tip of Florida and little else)

 

[John Popper]

I think the C Band footprint map is kinda misleading because even though I am using a 10 footer I have noticed that I only get a decent signal on the Hugo Chavez mux from around 9pm ET to 3 or 4am, the rest of the day the signal is so weak I cannot get a lock

 

[Babadem]

Too far up North to even get a blimp from this bird.

 

[John Popper]

I was able to get the 3886V 23000 mux here in Central Mexico with my 10 footer with low but enough quality for it to not pixelate

I finally found the vpid and apid of the news channel Telesur that was scanning but not showing up any video or audio, VPID = 60 APID = 61

 

[John Popper]

the Telesur mux has been powered up substantially, Im getting a very strong signal now when in the past I was barely able to lock it, so if anyone wants to give it a try it might be worth it

 

[carlospr43]

Heard in another forum that the S2 Ku band mux was Encrypted. Its that true??

 

[John Popper]

Carlos I was referring to the C Band side, I am way outside of the ku footprint for this bird, cannot confirm that info, I believe it is only spot beamed to Venezuela