My questions:
1. Is there a satelliteguys channel master project or something that has all of the transponders for all of the US viewable satellites?
2. Is such a project useful to anyone?
3. Is there a better way to scan (than blind scan) without having to create a tp list from lyngsat on my own (ie someone else has already done similar work)?
I've only been into FTA for about 1 year now and have learned quite a bit so far. I'm interested in feeds and typically when I blind scan it takes > 5 mins.
An alternative to blind scan on my receiver is tp scan, which scans all of the tps programmed into the receiver for that satellite and is much faster than the blind scan, however this means that I need a complete list of every tp available on every sat.
Another issue I have with blind scanning (aside from the time), is that I seem to get duplicate tps. They're only off by 1-2 on the frequency, but they list the same channels. I believe this is due to temperature of the LNB.
My idea was to find someone who had created a channel master project that included all of the transponder and satellites (visible to me) from lyngsat. Unfortunately the newest file I could find was from 2006.
For me it would be useful, so I can cut down on my scanning times, but this assumes lyngsat is a complete list of transponders. I was going to write a program that would extract the transponder data from lyngsat and put it in a channelmaster project file, but I noticed that some of the transponders on lyngsat lack the symbol rate (SR) field. On my receiver if I set the symbol rate to 0 it will not automatically determine the symbol rate during a tp scan, only during a blind scan, therefore I'd still have to do blind scans.
Are the missing symbol rates simply because they change on those transponders? Would it be "safe" to do a blind scan to find these symbol rates and then assume they will remain that way.
1. Is there a satelliteguys channel master project or something that has all of the transponders for all of the US viewable satellites?
2. Is such a project useful to anyone?
3. Is there a better way to scan (than blind scan) without having to create a tp list from lyngsat on my own (ie someone else has already done similar work)?
I've only been into FTA for about 1 year now and have learned quite a bit so far. I'm interested in feeds and typically when I blind scan it takes > 5 mins.
An alternative to blind scan on my receiver is tp scan, which scans all of the tps programmed into the receiver for that satellite and is much faster than the blind scan, however this means that I need a complete list of every tp available on every sat.
Another issue I have with blind scanning (aside from the time), is that I seem to get duplicate tps. They're only off by 1-2 on the frequency, but they list the same channels. I believe this is due to temperature of the LNB.
My idea was to find someone who had created a channel master project that included all of the transponder and satellites (visible to me) from lyngsat. Unfortunately the newest file I could find was from 2006.
For me it would be useful, so I can cut down on my scanning times, but this assumes lyngsat is a complete list of transponders. I was going to write a program that would extract the transponder data from lyngsat and put it in a channelmaster project file, but I noticed that some of the transponders on lyngsat lack the symbol rate (SR) field. On my receiver if I set the symbol rate to 0 it will not automatically determine the symbol rate during a tp scan, only during a blind scan, therefore I'd still have to do blind scans.
Are the missing symbol rates simply because they change on those transponders? Would it be "safe" to do a blind scan to find these symbol rates and then assume they will remain that way.
