Trouble pulling in weak W3

[Chas]

To All

Is anyone having trouble pulling in W3? I heard it was weak but I thought I could still pull it in with my, DSR922 4DTV, Norsat 8515 lnb, 10' SAMI dish I get T4 Gal.28 real good. So what's the problems? It would be greatly appreciated!

 

[rainmaker]

getting it just fine here with a 8.5' dish.

 

[John Popper]

sat names change so often ive lost count, where is w3?

 

[Chas]

sat names change so often ive lost count, where is w3?

At 87*W/AMC 9

 

[Chas]

getting it just fine here with a 8.5' dish.

I guess I'll have to do little more tweaking on my BUD. By the way rainmaker, what type of lnb you're using if you don't mine?

 

[John Popper]

87, that's one of the strongest birds up there for me down here in MX, so you should definitely be getting it. Strongest signals are TVU and NASA.

Let me check if I see some analog might be easier to find it that way: no active analog feed right now

 

[rainmaker]

At 87*W/AMC 9

W3 on the 922 is Amc 3, Amc 9 is W9 at 83w. My Lnb's are the Norsat 8515 c band and Norsat 4506A for ku. and a Chaparal co rotor II feed horn.

 

[Chas]

W3 on the 922 is Amc 3, Amc 9 is W9 at 83w. My Lnb's are the Norsat 8515 c band and Norsat 4506A for ku. and a Chaparal co rotor II feed horn.

You are right, my mistake!....it is on amc3 87*W. I'm having great reception on 89*W Galaxy28. Can't tell about AMC9 83* I don't get anything on that sat. I went back to AMC 3 and tried tweaking nothing yet.

 

[rainmaker]

Amc 9 has a couple of RTV feeds East and West. on the ku side.

 

[Chas]

Amc 9 has a couple of RTV feeds East and West. on the ku side.

Thanks Rainmaker,
I'll check them out later.

 

[John Popper]

Chas, as far as I know there's no active DVB for C band @ 83, if you wanna locate the sat try to look for the Ku Band channels, like RTV

 

[TMair]

I have a hard time locking onto W-3 I have a norsat 8515 C band LNB don't know what my Ku is it has been up there for a wile, I also have a 7.5' dish, it used to be if I had my DVB box hooked up using a splitter I could not lock on that sat, I decided to add a length of cable with slip on connectors so it would be easier to take the splitter out of the loop and now I can lock on with every thing hooked up, TVROPRO explained what happened but I am not that advanced, anyway, it is a weak sat.
Terry