UNIVERSAL SPORTS

[pedrogarcia]

I just noticed FTA - Universal Sports on AMC1 12000H, 30k, 5/6 on Lyngsat is this standard DVB or DVB-S2 8psk please

 

[skysurfer]

DVB-S2 8PSK

 

[pedrogarcia]

I feel the need for a new receiver.

Thanks Skysurfer

 

[guapoharry]

You might also feel the need for a bigger dish...

 

[ChuckBoozer]

You might also feel the need for a bigger dish...

Been havong trouble locking the NBC channels myself. Would a 90cm CM dish be adequate (w/the weird skew) to pull in a reliable signal on a motorized dish?

 

[vanalex]

I have a dedicated dish, Directway with stock LNB on AMC1 adjusted for the funny skew and I have no problems receiving them. I believe that dish measures 39 inches by 23 inches.

 

[Mr Tony]

The key thing with AMC1 as noted is the oddball skew. I've used a 30" with the skew properly done and had no issues with NBC here in Minnesota

The picture on Universal Sports is pretty crappy compared to other channels in the mux

 

[guapoharry]

Foiled by the oddball skew.

I feel the need for a dedicated dish coming on...

 

[emuman100]

I used my Prodelin 36" for a while on AMC1 Ku. Once peaked and skewed, the mux came in pretty strong, but the picture was horrible on that channel, very low bitrate.

 

[LoTech]

I've continually read about the oddball skew on AMC1, but I'm a little perplexed. I have a motorized setup with a 30 inch dish and a Coolsat 5000. I pick up the Pentagon Channel with Q=77 and Black Shopping Channel with Q=75. Is this a C-band problem, or C and KU?
-LoTech

 

[qwert1515]

It is a Ku band problem, The Pentagon Channel is very strong, do you get any of the news feeds on that satellite (They are much weaker).

Also a reply by an uplinker a while back about the skew issue: http://www.satelliteguys.us/1047803-post17.html

 

[Christopherve7alb]

Up North I can barely get a lock on the S-2 stuff with a 1m dish, I'm starting to feel the need for a 1.2 m

 

[brentb636]

Up North I can barely get a lock on the S-2 stuff with a 1m dish, I'm starting to feel the need for a 1.2 m

That's not surprising. I'm in Michigan and moved up to a 1.2M for just that sort of reason. I'm not at all very far north at all.

 

[Mr Tony]

There are a couple strong transponders on 103W KU that a motorized will get...you pointed them out. If the skew was done properly you'll max the meter

As qwert noted the newsfeeds is where the proper skew comes in. I can barelyt lock most of them. If the skew is done properly I can lock numerous feeds

 

[SpiffWilkie]

There are a couple strong transponders on 103W KU that a motorized will get...you pointed them out. If the skew was done properly you'll max the meter

As qwert noted the newsfeeds is where the proper skew comes in. I can barelyt lock most of them. If the skew is done properly I can lock numerous feeds

I can lock some news feeds and the NBC muxes (as well as Pentagon and Universal) but I get some pixelation on the East and Central feeds, even with 70-something % quality, which is usually excellent for the Diamond. Is this normal? I don't have the dish skewed at the moment. I just use my motorized 39" for it with the lnb in the normal position.

 

[skysurfer]

You might also feel the need for a bigger dish...

Probably not. Very strong, clean signal using my fixed primestar dish (the smaller of the two types - 74cm?)

A new receiver or PCI card is very likely possibility unless he already has a DVB-S2 capable receiver/PCI card.

 

[LoTech]

The Pentagon Channel is very strong, do you get any of the news feeds on that satellite (They are much weaker).

I had never tried for anything other than The Pentagon Channel until just a few minutes ago. I did a quick blind scan from 12.000H to 12.100H and locked about 5 channels ranging from 66Q to 70Q on my Coolsat 5000.

What kinds of feeds do they generally have? Anything good. Right now all I'm seeing is several people sitting in a room and some color bars.

 

[Mr Tony]

mainly NBC news feeds

If you skew the LNB properly that sat lites up around supper time