What is a good transponder (As in strong) to point at on 105 West?

[ikki]

What is a good transponder (As in strong) to point at on 105 West?

 

[USDownlink]

Ku? Macys is consistently the strongest for me.

 

[phlatwound]

Ku? Macys is consistently the strongest for me.

Yep.

11855 V 3548

 

[ikki]

How about C Band?

 

[phlatwound]

When I last looked a couple weeks ago (using a CS6000) I couldn't find any DVB-S. Lyngsat shows a lot of DCII and DVB-S2 stuff.

 

[ikki]

I just need something to peak off of in anticipation of getting service on W5. I want to make damned sure I get a usable signal before I go down the path of buying a receiver.

I only have a 6 footer to dedicate to this.

 

[brex2001]

I just need something to peak off of in anticipation of getting service on W5. I want to make damned sure I get a usable signal before I go down the path of buying a receiver.

I only have a 6 footer to dedicate to this.

I notice you list a Pansat 9200HD, does it have the 8PSK board in it? If so then this might work for you( my Ferguson/Solomend picks these up):

3780H 30000 DVB-S2 8PSK

 

[ikki]

Thanks, btw what Q are you getting on that transponder?

 

[Mr Tony]

ikki
a 6 footer works great on the W5 stuff. I tried it a while back and I'm just up the road from ya and got very good results

 

[ikki]

Ice as a matter of compairison, on 103 West

3840 H 26681 (ION Pacific)

Here is what I get for Q 26 - 34, what do you get on this one. You seem to get better readings on your six footer then I do.

 

[Mr Tony]

I'll check tomorrow and report back...I think that one I can get up to a 40-45 on the Pansat but its been a while

 

[ikki]

Sounds good, also I get no sign of PBS, not even a blip, 4090 V 14028.

 

[Mr Tony]

that one is a pain in the a** to get. When I lock it to update thelist it takes 2 or 3 scans for it to register the channel....very low quality

 

[skysurfer]

ikki
a 6 footer works great on the W5 stuff. I tried it a while back and I'm just up the road from ya and got very good results

Plus skyvision keeps mentioning 6ft and larger dishes in marketing promotions and talk shows, so they must have a lot of customers using 6ft dishes with acceptable results.

 

[brex2001]

Thanks, btw what Q are you getting on that transponder?

This afternoon the Q was 65%, tonight not so good at <50% on 3780H 30000.
The Q on a DSR922 is 99% with same dish & lnbf(7.5 ft mesh, Geosat C-2).

 

[ikki]

Any one with a 6 footer willing to help me out with this?

Ice as a matter of compairison, on 103 West

3840 H 26681 (ION Pacific)

Here is what I get for Q 26 - 34, what do you get on this one. You seem to get better readings on your six footer then I do.

 

[Corrado]

I have a 6' offset Prodelin commercial dish dedicated for 105W for 4DTV and it gets 80-90Q with a conical scalar. The HITS feeds are pretty strong and are fine without the scalar anyway just a bit lower.