What´s up with Amc5@79w?

[jogon64]

All of a sudden Telemundo is booming at 85% after over 2 months with a lot of breaking up 30-40s % Qs.

I´m not complaining, don´t get me wrong. I just want to know if anyone knows what´s happening and if this improvement is for good or just a malfunction. I sure hope it stays so. Cheers.

 

[photoman76]

AMC 2 replaced AMC 5 not long ago. Maybe they adjusted the footprint or power levels.

 

[Cosmokramer11]

I am getting it right now with 67Q

 

[mikelib]

I was checking 79W last night and KTEL was very weak, I was using a 1.2 cm dish. This station use to be the hottest station that I could get it would peg the SQ on my Fortec Dynamic with a 90 cm dish yesterday it was low SQ and the signal was in and out. I will check it out tomorrow and see if the SQ is back. Thanks guys.
Mike Lib

BTW, sometimes I wish I understood Spanish, some of the shows look interesting.

 

[Jim S.]

I just checked it out, and in less than a minute I saw the quality level go from 40% to 65% to 30% to 50%. Meanwhile the signal level only fluctuated between 89% and 90%! I have no idea what this means...

As I'm typing this, it's also dropped out entirely several times... When it does that, the signal level goes out too.

What I really don't understand is why replace AMC5 with AMC2? I thought AMC2 was in bad shape while it was at 101. I never really had any problems with AMC5.

 

[Arion]

90% on the signal and 50%-%60 on the quality on a 90cm pan in Michigan.

 

[rusat]

53% Q, with 75 cm offset dish, here in Monterrey, Mexico.
Using a Fortec lifetime classic NA.

 

[guacharaca]

I tried the C.C. last night when watching a novela. Unlike many other stations on satelite, it actually works on Telemundo. This helps a lot because I can understand almost all Spanish if I can read it.

 

[Mr Tony]

I thought Telemundo did English captioning at night if you put on CC3?

edit: they do

Telemundo is the only US Spanish-language network to provide English subtitles of its weekday prime-time programming. They appear as closed captions on CC3 in standard definition and digital service 2 in HDTV. The network produces the translations in-house and intends them to attract Hispanic viewers who may not be fluent in Spanish.[17] Programs appear with a special digital on-screen graphic at the start of each episode

 

[ftamart]

Do you guys know of a strong transponder other than Telemundo's on this sat? I have 0 signal on this sat. It used to come in nicely. I would like to find out if there is something wrong with my dish alignment.

Thanks.

 

[Pixl]

Do you guys know of a strong transponder other than Telemundo's on this sat? I have 0 signal on this sat. It used to come in nicely. I would like to find out if there is something wrong with my dish alignment.

Thanks.

Telemundo on tp 11904 is the only signal that scans in here in Northern Michigan. Q-65

Jim

 

[ftamart]

I have played around using different settings (Lyngsat and The List), but I have no signal at all. What settings should I use? Is it my location? Is there another strong transponder at the same location that I could use to test my dish alignment?

Thanks.

 

[Pixl]

I have played around using different settings (Lyngsat and The List), but I have no signal at all. What settings should I use? Is it my location? Is there another strong transponder at the same location that I could use to test my dish alignment?

Thanks.

I was parked on this sat last night from 6:30-7:30 EST. I saw 4 different feeds come and go, all horz. The only one that was a listed occasional feed on Lyngsat was 12109 H 3979 (CNN Chicago). Telemundo was not up there at all.

Jim

 

[Mr Tony]

Telemundo is still there
11904 H 2170

but sadly that is the only 24/7 transponder on that sat

 

[Jim S.]

Depending on your receiver, you may need to sit on Telemundo's frequency for a few seconds before it locks, due to the low symbol rate. Even if you're already aligned to the arc, it might not be found on a blind scan every time, or even at all.

 

[PopcornNMore]

Like Iceberg said, sadly this satellite mainly has news feeds.

 

[photoman76]

There are four more 24/7 signals on AMC 2/5. Unfortunately they are Turbo QPSK and Turbo 8PSK internet data muxes. The signals are very strong, but are of little help if you are using standard DVB receivers or cards.

 

[hd fan]

Is anybody else having issues with KTEL Telemundo or is it just me? For the last 2 days now it pixeleates heavily and looses signal almost all day but it started few days ago. I can see a wide signal right next to it that was not there before but have no idea if it is from the same bird or from 83 west. I even replaced the 60 cm starchoice with a 90 cm but still no luck getting rid of the interference. I can even see that they moved the signal 4 Mhz down to 11896H now (well 8 because at some point they moved up to 11904). Not even the birdog would lock the signal at the dish even on the 90 cm but I see the peak signal and the wide one right there. Most be from 83W since I can make the wide one smaller if i move the dish while keepig the narrow peak fairly high. No idea what to do next that is why I am asking.

It started happening in the hot afternoon but it would come backlater so I though it was a feed from the adjacent bird but now it seems to be permanent all day .

 

[Keith Brannen]

Is anybody else having issues with KTEL Telemundo or is it just me? For the last 2 days now it pixeleates heavily and looses signal almost all day but it started few days ago. I can see a wide signal right next to it that was not there before but have no idea if it is from the same bird or from 83 west. I even replaced the 60 cm starchoice with a 90 cm but still no luck getting rid of the interference. I can even see that they moved the signal 4 Mhz down to 11896H now (well 8 because at some point they moved up to 11904). Not even the birdog would lock the signal at the dish even on the 90 cm but I see the peak signal and the wide one right there. Most be from 83W since I can make the wide one smaller if i move the dish while keepig the narrow peak fairly high. No idea what to do next that is why I am asking.

It started happening in the hot afternoon but it would come backlater so I though it was a feed from the adjacent bird but now it seems to be permanent all day .

It is down for me, as well. If I remember correctly (as I don't watch it) it is usually in the high 70s (or higher) on my Pansat, and is now at 30. Also on the sat is Perry's Jewelry channel at 11936 H 2403 that is at 60 on the Pansat (and is broadcasting now).

EDIT: Signal appears to be coming back, bouncing up into the 40s.

 

[hd fan]

thanks keith. i did not know about the perry channel so will use it to troubleshoot further. maybe that is why they seemed to shift it down 4 mhz below 11900H , hope they fix it somehow since I do not want to use a 1.2m just for that bird. will try tomorrow with the 1.2 m to see if it gets rid of the wide signal(if it is coming from 83W that is)