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Jim
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Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:
AMC-9, TP-19 KU band |
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I was trying to set up my receiver to search for the AMC-9 KU INFO
card on this transponder. Instead of the test card I found what
appeared to be a crime scene feed, a long shot of a huge home
somewhere, with police cars all over the place, newsmen with cameras
passing in front of camera. At the end of the feed there was a color
bar slate with the following:
WCAU NBC-10
Philadelphia, PA
AMC-9
What I'm wondering is if I got the transponder programmed right, I am
using a Uniden Supra and just put a dual feedhorn on the feed, and
this was my first KU NTSC reception with this setup.
My question is, since Lyngsat shows this transponder as an AMC-9 INFO
CARD, could this transponder have been used for a feed instead of a
test card? Thee is nothing but noise up there now, is there usually
an info card up there? Any other KU NTSC open channels? I'm trying
to align the big dish since it was hammered in Katrina and Rita.
Jim |
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Valdivar
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Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:08 am Post subject:
Re: AMC-9, TP-19 KU band |
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the K9-19 slate is not there all the time.
Try Sat. afternoons -lots of college football feeds on
K6,SBS6,K9,IA8(KU),XB,,etc
-if you haven't added 4DTV (and mpeg-2) get it.You'll be glad you did.
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"Jim" <wdxp@cox.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I was trying to set up my receiver to search for the AMC-9 KU INFO
card on this transponder. Instead of the test card I found what
appeared to be a crime scene feed, a long shot of a huge home
somewhere, with police cars all over the place, newsmen with cameras
passing in front of camera. At the end of the feed there was a color
bar slate with the following:
WCAU NBC-10
Philadelphia, PA
AMC-9
What I'm wondering is if I got the transponder programmed right, I am
using a Uniden Supra and just put a dual feedhorn on the feed, and
this was my first KU NTSC reception with this setup.
My question is, since Lyngsat shows this transponder as an AMC-9 INFO
CARD, could this transponder have been used for a feed instead of a
test card? Thee is nothing but noise up there now, is there usually
an info card up there? Any other KU NTSC open channels? I'm trying
to align the big dish since it was hammered in Katrina and Rita.
Jim
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kryppy
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:08 am Post subject:
Re: AMC-9, TP-19 KU band |
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On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:17:22 -0600, Jim <wdxp@cox.net> wrote:
| Quote: | I was trying to set up my receiver to search for the AMC-9 KU INFO
card on this transponder. Instead of the test card I found what
appeared to be a crime scene feed, a long shot of a huge home
somewhere, with police cars all over the place, newsmen with cameras
passing in front of camera. At the end of the feed there was a color
bar slate with the following:
WCAU NBC-10
Philadelphia, PA
AMC-9
What I'm wondering is if I got the transponder programmed right, I am
using a Uniden Supra and just put a dual feedhorn on the feed, and
this was my first KU NTSC reception with this setup.
My question is, since Lyngsat shows this transponder as an AMC-9 INFO
CARD, could this transponder have been used for a feed instead of a
test card? Thee is nothing but noise up there now, is there usually
an info card up there? Any other KU NTSC open channels? I'm trying
to align the big dish since it was hammered in Katrina and Rita.
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That slate comes and goes. It is really starting to be impossible to
point KU setups with analog only equipment as there are no full time
NTSC anymore on any of the sats.
Best thing you can do is get a FTA/DVB receiver to slave in and you
will find any sat with no problems, and have access to wildfeeds and
such like the old days. |
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Jim
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject:
Re: AMC-9, TP-19 KU band |
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I have a Pansat 2500A and plan to slave in the Pansat as a future
project. Is there any site out there that gives you the particulars
of how this is done? From what I understand, you use the main
receiver, in my case a Uniden Supra, to move and point the dish to the
correct satellite. After this you switch over to the DVB receiver to
surf transponders. It would have to be a foolproof switching setup to
keep from messing up one or the other receivers.
I think with a multipole relay you could switch the feedhorn polarity
servo signals between the Uniden and the Pansat and a RF switch to
switch the RF input from the KU LNB, is there anything else that needs
to be switched? I think the Viddo/audio outputs would have to be
switched along with the others.
I guess what we need is for Pansat or some other to make an "all in
one" analog/digital receiver, just like there is now a linear/Circular
Ku feedhorn now available. "One receiver/feedhorn setup to rule them
all....."
Jim
| Quote: | Best thing you can do is get a FTA/DVB receiver to slave in and you
will find any sat with no problems, and have access to wildfeeds and
such like the old days.
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Valdivar
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:08 am Post subject:
Re: AMC-9, TP-19 KU band |
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you need:
2 - 1 port power pass high frequency splitters-1 x c and 1 x ku band
1 -2 way diseqC sw.
cables
you connect the c and ku lines in from the dish to the 1 port power pass
splitters.Then the power pass side is connected to the c and ku inputs on
the Big dish receiver.....the non-powered side of both splitters connects to
the diseqC sw. which is connected to the DVB receiver.Then you enable the
sw. in the DVB receiver's menu and specify ie: port A = C band and port B
=ku..... for ea. satellite....and start scanning in channels....the analog
receiver controls polarity.
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"Jim" <wdxp@cox.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I have a Pansat 2500A and plan to slave in the Pansat as a future
project. Is there any site out there that gives you the particulars
of how this is done? From what I understand, you use the main
receiver, in my case a Uniden Supra, to move and point the dish to the
correct satellite. After this you switch over to the DVB receiver to
surf transponders. It would have to be a foolproof switching setup to
keep from messing up one or the other receivers.
I think with a multipole relay you could switch the feedhorn polarity
servo signals between the Uniden and the Pansat and a RF switch to
switch the RF input from the KU LNB, is there anything else that needs
to be switched? I think the Viddo/audio outputs would have to be
switched along with the others.
I guess what we need is for Pansat or some other to make an "all in
one" analog/digital receiver, just like there is now a linear/Circular
Ku feedhorn now available. "One receiver/feedhorn setup to rule them
all....."
Jim
Best thing you can do is get a FTA/DVB receiver to slave in and you
will find any sat with no problems, and have access to wildfeeds and
such like the old days.
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kryppy
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Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:
Re: AMC-9, TP-19 KU band |
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On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 10:37:02 -0600, Jim <wdxp@cox.net> wrote:
| Quote: | I have a Pansat 2500A and plan to slave in the Pansat as a future
project. Is there any site out there that gives you the particulars
of how this is done? From what I understand, you use the main
receiver, in my case a Uniden Supra, to move and point the dish to the
correct satellite. After this you switch over to the DVB receiver to
surf transponders. It would have to be a foolproof switching setup to
keep from messing up one or the other receivers.
I think with a multipole relay you could switch the feedhorn polarity
servo signals between the Uniden and the Pansat and a RF switch to
switch the RF input from the KU LNB, is there anything else that needs
to be switched? I think the Viddo/audio outputs would have to be
switched along with the others.
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It is simple. You split your C and KU lines with a high frequency
splitters. I use an eight way, but they come in four, three and two as
well.
From this you feed your Unidens C & KU ports and the two inputs of a
22khz switch for the Pansat.
You control the polarity with the Uniden by selecting an odd or even
channel and you setup C/KU in the Pansat with 22khz tone off and on.
Works very well.
You could feed the CH 3 output of the Pansat into antenna in on the
Uniden and switch back and fourth with the sat/tv button or modulate
them onto any unused channel numbers among the local channels.
| Quote: | I guess what we need is for Pansat or some other to make an "all in
one" analog/digital receiver, just like there is now a linear/Circular
Ku feedhorn now available. "One receiver/feedhorn setup to rule them
all....."
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There is a Satcruiser model that does that, but no one who has ever
got one has liked it...
| Quote: | Best thing you can do is get a FTA/DVB receiver to slave in and you
will find any sat with no problems, and have access to wildfeeds and
such like the old days.
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wa5dxp
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Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:
Re: AMC-9, TP-19 KU band |
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Thanks for the directions Valdivar.
On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:32:45 -0500, "Valdivar"
<rebelleader68@hotmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | you need:
2 - 1 port power pass high frequency splitters-1 x c and 1 x ku band
1 -2 way diseqC sw.
cables
you connect the c and ku lines in from the dish to the 1 port power pass
splitters.Then the power pass side is connected to the c and ku inputs on
the Big dish receiver.....the non-powered side of both splitters connects to
the diseqC sw. which is connected to the DVB receiver.Then you enable the
sw. in the DVB receiver's menu and specify ie: port A = C band and port B
=ku..... for ea. satellite....and start scanning in channels....the analog
receiver controls polarity. |
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kryppy
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Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:10 am Post subject:
Re: AMC-9, TP-19 KU band |
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On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:32:45 -0500, "Valdivar"
<rebelleader68@hotmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | you need:
2 - 1 port power pass high frequency splitters-1 x c and 1 x ku band
1 -2 way diseqC sw.
cables
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Hey, this would work also. :)
| Quote: | you connect the c and ku lines in from the dish to the 1 port power pass
splitters.Then the power pass side is connected to the c and ku inputs on
the Big dish receiver.....the non-powered side of both splitters connects to
the diseqC sw. which is connected to the DVB receiver.Then you enable the
sw. in the DVB receiver's menu and specify ie: port A = C band and port B
=ku..... for ea. satellite....and start scanning in channels....the analog
receiver controls polarity.
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I find the diseq switches sometimes stick. How about you?
Nothing like ruining a good blind scan!
I also don't use blocking splitters so any one IRD can power the
LNB's. I guess that depends on your particular setup. |
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Valdivar
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Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:
Re: AMC-9, TP-19 KU band |
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Has always here here ok(still waiting for 2nd splitter to arrive so I can
hook up the Ku band!)...
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| Quote: | On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:32:45 -0500, "Valdivar"
rebelleader68@hotmail.com> wrote:
you need:
2 - 1 port power pass high frequency splitters-1 x c and 1 x ku band
1 -2 way diseqC sw.
cables
Hey, this would work also. :)
you connect the c and ku lines in from the dish to the 1 port power pass
splitters.Then the power pass side is connected to the c and ku inputs on
the Big dish receiver.....the non-powered side of both splitters connects
to
the diseqC sw. which is connected to the DVB receiver.Then you enable the
sw. in the DVB receiver's menu and specify ie: port A = C band and port B
=ku..... for ea. satellite....and start scanning in channels....the analog
receiver controls polarity.
I find the diseq switches sometimes stick. How about you?
Nothing like ruining a good blind scan!
I also don't use blocking splitters so any one IRD can power the
LNB's. I guess that depends on your particular setup.
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