Has PBS moved off of AMC3 or am I going crazy?

[Davage]

Or not...
I get at least two HD PBS channels Off The Air on a $60 converter box.
.... and the 42" HD TV gets 'em , too.
Each station has additional content on sub-channels.

So, don't forget to keep your options open. :up

Over-The-Air doesn't offer much in my area unfortunately. The closest set of network stations including PBS would be at least 120 miles away.

What surprises me a bit is that PBS uses Ku-Band to transmit to the stations. C-Band doesn't have the rain-fade issues that Ku has..

 

[cracklincrotch]

They're probably using a pretty big dish. Bigger than ours, for sure.

 

[TRG]

PBS going 100% HD by Feb 2009...

I wonder if Montana PBS will be part of that plan.

 

[goaliebob99]

I just hope it stays FTA.

 

[PopcornNMore]

All the PBS channels including Montana PBS seem to be gone! No Red Green or British shows tonight.

 

[Mr Tony]

Montana is still there as of an hour ago

PBS barely registers on the 5000

 

[voomvoom]

They are coming in fine here. Montana is showing the British Comedies. I don't watch them, but my parents love them...

 

[Mr Tony]

the pbs mux on 12180 too??

 

[voomvoom]

12180 V 30000 is working here, looking at Create now...

 

[PopcornNMore]

I was able to scan them in, but they are so weak (63%) on my 1.2m dish that they don't lock.

These channels came in clear for years. The other satellites seem ok, so my LNB and dish are fine.

 

[Mr Tony]

I think its at the uplink somehow. I'm getting 63 on the 76cm too

Montana comes in at 70

 

[voomvoom]

I'm looking on my Fortec Lifetime Classic N.A. with a QPH031 lnbf and a Fortec 1.2m dish, and getting:
Create = 53%-60%
Montana PBS = 60%-66%

also it's very cloudy here and raining (lightly at the moment)

 

[gabshere]

booming for me here
montana at 87%
some at 93%
and create at 70%

 

[PopcornNMore]

I guess I need to realign my dish before winter. Thank you guys for posting your signal strengths and information on the PBS stations.

 

[PopcornNMore]

I adjusted the 1.2m dish this afternoon and now get Montana PBS with a 79% signal strength. I'll just have to catch the British shows and Red Green next weekend.

Thank you guys!

 

[satcom1]

Noticed from my start up with FTA that AMC3 PBS channels seem to be coming from a different part of the satellite. Have had to make slight adjustment to get signal and on the HDTV channels they are in different location on the bird. So I have balanced between them and normal PBS sigs.

 

[voomvoom]

One of the reasons I went to a dedicated ku dish was because of AMC3. Where my Bud was located, a Pine Tree (still growing, I will add), was blocking about a third of the LOS. It gave me numerous problems for AMC3 ku, although the C-Band side worked great. I almost cut it down a few times. But after I got me a dedicated motorized ku dish, I rarely use the Bud on ku anymore. I live in the middle of Georgia and the hardest channels I ever tried to get, and gave me the most problems, were the Digicipher2 Georgia PBS (GPB TV) on AMC ku. You would think that I could receive a satellite that my own state uses for public education? Anyway, after the dedicated ku was set-up, I rarely have problems with AMC3 ku any more. I have since moved my Bud west and north about 20', and it no longer has a problem with AMC3 ku. But, I still primarily use the dedicated ku dish for most of my ku watching.

 

[gabshere]

booming for me here
montana at 87%
some at 93%
and create at 70%

mine is on a motorized 84e primestar with hughes lnbf & coolsat 5000

 

[cracklincrotch]

At the time that I post this I get nothing on 12140V/12180V. 0%. Get TiP fine on 11716 H and MTA on 11736 V.

 

[voomvoom]

12180 = 40%-46%
12140 = 66%-73%