Help me ident sat please

[Spine]

Hello all,

Last night I was playing around with my 1.2M channel master trying to tune in some atlantic satellites (my location is near Toronto). I have calculated a list of what satellites with transponders I should be able to see from my location:

az/el @ skew

58 - PAS9 ( 149.3 / 35.1 @ -21.7 )
43 - PAS 6B/3R ( 132 / 27.6 @ -32.5 )
37.5 - T11 ( 126.7 / 24.3 @ -35.6 )
30 - HISPA ( 119.8 / 19.5 @ -39.1 )
24.5 - I905 ( 115.2 / 15.8 @ -41.1 )
22 - NSS7 ( 113.1 / 14 @ -41.9 )
15 - T12 ( 107.6 / 9.1 @ -43.8 )
12.5 - AB1 ( 105.8 / 7.4 @ -44.4 )

I was able to tune into HISPASAT @ 30W no problem last night so I continued to try and get further east. I didn't have an accurate compass but roughly 5-10 degrees lower in elevation and a little east (5-10 deg) of HISPA 30 I tuned into another satellite.

Looking at lyngsat and the spot beams it appears it is most likely I905 or NSS7 (and highly unlikely to be T12 (i didn't go that low in elevation). Additionally I905 is outside of the "standard" lnb range so I doubt it would have been that bird, so it only leaves NSS7.

I did a blind scan and the transponders I came up with were at

xxxxxx

I can't say if they are H or V because I also think my NORSAT lnb is only one polarization but the channels I came up with were called:

BT-ESPN1 (no audio or video present)
BT-ESPN2 (no audio or video present)
NSL70048 (appears to be camera of some road?)

The funny thing is that none of these channels show up in lyngsat nor do any of the satellites have transponders near XXXXX

Does anyone have any idea of what satellite this is? I am going to try and get the

Thanks so much,

Mike

 

[PSB]

Sounds like PAS 9 @ 58ºw

PLEASE do not post any feed info in the open FTA area THANKS!

 

[Spine]

I was turning the dish more east from Hispasat at 30W and lowering the elevation, so I don't think it's possible to get PAS9 @ 58W. Also, the TP frequencies aren't that close.

Any other ideas?

 

[Mr Tony]

The only satellite on KU east of Hispasat is Telstar12 at 15 degrees west. Maybe its that

 

[PSB]

BT usually means a Brittish Telecom feed........

 

[jayelem]

I was turning the dish more east from Hispasat at 30W and lowering the elevation
Any other ideas?

How about NSS 7 at 22.0 W, definitely possible.

See if you can go further east a bit, use Lyngsat frequencies listed for T12 @ 15.0w. then blindscan again, and please post your success when you figure out, I'm curious, my Stab HH100 motor will not let me go past 30.0 W by much, however my LOS East is pretty good.

 

[Spine]

Well I changed my LNB last night to my invacom (the Norsat one I was using was only single polarity), and I was able to tune in Hispasat @ 30W as well as T12 @ 15W.

The "Mystery Sat" is roughly half way between the two.

Looking at Lyngsat this means it is either NSS7 Or I905.

What is interesting is that the frequencies which these channels were on were on 11.909 GHZ and 12.040 GHZ.

From lyngsat, it appears NSS7 doesn't have any transponders less than 12.123 for its North america beam, and I905 doesn't have any transponders greater than 11.7 GHZ at all.

So I would say these results lean more towards the NSS7 sat, but the transponder frequencies don't match lyngsat. So maybe they changed the TP frequencies or lyngsat might be wrong?

 

[W_Tracy_Parnell]

It could be I905. They have a reported feed from British Telecom in the past which would jibe with what PSB said.