In the past month or so, I have not been able to pickup Lifetime Real Women (11979 V, 3000 SR) and LPB (12072 H, 16666 SR, FEC 3/5, 8PSK) on AMC 21 @ 125.0°W. Are those channels still there, or did their transponder information change?
Lifetime Real Women and LPB on AMC 21 @125.0°W
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LPBS (12072 H 16666) is still there, Lifetime Real Women (11980 V 30000) left that transponder and all the channels on that transponder are encrypted.
What are the paramters your using to get LPBS? I'm using these, 12072 H, 16666 SR, FEC 3/5, 8PSK, Pilot =0, yet no luck on the AZBox.
Those parameters look correct. (I used an estimation method (My SR is off by a little bit) and came up with very similar results: 8PSK 3/5 OFF 16677 29.64 Mbps)
What are the paramters your using to get LPBS? I'm using these, 12072 H, 16666 SR, FEC 3/5, 8PSK, Pilot =0, yet no luck on the AZBox.
I found that the dish has to be 'dead on' and even then it takes a few seconds for the Azbox to lock.
Thanks. I will try using the 16677 numbers andsee if it works.
Putney, you maybe unto something here. When I was receiving that transponder, there was a delay before it locked. If my memory serves me right, I lost that signal after i adjusted my dish about 2 months ago, but I didn't worry about it then, because the signal would always drop during certain times of the day.
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LPBS was in real good for me all weekend 24 hours a day. Wednesday-yesterday it was real weak in the afternoon and gone by sundown. I read similar info in an old post somewhere....Seems to me its the only channel that I have issues with like that...Blind
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That was why I wasn't worried initially after my dish adjustment a month or so back, as the signal would always behave in the way you described above. I do have re-aim that dish as soon as I can. I know Iceberg, mentioned peaking signal from frequency 12104 V or is it 12140V to pull in all other signals from AMC 21.
Any one remember which transponder to peak to pull in this elusive LPBS?
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I always try to peak on 12140 if working with a HD receiver. If its SD only then 12104 works fine. Montana PBS use to be way off when Equity was still around. At 123W remember KTWO ABC? They were at 12104 V 2222 and Montana PBS was next door at 12104. SO you had to move the dish farther west to get a good signal on Montana PBS. With KTWO gone its not that bad anymore but I have seen a little difference in signal on 12140 (the HD transponder) if you peak on that versus the Montana PBS one.
That usually brings in LPBS
That usually brings in LPBS
I wouldn't do that. The 16666 is correct (+/- ~ 1 ). I just re-checked it via SW method, and it was right on 16666. I think QWERT said that he was a little off, apparently because he obtained it by calculating or estimating. TSREADER gave me a similar bitrate to what he got, but this transponder doesn't seem to use the same calculation technique that most do, apparently because it's in ATSC 8VSB mode. I'd normally expect a lower bitrate for 3/5 FEC. Perhaps that mode doesn't use the normal 188/204 factor???
But anyway, 16666 seems to be the correct SR, and should work best unless the receiver is off.
KTWO was owned by Equity a while back then sold long before they had money issues. Equity had KTWO on satellite since they (KTWO) fed a lot of programming to Equity's KKTU in Cheyenne (which was a satellite station).
When Equity went belly up, KTWO on satellite was no longer needed...per wiki article
When Equity went belly up, KTWO on satellite was no longer needed...per wiki article
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