Long scan times

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Othea

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Iceberg -- I seem to remember that you once asked why one satellite took so much longer to scan than others. I don't think you ever got a satisfactory answer to that question. Perhaps this might help.

Today I scanned two channels on AMC4: WVGN at 11991H (20-25% quality) and KUIL at 11704 (99% quality). WVGN took about 4 minutes, but KUIL took only about 10 seconds. Maybe weak signals require longer scans...
 
Othea said:
Iceberg -- I seem to remember that you once asked why one satellite took so much longer to scan than others. I don't think you ever got a satisfactory answer to that question. Perhaps this might help.

Today I scanned two channels on AMC4: WVGN at 11991H (20-25% quality) and KUIL at 11704 (99% quality). WVGN took about 4 minutes, but KUIL took only about 10 seconds. Maybe weak signals require longer scans...

The satellite was AMC6 and I found out it had something to do with Rainbow 2 (Voom's second satellite before they were sold).

AMC6 isnt bad now :)

I know the wekaer signals take forever to log. When I scanned T6 with the 3500, Doc Scott took about 3-4 minutes to log in.
 
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