Mini BUD on 103w SES3/AMC1

[Pi314]

Has anyone had any luck with a mini BUD getting any transponders on 103w SES3/AMC1, in particular DW on 3740 V 29270? It is DVB-S and I seem to remember reading that some people had better luck with DVB-S on a mini BUD.

 

[FTA4PA]

Has anyone had any luck with a mini BUD getting any transponders on 103w SES3/AMC1, in particular DW on 3740 V 29270? It is DVB-S and I seem to remember reading that some people had better luck with DVB-S on a mini BUD.

How 'mini' are we talking? WI falls in two parts of the footprint. Satbeams says 51" (lower WI) to 59" (upper WI) should get 103W C. Couldn't find reference to anyone using anything smaller than 6' to get DW. http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/posts/3064894/

 

[SatPhreak]

I just scanned all c band sats Thursday night and didn't get anything on 103. This is with a 90cm dish, C1-PLL and conical scaler.

 

[pacificrim]

I am still only getting PBS on SES3 - same as before and now just a few points of quality on Ion. No difference really. This is on a motorized 1.2 fortec with Titanium C1WPLL

 

[DiscoLoveGrapes]

For what I've experienced (and I haven't done miniBUD/1.2m experiments for a few years), AMC1 was out-of-reach. My best bets were 99, 91, 55, and 58.

 

[Pi314]

Thanks for the info. I have 90cm and I will experiment the Titanium C1W-PLL and the BSC621.

 

[Titanium]

I was unable to receive DW using a fixed 1.2m with PLL LNBF and conical scalar in Northern California. The signal was below minimum SNR to lock, but was visible on a spectrum display.

 

[Pi314]

Thanks!

 

[danristheman]

With being spot on depending on your location I can get 3 transponders pbs, ion and el Salvador tv.