Secret Lists?

[Lone Cloud]

It goes without saying that not everything is listed on Lyngsat. In fact, some of my most enjoyable recent experiences with c-band are on channels listed on Lyngsat as encrypted, but haven't been for two months.

It's clear that some of these program providers have made a private calculation - that the cost of encrypting a c-band signal is not worth it, given the very small numbers of actual, working big dishes. Still, they don't want to actually advertise that the signal is now coming down unscrambled. FCC, protecting their licenses, etcetera.

If you can't scan S-2, even with an add-on board, how can you ever find the good stuff? Is there a secret list somewhere that has the information?

Or is there a better way?

 

[stogie5150]

Enterprising fellas use a DVB-S2 card for their computer, a shortwave radio, and a receiver with baseband output to find feeds. Its beyond my understanding though, so don't ask me how it works.

And yes, there are 'secret' feed sites out there in cyberspace. But you need to know sombody to get into most of them.

OR, demonstrate that you are trustworthy enough to be trusted with the info over a long period of time, in other words, you don't log on to a site just to see what is going on, you actualy participate and help others.

And BTW there is a HUGE debate in the FTA community on whether or not to post feeds in a public forum. Some think its a terrible idea (like me) others think its a great idea to tell the whole world what you are watching.

 

[Lone Cloud]

Thanks. Based upon my understanding of the corporate end of this issue, I concur that the cool stations and the feeds should not be publicly disclosed.

I've seen them be shut down when the discussion got active.

If I had my druthers I'd rather share information with my internet friends, but those aren't the cards we are dealt.

 

[truckracer]

We all really need a spectrum analyzer to find the digital feeds. However they are quite pricey. I found one for around $13,000 new. Of course I didn't buy it considering it costs about the same as a good used car-LOL ( I would be finding another place to live with the dog out back-LOL.).