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Originally Posted by Arabi
Hi, I am new here. - I am located in Pasadena Maryland 39.11 Lat, 76.55 Longitude
- Fortec Classic Lifetime Receiver (couldn't find a model number)
- 90cm Dish
- Universal (FSKU-V)
- Manual positioning, I only want to watch Arabic programing, so I believe IA-5 is best. (SF-10 Satellite Finder for manual positioning)
- I have new Phillips brand RG-6 with Quad Shield Coax cable (50 Foot length)
I have been able to aim at 2 satellites, found 5 NBC stations (including 1 camera feed) on one of the satellites, 1 station - KNBC4 camera feed on the other satellite. By the way, Camera feeds are incredibly dull to watch. People wondering if the camera is actually on, reporters adjusting their clothing awaiting the "magic" moment when they get to be on air. 
The Signal bar (on the TV screen) for both satellites reads only mid 20s at best  and varies between 6, 13, and 19 most of the time before doing the scan, then it will show a lock after it finds the stations.
Questions: - Is there a quick and easy way to know which satellite I am pointing at - preferably without buying another tool?
 My compass is affected by some other magnetic field in the area of my dish, so it is difficult to know if I am pointing directly at the correct satellite. I have the SF-10 Satellite finder (which is just a signal meter with variable dB and a light and varying tone) I can aim at the signal to the point that moving 1 mm in any direction reduces the needle reading - so I think I am aimed directly at it. - The identification challenge is complicated by the fact that the Lyngsat site says that most Arabic programming on IA-5 is on TP 25 at 12146, while the receiver indicates that 12.146 is TP-14 on IA-5.
 Would reprogramming the receiver fix this aspect of my problem?
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The transponder numbers indicated on your receiver seldom correspond to the REAL transponder. In fact typically you'll get several different signals coming from the same REAL transponder. Transponders on a sat are at least 40 MHz wide, and often twice that, and they have room for MANY signals at different frequency coming down off the same transponder. Ie what we call transponders on our receivers are really just signals. What we see as transponder numbers on Lyngsat, however are usually the real transponder numbers on the satellite. Also, the transponder lists (signal lists) on the receivers, are typically obsolete. Basically, the transponder "number" listed by your receiver is meaningless, but you can usually tell which sat you are on from the freq/sr values of that signal.
Anyway, once you find a satellite, since your receiver is a blind search receiver, just do a blind search, power scan, and see what transponder freqs pop up, then go to Lyngsat, and compare these to what you see on the sats near where you think you're aimed. I have created a "generic KU" sat on my receivers, so that if I'm not sure what sat I'm on, I don't clog up the transponder/channel lists with incorrect data, then after doing the scan, I can delete everything off the generic sat. But usually, if you have a couple freq/sr values, you can figure out what sat you are on.