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Originally Posted by radiobob
Bill...
Sorry for the long delay. Work, family, etc. have kept me from playing satellite! 
I still don't know how this works, but the Viewsat doesn't always seem to discriminate too well, except on the high-powered subscription sats like the EchoStars. In fact, signal strength/quality may play a part in whether or not the receiver displays the satellite.
For example, I tuned in AMC15 and the box showed the right ID, then motored to AMC 4 where it showed AMC 15 for awhile until I got a hot transponder and it reverted to AMC 4. Likewise, shift to AMC 6 showed AMC 4. Go figure.
On the other hand, you can go tune a transponder frequency that is common to several sats and it will only display the actual satellite you're pointing to once it "locks in". For example, using the EchoStars (even though I can't watch 'em), the receiver will show EchoStar 7 when it's pointed that way, then EchoStar 5 when the dish is pointed that way, even with the same TP freq. Is this a function of the receiver comparing USALS info with something? I don't know.
But, as I mentioned originally...several sats show nothing at all, even when tuned in with good signal and quality (such as SBS 6).
Interesting stuff. |
Thanks. Neat. That almost sounds like if it doesn't pick up the necessary info, that it keeps the last info it had or something. I just looked at AMC4, and I see that the 12120 and 11984 transponders have correct NIT info, but the 12060 transponder has incorrect info (it says 1.0E ). A couple other transponders have 0.0 entered.
All those dishnet sats usually have extensive NIT info.
I just tuned to SBS6, and interestingly, the
ONN transponder, and another (tribune) transponder have NIT info that says that it is a sat at 19.2W (I don't think there is one there). But nothing with correct NIT info.
So it still seems possible that it's getting it from the NIT.
Thanks for the info.