I managed to get my
Mercury II to autoscan nearly a buttload of satellites (73-139W and not listed as "C" band)in search of FTA transmissions and my results are
29 tv channels (I guess they are called channels in this instance)
18 for jesus
4-6 Chinese? of which one might be in English at one time or another
a couple in other languages
and maybe a few that registered but are in the fringe and not viewable.
A number of radio results, yet most are the 20500 and the other similar #,s "who knows what" returns.
Is there more to this than that?
If I scan, and log everything, including scrambled, will some come through but not have been identified as FTA.
Are there other channels that don't fall into FTA or scrambled?
Is there a current realistic forum somewhere that helps one find viewable feeds?
Do any of you have any suggestions as to where or what to look for like news feeds, or rental transponders? that come and go but can have interesting some at times I should add to my channel memory?
How many channels will a Mercury II hold?
Does my machine need a software update download right out of the box? and is that as easy as pointing it at a sat and pushing a button?
I'm at 121 west and feel free to PM if you want to.
Here is my current 1st try FTA list