VENESAT 1 @ 78.0°W is testing

[satnutwillb]

I'll check next chance I get.I checked those chs.today,but still haven't found anything except black screen.Also,the quality was bouncing from low 70s to mid 80s today and the sun was shining and clear at the time.The meter does that on some chs.with my pansat,but I think it was cloudy when I first scanned them and I don't recall it doing that.Are they just testing now,or have they been there awhile?

[satnutwillb]

I checked the ku side and all I found were a few scrambled $tv and $radio chs. with 20000 for the S.R. and Ktel scanned in from Amc 5 with a weaker quality.I couldn't find anything on the analog side.The quality is better today jumping between 80s and 90s.

[BYX]

I checked the ku side and all I found were a few scrambled $tv and $radio chs. with 20000 for the S.R. and Ktel scanned in from Amc 5 with a weaker quality.I couldn't find anything on the analog side.The quality is better today jumping between 80s and 90s.

The Ku side is very hard to scan due to the proximity to AMC5 @ 79.0°W and Dish Network Mexico @ 77.0°W. Venesat is actually in the middle of both satellites.
We were successful on C band becasue none of the neighbors are transmitting on C band.
Those strong channels with SR 20000 are from Dish Network Mexico. They are so strong that even with a linear LNB you can receive them. Obviously nothing viewable as it is a paid service.
See if you can scan just the low part of Ku, in other words anything below 11600.
I'm going to try it myself during the weekend to see what happens.

[satnutwillb]

I have a standard lnb.Mine only scanned in 3 off of the 77 bird and just up to 12360 something.I don't think it will scan below 11700.Even then,if I scanned H or V,I could switch to the opposite polarity of the chs. scanned in and sometimes got a better quality.My dish is a 7.5 and if they put anything on the ku side,I just hope it has a real strong quality with it being only 1 degree distance between the two sats.

[rainman]

The Ku side is very hard to scan due to the proximity to AMC5 @ 79.0°W and Dish Network Mexico @ 77.0°W. Venesat is actually in the middle of both satellites.
We were successful on C band becasue none of the neighbors are transmitting on C band.
Those strong channels with SR 20000 are from Dish Network Mexico. They are so strong that even with a linear LNB you can receive them. Obviously nothing viewable as it is a paid service.
See if you can scan just the low part of Ku, in other words anything below 11600.
I'm going to try it myself during the weekend to see what happens.

unfortunately thats all I am getting with the 36" dish is amc 5 and dish net mexico. haven't got a universal lnb on right now.

[rhino_rhino]

Hi guys,

A friend of mine have been trying to connect to the Venesat-1, but he had not been able to do it. He is getting a highly pixelated image, too week. He is in the area of Miami.

Have any of you guys have the chance to hook the Venesat-1?

I read some of you were able to get the venesat signal, that's why I am here asking the question.


Thanks,

[BYX]

Hi guys,

A friend of mine have been trying to connect to the Venesat-1, but he had not been able to do it. He is getting a highly pixelated image, too week. He is in the area of Miami.

Have any of you guys have the chance to hook the Venesat-1?

I read some of you were able to get the venesat signal, that's why I am here asking the question.


Thanks,

I have not check lately, but here in Florida ZIP 33024 comes with very good signal.
Most of the times with some feeds palying in a loop the China olympics, last time I checked they had a brasilian channel with no audio.
Venezolana de TV is with a beam to Venezuela.
What we receive here in Florida is the cuban beam.

[Jose47]

I'm getting Venesat signal @60% Quality on trasnponder 11380 H 23030. I get five channels but only one has picture and no sound. I do not know why I can't get sound. Anyways, I live in West Palm Beach Fl.

[spongella]

Hey thanks for the heads up. A few weeks ago I checked the Lyngsat tables on this one, but saw nothing for Ku FTA, and tried doing a powerscan, nothing.

But I will try it tonite, using DiSeQC mode, not USALS, and do a step mode between 77 and 79 deg sats and powerscan until it comes up.

Thanks. Always eager to try new sats out there

[Jim-S]

I tried a scan but all I got was Telemundo from AMC 5. I think too close for me..............