Can someone tell me what satellite this is?

Huevos

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Big signal somewhere around 50ºW DVB-S2 4137 (either Horizontal or Left circ... locks on both, but probably linear) SR 29996 2/3 8PSK. Doesn't appear to have any channels on it.
 
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Huevos said:
Big signal somewhere around 50ºW DVB-S2 4137 (either Horizontal or Left circ... locks on both, but probably linear) SR 29996 2/3 8PSK. Doesn't appear to have any channels on it.
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hi Huevos
i just checked --
i can see this signal -- my setup places it at 50 west --
same as you though i get no channels from it,

regards nelson.b.
 
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Just to confirm ..
I too can see this signal ...and used it in the past to position my dish for 50W..
I believe its a data transponder ...but it is the only thing I can get from this bird..

rgds
VS
 
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nelson_b said:
my setup places it at 50 west
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I guessed it was but nothing is listed anywhere. With the polar mount and second C-band LNB I still haven't got round to saving all my positions yet. Doesn't help with offset LNBs either, especially at the west end of the arc where they are all bunched up.

It gets a bit confusing, for example if I am at 40ºW I have to move the dish a few degrees east to get to 43ºW. I'm making a table for future reference. I need to store 74 positions in total to cover 57ºE to 61ºW (not including those where C-band is in linear and circular).
 
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