Golden Media Triplex C Band Arc

[Guest]

Our ku band Triplex arc is complete and with that I move on to my c band arc. I will be comparing blind scan speed with my Skybox f3 and Azbox Ultra. My c band arc starts at Express am 44 at 11w and ends at Galaxy 13 at 127w. C band in North America is so much more extensive then ku so I am really looking forward to this thread and I have full intentions of putting the Golden Media Triplex through the ringer- I'm more then certain that it will excel.

 

[Guest]

Express AM44- 11W

The first c band sat on my arc is Express AM44 at 11w, a circular sat with one open Russian channel:

Triplex Scan Time: 4m11sec

F3 Scan Time: 4m01sec

Tv Channels: 1

Radio Channels: 0


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[Guest]

NSS 5- 20W

Next up on my c band arc is another circular sat, NSS 5 at 20w:

Triplex Scan Time: 1m45sec

F3 Scan Time: 2m25sec

Tv Channels: 1

Radio Channels: 0


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SES 4-22W

Next up on our c band arc is Ses 4 at 22w, another circular sat in which both receivers double scanned most tp on both polarities:

Triplex Scan Time: 5m52sec

F3 Scan Time: 6m22sec

Tv Channels: 16

Radio Channels: 9


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[Guest]

Intelsat 905-27.5W

Next is Intelsat 905 at 27.5w, another circular sat in which both receivers struggled a bit but the Triplex outperformed the F3:

Triplex Scan Time: 7m32sec

F3 Scan Time: 8m50sec

Tv Channels: 1

Radio Channels: 0


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[woofy]

Thanks Costa... I can't wait till you get up to 55W so I can compare...lol

 

[Pixl]

Next up on our c band arc is Ses 4 at 22w, another circular sat in which both receivers double scanned most tp on both polarities:

Triplex Scan Time: 5m52sec

F3 Scan Time: 6m22sec

Tv Channels: 16

Radio Channels: 9

Are the tv and radio channels found aways the same for both receivers?

 

[Guest]

Are the tv and radio channels found aways the same for both receivers?

The f3 double scanned all tp, whereas the Triplex only double scanned 2 of the 5.

 

[Guest]

Intelsat 907-27.5W

Next circular sat up on our c band arc is Intelsat 907 at 27.5w:

Triplex Scan Time: 4m57sec

F3 Scan Time: 6m33sec

Tv Channels: 1

Radio Channels: 0


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[Guest]

Intelsat 25-31.5W

Intelsat 25 at 31.5w is next up on our c band arc:

Triplex Scan Time: 5m33sec

F3 Scan Time: 6m26sec

Tv Channels: 2

Radio Channels: 0


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[Guest]

Intelsat 903-34.5W

Intelsat 903 at 34.5w is next up on our c band arc:

Triplex Scan Time: 5m46sec

Azbox Scan Time: 11m51sec

Tv Channels: 10

Radio Channels: 0


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[Guest]

NSS 10-37.5W

Our next satellite on our c band arc is Nss 10 at 37.5w:

Triplex Scan Time: 3m45sec

F3 Scan Time: 5m29sec

Tv Channels: 5

Radio Channels: 1


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[Guest]

NSS 806- 40.5W

Nss 806 at 40.5w is next up on our arc and is the largest of all the circular sats on our true fta c band arc. When I used a wideband feed years ago, this sat would scan in over 200 channels of which approximately 100 were open- results are much less with a linear feed:

Triplex Scan Time: 4m40sec

F3 Scan Time: 5m21sec

Tv Channels: 11

Radio Channels: 5


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Intelsat 11-43.1w

Next up is Intelsat 11 at 43.1w, a linear sat and the blind scan speed of the receivers shows it. This time I had set the scan to only fta as over 200 encrypted channels scan in on this sat and I do not like clutter:

Triplex Scan Time: 2m24sec

F3 Scan Time: 2m06sec

Tv Channels: 21(f3) 20(triplex)

Radio Channels: 5


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Intelsat 14-45w

Intelsat 14 at 45w is our next sat on our c band arc, unfortunately most of the tp on this sat have spot beams for Central and South America:

Triplex Scan Time: 4m08sec

F3 Scan Time: 5m51sec

Tv Channels: 2

Radio Channels: 1


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Intelsat 1R-50W

Intelsat 1R at 50w is our next sat with a slew of channels:

Triplex Scan Time: 3m27sec

F3 Scan Time: 3m22sec

Tv Channels: 38(f3) 44(triplex)

Radio Channels: 1


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[Guest]

Intelsat 707-53W

Next up and our last circular sat is Intelsat 707 at 53w. Well Viper next up is at 55.5w where your arc starts and also we should see significant decreases in blind scan speed with linear sats:


Triplex Scan Time: 5m00sec

F3 Scan Time: 8m01sec

Tv Channels: 2

Radio Channels: 1


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Intelsat 805-55.5W

Intelsat 805 at 55.5w is our next sat with a slew of channels scanning in:

Triplex Scan Time: 5m37sec

F3 Scan Time: 5m35sec

Tv Channels: 162(f3) 150(triplex)

Radio Channels: 42(f3) 28(triplex)


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Intelsat 9-58W

Intelsat 9 is next up on our c band arc, it's a big one as well but unfortunately most are encrypted:

Triplex Scan Time: 2m21sec

F3 Scan Time: 2m02sec

Tv Channels: 253(f3) 280(triplex)

Radio Channels: 54(f3) 48(triplex)


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Amazonas 1-61W

Our last c band sat on the Atlantic side is Amazonas 1 at 61w:

Triplex Scan Time: 7m04sec

F3 Scan Time: 8m22sec

Tv Channels: 7

Radio Channels: 0


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