Guide to Creating a Technomate Channel List from Scratch

[jetsetw]

The explanation below is for the default website, Lyngsat. If you are using KoS or Flysat, it is easy enough
to change the URL and beam names accordingly.


You'll see in the spreadsheet at 26E that the URL is "Badr-4.html". This means that only beams from the
Badr-4 satellite will be looked up. If you had an enormous dish and thought you could also pick up channels
from Badr-5 or 6, you could change the URL to "Badr-4-5-6.html".


As for which beams on Badr-4 are possible, the easiest way to find out is as follows:


1) Type "All" in the beams column for 26E and run the macro. The spreadsheet will then pick up every beam
available from the website. (If you look on Lyngsat, you'll see that the beams are called MBC, BSS and FSS.)


2) Remember to back up your own channel list!
Copy the resulting "TPs.ndf" file from your PC to a USB stick, and load into your Technomate.


3) Scan Badr-4 on your Technomate, and make a note of which TPs have actually picked up channels.


4) Go to the Lyngsat website and check the names of the beams corresponding to the aforementioned TPs.


5) If, for example, you find that all those TPs are from the MBC and BSS beams, and that none of the TPs
on the FSS beam gave you any channels, then you can safely change the 26E beam column of the spreadsheet
to *MBC*BSS* (or Not *FSS* if you prefer). Next time you run the macro, only those beams will be used for
TPs, saving you a lot of time when you next scan for channels on your Technomate.


(What really slows down the scanning is having a list of hundreds of TPs that have no chance of being picked
up. The Technomate will spend 10 seconds or so on each one in vain before moving on. By only using suitable
beams in the spreadsheet, you miss out all the unavailable TPs from your channel list.)


The reason that I haven't already filled in the beams column of 26E is that I can't pick up anything at all on
my 60cm dish! I've only entered what works for me from 30W to 42E.


Hope this makes sense; give a shout otherwise.


Jetset

[podgey3874]

The explanation below is for the default website, Lyngsat. If you are using KoS or Flysat, it is easy enough
to change the URL and beam names accordingly.


You'll see in the spreadsheet at 26E that the URL is "Badr-4.html". This means that only beams from the
Badr-4 satellite will be looked up. If you had an enormous dish and thought you could also pick up channels
from Badr-5 or 6, you could change the URL to "Badr-4-5-6.html".


As for which beams on Badr-4 are possible, the easiest way to find out is as follows:


1) Type "All" in the beams column for 26E and run the macro. The spreadsheet will then pick up every beam
available from the website. (If you look on Lyngsat, you'll see that the beams are called MBC, BSS and FSS.)


2) Remember to back up your own channel list!
Copy the resulting "TPs.ndf" file from your PC to a USB stick, and load into your Technomate.


3) Scan Badr-4 on your Technomate, and make a note of which TPs have actually picked up channels.


4) Go to the Lyngsat website and check the names of the beams corresponding to the aforementioned TPs.


5) If, for example, you find that all those TPs are from the MBC and BSS beams, and that none of the TPs
on the FSS beam gave you any channels, then you can safely change the 26E beam column of the spreadsheet
to *MBC*BSS* (or Not *FSS* if you prefer). Next time you run the macro, only those beams will be used for
TPs, saving you a lot of time when you next scan for channels on your Technomate.


(What really slows down the scanning is having a list of hundreds of TPs that have no chance of being picked
up. The Technomate will spend 10 seconds or so on each one in vain before moving on. By only using suitable
beams in the spreadsheet, you miss out all the unavailable TPs from your channel list.)


The reason that I haven't already filled in the beams column of 26E is that I can't pick up anything at all on
my 60cm dish! I've only entered what works for me from 30W to 42E.


Hope this makes sense; give a shout otherwise.


Jetset

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