NASA TV on I701

[xafalcon]

What's going on with NASA TV on I701? I was watching it 2 shuttle missions ago. Switched the dish to another satellite, my regular PAS2 for BBC and Australia Network. Next shuttle mission I couldn't gete NASA at all. There is a carrier there - I get a signal lock on the TP, but no picture or sound. I can get a few other channels from the satellite so I know I'm on target. I've got a good size dish (2+ meters diameter, solid aluminium, ex telecom microwave repeater tower) and tried 2 lnb's with the same result. The cable run is long, about 35 meters and through a 4 way switch but it's all good quality cable.

I'd really like to watch the January mission. Any ideas? Is NASA on any other satellites?

Thanks

[Apsattv]

Intelsat 701 is slightly wobbly. You can be peaked on it just fine but nor eception the next day. Evenings is suppose to be better. Also your dish 2m?? about 2.4 is the barest minimum and even that will lose signal often.

[xafalcon]

I can get some other channels from I701, and I can also get a carrier signal (ie signal lock, good signal quality) on the NASA TV transponder, just no picture or audio. Receiver is a MaxPlus 2700S. The dish is probably about 2.5-2.7M effective diameter. Being an ex-telecom microwave repeater dish, it has a non-parabolic signal deflection section about 25cm wide all around the outer edge of the dish. This was designed into the dishes so multiple dishes could be stacked onto a mast one above another without causing problems with interference. Total dish diameter is 3.2M. I have received NASA TV without any problems several time in the past, with good signal quality levels and no rain-fade etc. On my last few attempts there is nothing there. Almost like the TV signal is completely switched off. At first I thought they might have switched it off when there are no shuttle missions, but I couldn't get anything during the last mission. Can you receive it at the moment?

Thanks for your help

[MrElectricity]

You must have been doing something right in the past as in Australia most guys south of Brisbane can't get NASA ever if they can get I701 Ku or C band for other channels.