Optibox Raptor HD

[Guest]

That's very good, my scans usually come up with about 55-60 channels on that sat.

[el bandido]

The Raptor found 18 transponders on a scan of 113W ku. It also found 34 tv and 7 radio services. The wind is blowing in gusts today so it is not the best day to scan.

[Guest]

That's quite impressive EB, your proximity helps as you're located closer to the main footprint for that sat but up here I'm lucky to scan in more then 2 tp.

[el bandido]

Location does make a difference. I think you have an advantage out over the Atlantic.

[el bandido]

The Raptor is finding transponders with low symbol rates. I saw one with a SR of 999, and a few more below 1500.

[easily confused]

Intelligent blind scan!!! Now I understand!!!
The Raptor has a two step blind scan. First it scans for transponders. Then it scans for channels on the transponders it found. Nice!!!
Thanks for getting this Raptor fixed up for me. I will be setting it up and starting a review thread on it shortly!!! EB

How long does it take to scan a sat. The Cative works also does the two step blind scan but it is excruciatingly slow

[el bandido]

Scan time depends on where the satellite is, and how much information it has. If the satellite is empty and located in a quiet part of the arc, then the scan is over quickly. If the satellite is in a noisy part of the arc where other satellites are transmitting lots of information close by, the scan speed slows way down.
With that said, I have not bothered to time the Raptor yet, but my guess is most of the scans have been between 3 and 8 minutes. I will time some of the scans when I move the Raptor receiver to the c band system.

[rrob311]

The Raptor is finding transponders with low symbol rates. I saw one with a SR of 999, and a few more below 1500.

Can you try to scan 99w Cband and see if it gets the 1562 SR mexican networks? I have an excellent signal on that bird and I cannot get them all to scan in with the S9 or anything else for that matter.

[el bandido]

I will scan 99W and the other c band satellites with the Raptor but it will not be tonight. When I get a new receiver, I check it out on ku first. This gives me a chance to get familiar with the receiver and fix it so it can be operated by other people that only want to watch tv. With that said, I will get it on c band ASAP. EB

[eastof111]

Will E2 be available for the Raptor too?

Thanks