Hello to anyone that maybe still using this forum…I’m trying to get in contact with Wally ZL1VWM about the question below:-

Hi Wally

            I saw your call sign on the LygnSat site in regards to “NASA TV”, for a long time now I have wished for the powers that be to place a feed on one of our Optus Satellites, in fact I’d even take a subscription to Foxtel if they’d organized a feed for NASA TV. So far nothing has come through, as member of “The Planetary Society” I have even emailed messages requesting someone to organize a NASA TV feed here in Australia. I’ve just discovered that Optus B1 has a feed albeit on New Zealand, I’m wondering if you would know if I can see this feed here in Melbourne? Currently I have a 90cm dish on a small motor control using a Humax 5400 receiver, I tried a quick look for Optus B1 the other night with out any luck though. Also I see the feed seems to be off the internet rather than any actual feed from a live NASA source so to speak, is that true? If so how good a quality are the images, at least what I’m try to say, it that I currently look at NASA TV off the internet, it’s pretty horrible to say the least, picture keeps updating and then digitizes and then comes good for a few seconds and goes all horrible again, I have ADSL at 512 download, it’s probably my computer that needs the upgrading, but if there is finally a feed off a Satellite visible in our own sky then bloody fantastic!....I’ll go for that!

Any thoughts on this Wally.

Many Thanks

Clint Jeffrey – VK3CSJ

P.S I’m on my work computer at present, if you can, you can also reply to my home email address which is vk3csj@netspace.net.au