Satfaca
Specialist Contributor
- Joined
- Aug 2, 2008
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- Location
- Melmac (46N, 14.5E)
- My Satellite Setup
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Prodelin PFA 340 cm + H2H motor + Seavey ESR-124H Corotor
Prodelin PFA 240 cm + EGIS ProfiTracker + Chaparral PR1 Ku feed
Octagon SF8008 (Twin & Combo) + TBS 6925
Chaparral M140 + Echostar DVR-7000 HDD + Lyngbox
- My Location
- Melmac
Folks, I've cought something very interesting a few steps further west from SES 14 @47.5W. I reported the mystery on a couple of other forums but so far nobody else has been able to observe the same.
There are three quite strong carriers receivable in the 12 GHz range. I was able to lock 12.390 the other night, unfortunately being short 1 dB ever since to be able to reapeat the success and observe/research the mux further. The other two carriers are 12.282 & 12.431 and are another 2 dB weaker. Lock comes with 10.6 dB (DVB-S2, 8PSK, 8/9). I've been using 2.4m PFA, unfortunately some tree obstruction prevents me from better signal.
I cannot cleary determine the polarity but speculating this being an Echostar satellite, it could well be RHCP, at least I need to rotate the polarotor some 30° from Horizontal.
Can anyone of you in the UK (or elsewhere) track this signal or maybe tell with certainty what's being received?
The above mentioned frequencies/tps match perfectly with the common US/canadian DBS tranponder layout seen on Echostar and/or Nimiq.
There are three quite strong carriers receivable in the 12 GHz range. I was able to lock 12.390 the other night, unfortunately being short 1 dB ever since to be able to reapeat the success and observe/research the mux further. The other two carriers are 12.282 & 12.431 and are another 2 dB weaker. Lock comes with 10.6 dB (DVB-S2, 8PSK, 8/9). I've been using 2.4m PFA, unfortunately some tree obstruction prevents me from better signal.
I cannot cleary determine the polarity but speculating this being an Echostar satellite, it could well be RHCP, at least I need to rotate the polarotor some 30° from Horizontal.
Can anyone of you in the UK (or elsewhere) track this signal or maybe tell with certainty what's being received?
The above mentioned frequencies/tps match perfectly with the common US/canadian DBS tranponder layout seen on Echostar and/or Nimiq.