Astra 2F at 28.2E: General Discussion

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joddle said:
Not noticed anything different at all recently but then my dish is a bit of an overkill at the moment so perhaps I would not notice anything anyway. All 2F channels seem to be fine.
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Very minor increase in SNR compare to my spreadsheet from December 2012.

But... the really big difference is a sizable increase in SNR of 1N transponders recently compared to 12/2012.

BTW, I wasn't talking about dust in the atmosphere. What I meant is if the satellite has passed through some dust it is possible the reflector has been scoured a bit.
 
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Well...something has changed.....about 30% Q increase of daytime signal (Humax).... (sorry guys I don't have any special signal measuring gadgets).... Just " say what I see"...kind of reports ....
 
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Huevos said:
Very minor increase in SNR compare to my spreadsheet from December 2012.

But... the really big difference is a sizable increase in SNR of 1N transponders recently compared to 12/2012.

BTW, I wasn't talking about dust in the atmosphere. What I meant is if the satellite has passed through some dust it is possible the reflector has been scoured a bit.
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I presume you mean the 1N UK spot TP's rather than PE ones - ex Astra 2B
 
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M60 said:
I presume you mean the 1N UK spot TP's rather than PE ones - ex Astra 2B
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Yes. I made the spreadsheet in expectation of band C and band D migration, and as we subsequently found out only band C transponders migrated.
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Well...something has changed.....about 30% Q increase of daytime signal (Humax).... (sorry guys I don't have any special signal measuring gadgets).... Just " say what I see"...kind of reports ....
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I think keeping accurate records is more important than the equipment you are using. The idea is to show the trend over time, and relying on memory for SNR of 100 individual transponders one year later is never going to be accurate. But having nice gear that measures accurately to the nearest tenth of a dB is definitely a bonus if you want to keep track of minor changes.
 
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BBC Wide Screen test transmission

Astra 2F @ 28.2 east

12552 V 22000 SD

id= 54190
 
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Friend of mine made script for enigma2, by running it receiver scans all frequencies on one or several birds. After process is done all the date could be found in one file. Than you can store data in excell/access format for future analyses.
Data looks like I've scanned 28,2*E last week.
 

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ok .Guys... Ch5 still ok here at 60Q... 100cm dish,,!......the turbo signal continues here in Munich... :-) ...hope it lasts ..??
 
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RimaNTSS said:
Friend of mine made script for enigma2, by running it receiver scans all frequencies on one or several birds. After process is done all the date could be found in one file. Than you can store data in excell/access format for future analyses.
Data looks like I've scanned 28,2*E last week.
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If the script is for enigma2 public, it can happen.?
Si el script para enigma2 es publico, lo puedes pasar.??


Now every 7/15 days to review hand levels by recording them, could use the program you mention.
Ahora cada 7/15 días repaso niveles a mano dejando constancia de ellos, vendría bien el programa que comentas.

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Levels in Madrid north zone today/Niveles en Madrid zona norte hoy 23-1-2014 19:00.
 

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2F UK signal here in Munich..... hitting a record high ......(My old 2D optimised 100cm dish ,no name cheap LNb)..Channel 5..At 90% Q ..80% S....(Hunax Freesat)......

This is the highest signal i can remember since 2F started..!!.....
 
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Steve Steve said:
2F UK signal here in Munich..... hitting a record high ......(My old 2D optimised 100cm dish ,no name cheap LNb)..Channel 5..At 90% Q ..80% S....(Hunax Freesat)......

This is the highest signal i can remember since 2F started..!!.....
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Same here. 16.7db, much higher than the 2A transponders. 2F PE now on 1N level.
 
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Yea....but does anyone know why ?......something must have changed...repositioning does sound to me.... to a reasonable explanation......as 2E is soon moving into position ......!......(if the high lasts that is )
 
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Steve Steve said:
Yea....but does anyone know why ?......something must have changed...repositioning does sound to me to a reasonable explanation......as 2E is soon moving into position ......!......if the high lasts ..
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Maybe the power has been cranked up to 11.
 
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cazhh said:
Same here. 16.7db, much higher than the 2A transponders. 2F PE now on 1N level.
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Signal extremely low here...Time to steer up this thing !
 
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Just a thought, if they crank up the power of 1N and 2F they can make people believe the 2E beam is a lot tighter than it really is.
 
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And here's me thinking you were no lover of conspiracy theories! :-rofl2
 
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And here's me thinking you were no lover of conspiracy theories! :-rofl2
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But it's not a conspiracy theory. Conspiracy theories require people to conspire.
 
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Same here, all time high, very nice!! And no conspiracy: according to SES the signal can vary from 33 dBW to 39 dBW at my location.
 
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bema said:
Signal extremely low here...Time to steer up this thing !
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bema, I looked at your graphs for today and it seems like you had nearly no signal on a couple of transponders around noon. The BBC transponder (11023H) suddenly seems to have been blacked out, while Channel 4 (11126V) faded out. What would cause such a black out like the one you had on 11023H?
 
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