first analouge black testcards of astra 3b,on 31.5E!

[Turok]

Hi there!
just got the information that astra 3b,is currencly on 31.5,on the way to his final postion,
black cards,not checked yet,should be on this freqencys,who can receive?
in other coutnrys?


10.700 H, 11.510 V and 11.695 H!
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maybe the last test cards every,for our old treasures...!

 

[Huevos]

I can't see anything. Maybe it has been switched off now. A few spikes on the spectrum here and there coming and going but no modulation.

 

[A nonymous]

Theres eight on there now apparently. I can't see them as i don't have any analogue equipment

11514 V, 11514 H, 12031 H, 12051 V, 12109 H, 12129 V, 12187 H & 12207 V

It does seem strange though that they choose to use analogue signals to test with considering theres very little left broadcasting in analogue.

Hopefully there will be some digital signals there soon, so we can all have a look.

:-beer

Nano

 

[Huevos]

Well in the end I found one analogue spike that returns a black screen. Very low power here on the 1.5m dish.

Are we sure these other signals are not coming from Astra 2C (NIT Astra5)?

 

[BombedOne]

Analogue signal is best for testing "raw" transponder power, and black screen, as used in video encoding systems, consumes most of the electrical power. So now what we see, it can be just testing of bird's power supply.

Interesting thing is, that I'm also getting some of them here with 1.5m offset dish (main focus on 19.2E, 31.E as multifeed), but I don't know exactly which ones, since my receiver has no frequency display.