16°E Feeds (KA)

[Jamie A]

21585 H 1667 3/4 DVB-S2/8PSK no ID

Unknown event taking place for Televisión Guinea Ecuatorial

 

[dx qwer]

On again with testcard: 21585 H 1666 3/5 DVB-S2 8PSK

 

[John]

Not feed related, just a bit of help with comparison of freq 21.533 H. AL NASA TV.
This is quite low with me compared to the other signals present and just below lock with me in central UK /North Notts,
Would all that is able to receive 16East Ka have a look at this frequency and give me a report on your levels for it.
Cheers.

 

[scopus]

Same with me John

 

[Jamie A]

Hi John,

Can't check at the moment as my Ka LNB isn't on my dish, but I can confirm this channel is somewhat problematic on a 1.2m Laminas. I cannot gets fluid video on Al Nassr TV no matter how much I tweak... I even wondered if there was a problem with the uplink at one point. I'll have another look tomorrow.

 

[John]

Same with me John

Thanks for looking Chris

 

[Llew]

A difficult catch for me recently. Nothing to show at present.

 

[John]

Cheers Jamie, i'm also going to have a bit of a tweak over the next day or so to see if i can get the signal up a bit.
You can see on the grab how low it is compared to the other stuff on the band.

 

[John]

A difficult catch for me recently. Nothing to show at present.

Cheers Llew, OT... the other day i noticed some screen info on your Promax grab that i don't see on mine, when i get a minute i'll try and remember what it was and give you a buzz.

 

[Llew]

Cheers Llew, OT... the other day i noticed some screen info on your Promax grab that i don't see on mine, when i get a minute i'll try and remember what it was and give you a buzz.

Hi John, is it the Max Hold option in the Advanced menu?

Set to Permanent for a record of maximum peak, useful for comparing a changing signal over time. Not showing well here, as signal is comparatively stable. Blue scan is the permanent, maximum signal, yellow is I think minimum. -

 

[Llew]

OH wait a mo, here's the one I did a little while ago,, which shows the effect more clearly -

 

[Jamie A]

Just had a look at 21533 H and nowt there for me.

A lot of the signals are lower than a few months ago. Used to be able to lock Golfe TV and the Canal 2 International mux, but both now below lock... Possibly a problem my end, I'll have to look into it.

A scan using 1 MHz steps

 

[zorbua]

Could lock CANAL 2 but no Golfe TV. Also locking Burkina Faso - just.... Dish 1.5

 

[John]

Documented feed freq up now ..21585 H .... footy, now bars.

 

[Jamie A]

Much better signals today. Can now lock Golfe TV and Canal 2. Still nothing from the elusive Al Nassr TV though...

 

[John]

OH wait a mo, here's the one I did a little while ago,, which shows the effect more clearly -


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Sorry Llew, where was we .... i got side tracked with other things.
Just wonder what software version you have on yours because i cant see the lnb voltage indicator with the orange bars that you have and i can't seem to bring up the white signal bandwidth marker you are displaying as well. Also, when in spectrum / "signal parameters" screen my bottom line is "Code Rate" , shouldn't there be the options "PLP id" & "TS clock" as well Llew ?.
When i connect to Netupdate it tells me that the instrument is up to date although the software version displayed by the actual instrument says ver: 1.04.582 Jul 9 2012. which seems a little old to me ?

Any thoughts appreciated on this Llew.

 

[Llew]

Hi John

Yes, you're way out of date. Looks like you have the original software version, before any updates have been downloaded. The PLP option etc. came several updates back.
I'm on v.20.1 at present, there's a v.20.2 available, but it doesn't have much added that I need for now. Irritatingly, in v.20.1, Signal Parameters (F2 button) defaults to Generic, so I have to keep changing to DVB-S or DVB-S2 for it to start searching a signal's DVB parameters.

Can't you force an automatic update in NetUpdate?

My equipment software version -

 

[John]

Hi John

Yes, you're way out of date. Looks like you have the original software version, before any updates have been downloaded. The PLP option etc. came several updates back.
I'm on v.20.1 at present, there's a v.20.2 available, but it doesn't have much added that I need for now. Irritatingly, in v.20.2, Signal Parameters (F2 button) defaults to Generic, so I have to keep changing to DVB-S or DVB-S2 for it to start searching a signal's DVB parameters.

Can't you force an automatic update in NetUpdate?

My equipment software version -


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Thanks for that Llew, gives me something to work on now.

 

[Llew]

OK, let us know how you get on.

Edit - corrected v.20.2 to 20.1 in my mention of Signal Parameters Generic default (don't have v20.2).

 

[scopus]

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Thanks for that Llew, gives me something to work on now.

Ohhh no, I can see another software screw up here..remember what happened to your Televes!