166.0° East (Intelsat 19)

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Satellite: Intelsat 19 @ 166.0E


Reception Equipment
2.4m Prodelin dish
1 x Acer Quad Output PLL LNBF - Sidecar mounted on Prodelin dish (Prodelin central satellite is 160.0E)
TBS6902 DVB Card
Octagon SF8008 Receiver (Open ViX image)



Notes:
1. The H/V polarities are currently reversed, the LNBF needs to be adjusted by 90 degrees to get correct polarity readout.

2. The frequencies registered by the Octagon SF8008 are 100MHz lower than the true values.
I had issues configuring a custom LNB setting for this specific LNBF in the OpenViX image. A Universal LNB setting was used with L.O. of 10.6GHz rather than the true LNBF L.O. of 10.7GHz



This setup is work in progress.
I think there are improvements to be made, possibly with the use of a Prodelin 1244 feedhorn modified to accept a C120 LNB for the sidecar.

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I'm back....

The sidecar LNBF has been adjusted and signal levels improved using the existing LNBF.
In addition, the reversed polarity skew issue has been corrected and frequencies are now scanning in with their correct polarity.

The signal levels are still below what is expected but are generally about 3.5db to 4db up from what they were previously.
Satellite feeds that were previously not locking are now locking OK.

A few pictures are attached below.
There is probably still a little more improvement to come, time will tell.....


Satellite: Intelsat 19 @ 166.0E
Reception Equipment
2.4m Prodelin dish
1 x Acer Quad Output PLL LNBF - Sidecar mounted on Prodelin dish (Prodelin central satellite is 160.0E)
TBS6902 DVB Card
Octagon SF8008 Receiver (Open ViX image)

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Cricket T20 World Cup T20 Feed
Australia vs Sri Lanka

Satellite: Intelsat 19 @ 166.0E
Frequency: 12592
Polarity: Vertical
Symbol Rate: 7200
FEC: 5/6
Modulation: 8PSK
ID: Enc 3 ODS
FTA

Reception Equipment
2.4m Prodelin dish
1 x Acer Quad Output PLL LNBF - Sidecar mounted on Prodelin dish (Prodelin central satellite is 160.0E)
TBS6902 DVB Card

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Channel 9 News Feed

Satellite: Intelsat 19 @ 166.0E
Frequency: 12550
Polarity: Vertical
Symbol Rate: 4280
FEC: 2/3
Modulation: 8PSK
FTA

Reception Equipment
2.4m Prodelin dish
1 x Acer Quad Output PLL LNBF - Sidecar mounted on Prodelin dish (Prodelin central satellite is 160.0E)
TBS6902 DVB Card

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Australian Open Tennis
Feed for Channel 9 Network

Satellite: Intelsat 19 @ 166.0E
Frequency: 12601
Polarity: Vertical
Symbol Rate: 7200
FEC: 3/4
Modulation: 8PSK
ID: Enc 6 GTV
FTA

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