39,0° east hellsa sat 3

[dreamsat]

18820 LHCP 30000 2/3 (Hellas Sat Packet) thanks s-band

regards

 

[John]

... Wow, at long last. Well spotted.
18.771 up at the moment - 'ERT World'

 

[dreamsat]

I just checked everything again with Astra 19.2 °. The frequency 18819 is correct. Can it be that your oscillator frequency is not correct

 

[John]

I just checked everything again with Astra 19.2 °. The frequency 18819 is correct. Can it be that your oscillator frequency is not correct

... Yes your right - sorry sorry, i was using a Hughes lnb prior to look at something else and forgot to change the LO on the Norsat lnb when looking at 39° E.

 

[dreamsat]

No problem. Sometimes I have to deal with three different oszilato frequencies in a band. You always have to look carefully.

 

[dreamsat]

Transponder changed frequency

now 19024 LHCP 30000 2/3

 

[John]

Transponder changed frequency

now 19024 LHCP 30000 2/3

19.024 L , dropped at 12.20 pm UK time - - empty band at the minute with just the beacon and the very low level data sigs at the side of it.

 

[dreamsat]

no locks

 

[dreamsat]

Muvi Packet is on

best regards

 

[John]

Muvi Packet is on

best regards

.. Just a little bit too North of the footprint here in central UK - only about 3.4dB on the 1.2 Gibby. I can see the signal but no lock.

 

[dx qwer]

My current signal on Muvi package (1.8m).

 

[SimonE]

The Muvi mux on 18.862Ghz is just receivable here this morning in the west of England using my XMW lnb on my 1.2m CM dish.

 

[John]

The Muvi mux on 18.862Ghz is just receivable here this morning in the west of England using my XMW lnb on my 1.2m CM dish.

Do you mean locked and displaying pictures Simon ? - going through a poloriser ?. I'm just about 1dB short of a lock here with a Gilat Rx board / Gilat poloriser / Gibby 1.2 North Notts.

 

[SimonE]

Do you mean locked and displaying pictures Simon ? - going through a poloriser ?. I'm just about 1dB short of a lock here with a Gilat Rx board / Gilat poloriser / Gibby 1.2 North Notts.

John,
It's only just locked! The mouth of the lnb is open with a depolariser in it to achieve LHC. Inching left and right optimises reception. Also I have a small jack that adjusts the elevation-that too is optimised on the Muvi signal. Inside the house the IF from the lnb splits to my HD Ranger and my satellite boxes. My SX88+ is best at locking this signal. The weather here is cold and dry with cloudy skies. I'm just to the north of Tewkesbury.
SimonE

 

[John]

John,
It's only just locked! The mouth of the lnb is open with a depolariser in it to achieve LHC. Inching left and right optimises reception. Also I have a small jack that adjusts the elevation-that too is optimised on the Muvi signal. Inside the house the IF from the lnb splits to my HD Ranger and my satellite boxes. My SX88+ is best at locking this signal. The weather here is cold and dry with cloudy skies. I'm just to the north of Tewkesbury.
SimonE

Excellent , it's certainly paid off. - i'm experimenting with something similar here on band D with just having the signal enter straight into the Gilat pick-up probe via a circular to wr42 adapter and piggy backed it onto my 2.2 Cband set-up - it actually works quite well but is only a temp lash up and needs more fine tuning and better fixture when the weather gets better.

 

[SimonE]

Overnight that Muvi mux went very low level. Back up now with good lock here. MER of 5dB.

 

[dreamsat]

Now after 5 p.m. the transponder will weaken, but it will still work.

best regards

 

[dreamsat]

noon is the best time for a reception

 

[dreamsat]

I optimized my setup again today. I hope I have 24 hour reception now.

The Dual LNB work great !!

best regards

 

[dreamsat]

my highest signal at 11.00 a clock