56E (Direct TV 1R)

[Captain Jack]

WoW!! What a catch! Screenshots?

 

[pride21]

will do CJ as soon as I get another camera as I went to take some screen shot the camera packed up.

 

[pride21]

hi CJ I brought a new camera and took a pic of 12384H the last time I got this sat the quality was 51% quality but this time it is 38% quality,its very hard to pinpoint exactly when this sat is at its strongest.

 

[pride21]

hope this is better.

 

[zorbua]

This morning around 11.30 this Sat was coming in with an Snr of around 40%....but in the evening it went down....Yesterday and the Day before it was much better and lasted longer. Some pictures from this morning. Dish Gibby 1.2

 

[pride21]

nice pics zorbua I hope the next sat going up will give better reception.

 

[zorbua]

Hope so myself pride. Have to see.

 

[Vipersan]

Looks like my attempts have failed ..
Currently single stepping and scanning both LHC and RHC ..and if my settings are correct declination is almost at zero ..
Not a single blip on the scans..
It was always a longshot ..but looking like I'm well out of footprint and the dish Isn't up to the task.
doh!

 

[hvdh]

Declination at zero, what do you mean?
DirecTV 1R at 55.8º E will cross the Clarke belt 17 Feb at 01:44 and 13:42 UTC.

But IIRC you had doubts about having a clear view.
Then during the evening hours, DirecTV is at its highest elevation, peaking 1.4º above the belt.

 

[Vipersan]

Declination at zero, what do you mean?
DirecTV 1R at 55.8º E will cross the Clarke belt 17 Feb at 01:44 and 13:42 UTC.

But IIRC you had doubts about having a clear view.
Then during the evening hours, DirecTV is at its highest elevation, peaking 1.4º above the belt.

If what you say is true ..and I've no reason to doubt it ....then the info I'm monitoring from n2yo is total bollox ..??
by my reckoning it should only be 0.5 degree off the clarke belt ..
which I would have thought would be within capture parameters my PF atm ..?
unless of course I totally dont understand this ..
happy to be corrected .
rgds
VS

 

[Vipersan]

YEP ..n2yo has me mighty confused ..
currently claiming live data declination 0° 16' 39"
So ran up Orbitron ..updated the TLE data for Geo sats ..
selected DirecTV1R ...read out the declination data = -6° 32' 45"

Now one of 'em is giving total bollox ..
..and I doubt it's Orbitron.
No wonder I didn't find anything ..

I _never_ had a chance.

Another chance tomorrow methinks..
rgds
VS

 

[hvdh]

Right Ascention and Declination is not interesting here...
Assuming your dish is motorised and aligned to follow the Clarke-belt, the best moments to try is when Latitude is near zero.

And I would call 0.5 degree off, very much in a fringe situation!

Unlike 55 and 60 East, I always considered 56 East a "never mind" position.
Checking now, while DirecTV 1R is only 0.15º off, all I see is 12224 and 12282 cause the dB value to jump sometimes to a few dB. This with a normal LNB though, not circular.

 

[Vipersan]

Well ..thanks for the info guys ..
Time to call it quits ..I've had a long day ..
Nothing doing here..
checked again at 1:30 ...not even a hint of signal..
so I guess dish size is too small plus I'm to far west ..and out of footprint.
Interesting excercise ..but like trying to get Saorsat in Manchester..
Simply beyond my reach.
;)
gnite
VS

 

[Analoguesat]

The Russkies arent hanging around getting AT1 into service at 56E - they expect commercial service in April!

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2014/03/17/russia-launches-dbs-satellites/

 

[Captain Jack]

I am surprised those trash cans are still providing services... So no doubt they want the new bird up an running asap

 

[Vipersan]

I am surprised those trash cans are still providing services... So no doubt they want the new bird up an running asap

I wonder tho' ..same footprint as Directv ..or even tighter ??

 

[Captain Jack]

There are two.... One tight on Siberia and the other sort of towards europe but not quite reaching uk

 

[Vipersan]

Well ..this is the best I've managed so far ....
scan taken whilst she is elevated above the belt ..
Nowhere near enough for lock ..but the only 2 transponders which show anything remotely close are 2 RHCP transponders..
12224 R
and
12282 R
I really wasn't expecting miracles on Christina ...but it's something.
I am well out of footprint ..and using a Cband dish which is little better than a TD110 in Ku ..
AND the circular polarised LNB isn't at the focus ..

rgds
VS

 

[Vipersan]

We ..this is the best I've managed so far ....
scan taken whilst she is elevated above the belt ..
Nowhere near enough for lock ..but the only 2 transponders which show anything remotely close are 2 RHCP transponders..
12224 R
and
12282 R
I really wasn't expecting miracles on Christina ...but it's something.
I am well out of footprint ..and using a Cband dish which is little better than a TD110 in Ku ..
AND the circular polarised LNB isn't at the focus ..

rgds
VS

returned Christina to the correct elevation and will wait for DiecTV 1R to arrive later ..
Tomorrow I'll remove the cap from the LNB and try again ..I expect this may give me an extra 0.5db plus ..
rgds
VS

 

[Captain Jack]

Did you manage to get any SNR dB reading there?