61.0°W Amazonas 3

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Did you say 20 metres Terryl? I'd have to move to the countryside to accomodate one of them but would consider it.
 

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Still envious of everyone who can get past 45W and 45E.
 
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Ditto, remlap :(
 

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I have a friend down in South America that works at a deep space monitoring site, he can get the American DVB satellites just fine with one of the 20 meter dishes, hooks his subbed Dish STB up when he is alone, watches American TV programming, keeps him from going all cabin fever type thingy.

That is a job I would consider, what qualifications are required ?
 

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Qualifications??? Like to be by your self at night for weeks on end, have a masters or PhD in something, and have an "above black" security clearance.

And if your within the prime meridian looking West you maybe can get 61.5W, it would be at a low elevation of about 8.8 degrees but if you have the clearance due West you may get lucky.

A 10 to 12 foot BUD setup for Ku band and a good linear LNB may dood it.


Amazonas 3 has a feed to Europe that may be active sometimes, look it at 61W, TP 12509V with an SR of 6666 and an FEC of 7/8
 

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Power System Failure Expected To Cost Amazonas 4A Half its Capacity, Prompt $100M Insurance Claim

PARIS — The power system failure on the Hispasat Amazonas 4A satellite is likely to result in an estimated 50 percent loss of capacity and an insurance claim equivalent to 50 percent of the satellite’s insured value of 145 million euros ($199 million), industry officials said.

Officials cautioned that the satellite’s owner, Madrid-based Hispasat, has not yet informed insurance underwriters of a precise estimate of the capacity loss. The estimate will depend on how much power margin Hispasat built into the spacecraft and whether the anomaly, in addition to cutting available power, will have the effect of reducing the satellite’s planned 15-year service life.

Amazonas 4A was built by Orbital Sciences of Dulles, Va., and launched in March. Its power system failure — which Orbital, without describing it in detail, has said is specific to Amazonas 4A and does not threaten other Orbital-built satellites — occurred in early April.

Satellite operators often specify that new satellites are built with more power than is needed to fulfill their business plans, in part because solar array efficiency degrades over time, and in part to protect against in-orbit anomalies.

Once Orbital, Hispasat and the satellite’s insurance underwriters agree on the likely cause of the problem, they will need to estimate its effects over 15 years and come to an agreement on the percentage of service capacity that will be lost over the years, and to settle on a correlating insurance payment.

Amazonas 4A was built by Orbital Sciences and launched on March 24th for positioning at 61 degrees West,


Amazonas 4A is spanish communications satellite to provide services to the south american continent.

Amazonas 4A carries a payload of 24 Ku-band transponders with coverage of South America, from Venezuela and Colombia in the north, to Argentina and Chile in the south. Satellite design performance is 46 to 48.5 dBW throughout the South American mainland.

The contract for Amazonas 4A and the higher power Amazonas 4B was signed in June 2012 with launch of Amazonas 4A scheduled for early 2014.

Amazonas 4A sufferd a power-subsystem malfunction shortly after launch, which resulted in a permanent reduction in the satellite’s capacityencourages healthy competition between platforms and allows users to watch television without a subscription.
 

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I am sure that I have seen reports on this satellite lately.Cannot find them ,so these transponders may have been mentioned.
The TM was doing nothing so I set it scanning 61 West.It only found two transponders.probably the same one.
Only one channel FTA
12642H 28887 3/4. TV 1 to 15.
12641H 28887 TV 1 to 5

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Edit.Just spotted the link in martins reply.Vipersan spotted it.:)
 

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This afternoon shows 12522 with a low dB but scanned an hour later is up on par.

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Still envious of everyone who can get past 45W and 45E.

Very lucky here to get 55E to 58W from my 90cm just 4 feet above ground level :)
48E to 60W with the 100cm:D No signals passed 55.4 west atm :(
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Very lucky. I relocated my 1.5m dish to try and get beyond 47.5w... Will try to get some signals tomorrow.
 

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Whoohoo... Getting a partial view to 61w! So my arc is 68.5e to 61w :)

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Whoohoo... Getting a partial view to 61w! So my arc is 68.5e to 61w :)
I take it that is across all three of your dishes, not on just one, ahem, like me ;) Is it possible to "see" much more of the sky from our location? :confused
 

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Yep, across 2 dishes. 1.5m gives 61.5W to around 30E at its new location and the 90cm Fibo from 13E to 68.5E... can probably see beyond but I haven't seen anything yet.

72.1E at my location is about 0.8 degrees above horizon and I did receive some old feed from it when the new sat first launched. I can "see" beyond 61W too but I don't think there's anything to be received. The further north you are, the smaller the arc.
 

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Yep, across 2 dishes. 1.5m gives 61.5W to around 30E at its new location and the 90cm Fibo from 13E to 68.5E... can probably see beyond but I haven't seen anything yet.

I've got plenty of clear sky to my west, but my view beyond 62E is blocked by the ridge line of my roof. I could push my pole up to clear it, but it would cause more agro than it is worth.
 

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............. I can "see" beyond 61W too but I don't think there's anything to be received. The further north you are, the smaller the arc.

CJ, this thread shows 63.0ºW Telstar 14R http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/telstar-14r.161845/#post-889065

Although basically in this part of the world the beam gives ACM-data feeds but I would imagine you would just like to lock this bird to add to your list............just like I did and felt great after securing it............best wishes to you. :)
 
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