Amos 3 lit up

[deepbluesky]

AndyX this proves that flysat was wrong. The 3 frequencies cannot be on Amos 3. Well done, many thanks.

 

[AndyX]

This does not rule out that there has been an increase of power on Amos 2 that may be causing confusion, or that a steerable beam, operating on an unpublished frequency by Amos, has come into play. I have merely quote what Amos has chosen to publish.

 

[deepbluesky]

Probably. We'll see what the next steps will be.

P.S.: Spacecom has not published a handbook of Amos 3 as they did before for Amos 1/2. Those had much more details including very good footprints.

 

[HB13DISH]

I had a look at the Amos 3 EU beam footprint and compared it with the Amos 2 EU Beam FP.
It looks like there might be a better chance to receive some TPs from the Amos 3 EU beam in the Middle East than before.
Hope that my 1.2m dish would not fail me.
Picture on left is for Amos 2

 

[solly]

fetv 10986 h sr 6666 fec 3/4 on amos3

 

[Gunes]

According to the official Amos website transmission frequencies are above 10950 on the Amos satellite:

* Ku band uplink : 14.00 to 14.50 GHZ
* Ku band downlink : 10.95 to 11.45 GHZ
* Ka band uplink : 29.40 to 30.60 GHZ
* Ka band downlink : 19.60 to 20.80 GHZ

Info based on Amos website is wrong. This file may help all of you. _]http://www.amos-spacecom.com/UserFiles/File/PDF%20files/AMOS_3_LV.pdf

 

[AndyX]

Info based on Amos website is wrong. This file may help all of you. _]http://www.amos-spacecom.com/UserFiles/File/PDF%20files/AMOS_3_LV.pdf

thanks commander S for the info.
I notice from this source the lowest frequency is given as 10.7 for both the European and Middle East fixed beams. The steerable beam is capable of KA and Ku band: some hope for a KU spot over the UK. Shame there is conflict of information between the 2 sources.

 

[Gunes]

11629 V 3000 3/4 - METV started on Amos-3

 

[deepbluesky]

I wonder why the israeli FTA state channels stay on Amos 1.

 

[HB13DISH]

Channel 2 and Israel 10 FTA on Amos 3 have moved to Amos 3
Details:
Frequency 11,658V 8520 2/3

IBA Channel 1 and IBA Channel 33 have also moved, but I don't have the details yet. Hope to post in a short while.

 

[HB13DISH]

IBA Channel 1 and IBA Channel 33 FTA new details on Amos 3:
Frequency 11,646V 8,518 3/4
The signal quality is high which might mean better reception in fringe areas, but there is no change in video quality, i.e. the same appalling white washed video with 16 bit colour instead of millions of colours.
What on earth do they do with our TV license money? )(-red

 

[deepbluesky]

Yes that's right. The last frequencies of Amos 1 are now also available on Amos 3. Though 11646V is weaker compared to 11658V. This is what some people in Greece realize.

 

[HB13DISH]

In addition, several radio channels FTA have also moved to Amos 3.
The sound quality is terrible.
Just listening to the classic Music channel on my FM stereo and compared it to the one from Amos 3
I would give it 3 out of 10
Haven't they heard about AC3 yet? 'O'-red