Astra 2F at 28E (at last!)

[Lazarus]

The Operational: Reports Only Thread is now Open - please heed the instructions therein and don't Post there until Transponders other than 11023 have definitely moved.

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[vladan10]

He is located few kilometers east of Heraklion (35,33N / 25,13E).

Thanks m8 that you mention where i am with my 5m .

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Thanks.


Now on dx world:
i really don't expect to catch the new 2f here even with 5m. I have to add that when 2D was active i had signal from 8pm to 8am .
On astra 1n lost everything: No any signal even with 6.2m dish which a friend of mine has. So the big dish since it was useless pointing at 28.2E it does a better job for 19.2E because of the very difficult to receive Astra 2C frequencies here. But when astra 2f was on the way i thought why not turn it again to 28.2E just to try and i dont really know what ses does and i have signal on this sat, We will see the rest of tp coming up.
The signal of 11023 it's not so strong for 5m because i dont have fixed it well. As soon as the weather will be better it's top on my priority list to do
On 24hour check i have done, the signal 4am GMT it's 6.4db and after that going up until it reaches its maximum at 7pm 7.9db.
Just for the DXrs in Europe, We live in Southern Europe and the signals here need a very big dish. Just have a look at the picture what i have written onto:

 

[davidcmadrid]

Analoguesat thanks for your efforts , i just looked at a globe to see where 28.2e is , in the Western part of DR congo , picking that slot for the UK market all those years ago really was forward thinking , the beam naturally slants along a line running north south UK... its clearly visible in your map.. drawing a line from London through Paris axpprox arrives at the DR congo. So easy to understand why its easy in Barcelona yet Lugo no .. I suspect It will be easier to get a signal in the likes of Ibiza before North portugal etc. Have the feeling i might squeek in from Madrid ,, time will tell ,, but I suspect somehow the engineering on the sat is too good ..I also think from something i read / watched ( BBC doc ) that its possible for them to alter the beam electronically whilst the sat is in orbit.

 

[Bob Meade]

Analoguesat thanks for your efforts , i just looked at a globe to see where 28.2e is , in the Western part of DR congo , picking that slot for the UK market all those years ago really was forward thinking , the beam naturally slants along a line running north south UK... its clearly visible in your map.. drawing a line from London through Paris axpprox arrives at the DR congo. So easy to understand why its easy in Barcelona yet Lugo no .. I suspect It will be easier to get a signal in the likes of Ibiza before North portugal etc. Have the feeling i might squeek in from Madrid ,, time will tell ,, but I suspect somehow the engineering on the sat is too good ..I also think from something i read / watched ( BBC doc ) that its possible for them to alter the beam electronically whilst the dish is in orbit.

Yes, I saw that too - they can change the shape of the dish in 2F to suit the requirements of the UK broadcaster, so the UK spot beam, will be more of a spot, I'm afraid.

 

[solly]

i think signal not stability only for testing signal at moment

 

[Analoguesat]

i think signal not stability only for testing signal at moment

There is some extremely bad weather tracking north over the uk at the moment - heavy rain & strong winds. Its quite possible that there might be small fluctuations in uplink power. And hence downlink powers.

Small fluctuations would never be noticed here in the UK, but might be noticed in extreme fringe areas.

 

[iggy]

Yes, I saw that too - they can change the shape of the dish in 2F to suit the requirements of the UK broadcaster, so the UK spot beam, will be more of a spot, I'm afraid.

From the other hand, this is what they are expected to say. I remember years ago SKY retailer tried to convience me that UK beam covers only UK islands and nothing else. This was what they been told by SKY experts

 

[solly]

vladan10@

the signal must to see on 5 meter
maybe not same position
for me 1n near 28.5e
see better signal
only data channel 11185v near astra 2a

 

[iggy]

vladan10@

the signal must to see on 5 meter
maybe not same position
for me 1n near 28.5e
see better signal
only data channel 11185v near astra 2a

Here I agree with you, when my mates tested signal, it turned out that the peak is somwhere near 28,5e.

 

[solly]

the peak 10925h near 28.5e 2 db up
when i 28.2e i got 1db
both i cant lock in israel with 3.7m and 4.5m

 

[oldfart]

what frequencies/channels would you like a report on??

what ´d´ frequencies do you get a picture on

Don't get any 2D - its dead??
I get EVERY 1N channel loud and clear -
have problems with some 2A north

 

[solly]

what freuqncy north 2a problem ?

 

[DishDick]

Sorry very off topic, but AS going back to your poor output of BBC HD, tonight was Pointless Celebrities. Was that a statement or just a Freudian slip?!?

 

[oldfart]

can't get
sky movies premiere hd
sky action hd
sky family hd
sky thriller hd
mgm hd

 

[Analoguesat]

Sorry very off topic, but AS going back to your poor output of BBC HD, tonight was Pointless Celebrities. Was that a statement or just a Freudian slip?!?

Both - hadnt realised it was a celebrity edition as

1) I wouldnt recognise most so called celebs if I was standing next to them in the pub, and I certainly didnt recognise any of the two bbit low grade celebs on tonight.

2) Id got the volume turned off and was listening to my rock mp3's on the headphones

 

[zeeteefje]

The BBC put out a press release before they switched to 1N from 2D to warn viewers there might be loss of signal at that time.

Why? SES move transponders on astra19.2 satellites on a regular basis and for mulitiple providers at the same time.
Nobody is informed, nobody cares and nobody notices.
I assume the providers get informed, but not the customers. Why scare customers when nothing changes for them?

 

[Huevos]

Why?

I recall the BBC making any sort of announcement last February, and if they had I wouldn't have been checking my meter every morning. But they do announcements when channels move or change parameters so people that are not using a Sky or Freesat box know where to retune.

 

[andrewcrawford]

Why? SES move transponders on astra19.2 satellites on a regular basis and for mulitiple providers at the same time.
Nobody is informed, nobody cares and nobody notices.
I assume the providers get informed, but not the customers. Why scare customers when nothing changes for them?

different systyem for 19e and bbc is the first to get it if something goes wrong since they get license fee

 

[solly]

12012 V
29500-3/4
QPSK
dvbs2
here paramter to view mgm hd
need 1 on spain

 

[TENERIFEFORUMTV]

can't get
sky movies premiere hd
sky action hd
sky family hd
sky thriller hd
mgm hd

wow thats cool man ..... what are ITV2,3,4 HD some good progs on there bro