Astra 2F Testing Reception Reports

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Nothing to report after a blind scan....picked up a lot of overspill from 45°E that's all.
 
move the dish to 42e
lite east one step are you receiver signal
it not transmited allways
it pick signal 2 minute and down
 
12185H back
 
I can get 12185H too - pretty strong, and that one really comes from "in between" 42 and 45 east ... probably PE beam.
 
I'm still at work missing all the fun, maybe there will be a nightshift...
Curious what frequency sub-bands are found now on 2F, with SES' new minimal-info policy, and Eutelsat dispute.
 
Anyone know what the symbol rate and FEC is on 12185v.

I've packed the Ariva up now so i have to make do with my Gigablue which is pretty much useless for doing blind scans on.

Nano
 
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Anyone know what the symbol rate and FEC is on 12185v.
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Without lock not possible. Maybe if someone has a tool that shows xPSK, SR and MER, provided it's PSK and the signal is strong enough ;)
ATM the signal is on and off (currently off), but it sure comes frome inbetween 42E and 45E :)
 
Some more information on Dosh who seems to have been the first to detect 2F lighting up. He is situated in Israel and uses a 2m dish. He is also claiming that it is the pan-Europen beam.
 
After seeing 12188V for hours, just saw 12169H and now 12188H.
Broad (transponder-wide) spectrum, and in crazyscan not a sign of constellation points, so locking is impossible.
 
It's still there? Not a trace of 12230 H.
 
Solly it's only 12188H now. Wide signal.

I think Pietclock made a mistake with 12230H since he doesn't reply.
For a moment I thought it was spot-beam on that frequency.
 
I can't confirm any other signal than said 12185H. Of course this frequency is not exactly measured (no lock) an can vary a bit.. ;)
 
So far the average frequencies reported fit the existing grid of Astra 2A/2B with a few MHz correction, I bet that won't change with Astra 2F.
But it's funny to actually see that 12188 can be switched to both H and V, a good way to compare the antenna performance on H and V polarization I guess!
 
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