Astra 2F Testing Reception Reports

[solly]

Huevos@
to open test report astra 2f good idia also suport it
need to become live signal to report
maybe next will be ?

 

[andrewcrawford]

Can we get back on topic, ive not seen any reports fora while but it might have been tacked down with the off topic stuff. i have been mointoring the reports to one try work out how anyone can say what beam ther eon but two to try and move the beam to the east so i can work out with the levels reported what the beam might be like

 

[solly]

it not finish it
today play 12207v and 12188v
maybe more 10 days tesing on 43.5e
it 15 days testing from 10 october

 

[M60]

Solly, are these the only Txp's being tested today that you've seen?

 

[solly]

@m60
yes i saw it afternoon 12188v was very strong

 

[solly]

good morning to all member
now at morning new tp testing 11817v pe beam very strong

 

[Huevos]

very strong

Maybe we have different ideas of what "very strong" means. That spike on your chart is only 4dB above the noise floor. What aerial are you using?

Over the last 10 minutes I seen activity on:

11534V +7dB​

11643V +12dB​

12488V +10dB​

11638H +10dB​

12493H +7dB​

Is there any possibility the Africa beam will be circular polarised?

 

[solly]

i got clear " black screen "
africa beam use linear polairty
crazy scan and analog receiver to testing signal
12580v
saw signal 11527v

 

[Huevos]

africa beam use linear polairty

I was only asking because of the similarity between polarisations in my post above.

 

[TENERIFEFORUMTV]

Maybe we have different ideas of what "very strong" means. That spike on your chart is only 4dB above the noise floor. What aerial are you using?

Over the last 10 minutes I seen activity on:

11534V +7dB​

11643V +12dB​

12488V +10dB​

11638H +10dB​

12493H +7dB​

Is there any possibility the Africa beam will be circular polarised?

how can you tell if its UK beam or WAB you are looking at .
my checks in DAKAR are that the SAMSUNG TVs they are selling just have a STD receiver inside and use a STD dish of 1M in SENEGAL

 

[M60]

Cheers solly.

We don't know for sure whether the west african, PE or UK beam is being tested therefore it's hard to ascertain which is which. Only once the satellite gets to 28.2E will we know for sure and various Txp's are illuminated.

 

[solly]

@m60
i think before astra 2f move to 28.2e
need to test dvb mux on 43.5e
pe beam 11856v stronger signal

 

[solly]

new transponder on astra 2f 11303v

 

[solly]

more tp new 11342v no strong

 

[satesco]

@solly,
Indeed signal on this frequency;to me is 11345!
Comments on this satellite is like saying: the dogs bark,the caravan passes Or to keep us at the same metaphor : dogs barking at the moon

 

[strs65]

Hi solly, are those two still on? I don't see anything here...

 

[satesco]

@strs65,it's gone now These tests have very short life;have no predictability

 

[Hixxy1]

@solly,
Indeed signal on this frequency;to me is 11345!
Comments on this satellite is like saying: the dogs bark,the caravan passes Or to keep us at the same metaphor : dogs barking at the moon

It's nice to see some sparklies again

 

[solly]

it was 5 minute singal 11303v,11342v,12285v

 

[Huevos]

how can you tell if its UK beam or WAB you are looking at .

You can't. But it is very unlikely the Africa beam is going to have any power here. Beam centre according to the SES map you posted yesterday is 0.0N, 30.0E. That makes me at 38.5N, 0.5W about 5º off target, compared to about 1.5º for UK spot, so I doubt very much if the signals I am seeing are in any way related to the Africa beam.

On PE and UK I just don't know. So far there has not been one report posted where I can't see the same signal. On a couple of my earier tests I couldn't see 12460 but I think that was because the cable was looped through my STB, but now it is direct I can see all the signals everyone else is reporting, and if the beams move 15º further west when the satellite moves to 28E things will only improve for me.

Current transmissions on:

11332V +4dB​

11643V +12dB​

12286V +7dB​

12493H +6dB​