astra 5b 31,5e

solly said:
satellite not in orbit yet
what position iot ?
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It was @ 31.61 east @ 5.09 pm current data via the link is misleading.
 
Yes William-1, why post about Astra 5B in the Eutelsat 3B thread?
Anyway, Eutelsat 3B is still in transfer orbit, copy/pasting n2yo data is not relevant until a few weeks after launch.
 
Sorry error my end unable to move thread.
 
Thread starts with 3B ?​
 
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looks ok now ?
 
Astra 5B is now @ 31.14 east,

Here are some transponder signal quality readings from my 100cm set up with TM6900HD for Astra 1G @ 31.5 east

25th May 2014
----9.30am-----7pm
11758 H 63%----58%
11914 H 60%----63%
11933 V 59%----55%
12011 V 60%----67%
12089 V 63%----68%
12167 V 63%----68%
12245 V 64%----69%
12323 V 65%----70%
12401 V 65%----70%
12479 V 63%----69%

Today @ 12.18pm
11758 H 58%
11934 V 56%
No signals on the other transponders.

Astra 5B may start tonight hopefully the signals will be a bit stronger here from 31.5 east :)
 
Good idea to note down the signal readings right now while still on Astra 1G!
11758H 17.5 dB, 11934V 15.7 dB, the other 7 Orange Romania transponders between 13.5 and 15.5 dB.
11817V (East beam) gives up to 2 dB reading, so will need quite a few more dB's to lock.
 
hvdh said:
Good idea to note down the signal readings right now while still on Astra 1G!
11758H 17.5 dB, 11934V 15.7 dB, the other 7 Orange Romania transponders between 13.5 and 15.5 dB.
11817V (East beam) gives up to 2 dB reading, so will need quite a few more dB's to lock.
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Most interesting I like the idea of the dB readout so I have plugged in my DrHD D15,
My software may be a bit out of date as I do not know where to find an up to date patch currently using 1.16p Jul 10 2013,

Here are my readings from 100cm dish with DrHD D15
11759 H Orange Signal=84%, Green Quality Level=8.2dB
11934 V -----------------=84%-----------------------=7.4dB
 
Disappointed with the signals from the last 2 receivers so I have just tried this TM5402HD M3 CI Super with 100cm dish,

Astra 1G @ 31.5 east
11759 H 97% Signal ~ 66% Quality
11934 V 97%------- ~ 64% --------
12012 V 97%------- ~ 70% --------
12246 V 97%------- ~ 68%--------
12402 V 97%------- ~ 69%--------

I will keep this set up for the duration of the change over to Astra 5B.
 
It'll be interesting to see which packages go on the wide beam and which go on the high power beam. I guess some of the 1G east beam will go on the 5B wide beam which would make it an easier catch in the west. I guess Orange will go on the high power beam along with the Italian multistream feeds. The Turkish and Ukrainian stuff could go on either, both beams cover their countries well, depends on the power levels required.
 
11739 V 5.5 db
11758 H 19.3
11817 V 17.2
11914 H 14.8
11934 V 15.5
11954 H 18.9
11973 V 17.5
11992 H 17.2
12012 V 14.3
12090 V 14.7
12148 H 17.9
12169 V 14.2
12207 V 19.6
12246 V 14.4
12266 H 19.5
12324 V 16.5
12402 V 15.9
12480 V 16.1

this is my reception report today with F15 , quite strong signals from Astra 1G @ 31.5° East .
 
my resulte 3.8m
astra 1g horizontal polarity much stronger
11758h 12.7 db
11914h 13.7db
11953h 20.3db
11992h 12.2db
12148h 12.8db
12265h 19.8db
12421h 17.9db
11817v 15.4 db
11973v 19.7db
12012v 12.8db
12090v 13.0db
12168v 12.9db
12207v 20.5db
12245v 13.4db
12324v 14.0db
12402v 13.6db
12480v 13.6db
 

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Will check tomorrow...though I generally get very little from 1G here in western England.
 
Astra 1G @ 31.5 east 5:23pm-------10.40pm
11759 H 97% Signal ~ 66% Quality--69% Q
11934 V 97%------- ~ 64% -----------67%
12012 V 97%------- ~ 70% -----------70%
12090 V--------------------------------71%
12168 V--------------------------35 to 70%
12246 V 97%------- ~ 68%------------70%
12324 V--------------------------------70%
12402 V 97%------- ~ 69%------------72%
12480 V--------------------------------68%
 
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