Seems clear meanwhile: 10.25°E.
Looks like it may be settling down around there
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Has anyone found info on the S band beacons? Time to try inclined tracking on Ka, @John
I just need a 12m dish to get the same angular resolution as on Ka. I can't see anything at the moment as it is almost max excursion. I have an RHCP feed on the S-Band LNB. That document suggests it's linear. Is it?How about S-band, s-band?
That should be in the range 2185...2200 MHz. The similar TerreStar-1 satellite was tested with frequencies in midband (near 2193.6 MHz)
http://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=807613
Just done a quick look, looking at signals at the given orbital slot but due to only having linear V at the moment i can not clearly isolate the RHCP beacons but i do see quite a lot of activity all across the band from about 18408 to 19341. I need to establish 100% i'm looking at the right bird.
Just done a quick look, looking at signals at the given orbital slot but due to only having linear V at the moment i can not clearly isolate the RHCP beacons but i do see quite a lot of activity all across the band from about 18408 to 19341. I need to establish 100% i'm looking at the right bird.
I just need a 12m dish to get the same angular resolution as on Ka. I can't see anything at the moment as it is almost max excursion. I have an RHCP feed on the S-Band LNB. That document suggests it's linear. Is it?
I could only detect it at +/-2 degrees and only find it when it was +/- 1 degree. I was using a horizontal feed. There was no problem finding it however, 1kHz BW makes it much easier and I set the Gilat to within 10kHz (it wanders +/-10kHz when the sun hits it. Go to 10E and left a bit or use 9E and left a bit more.
The signal dropped 3dB at 0.8deg off, 11dB at 1.6 deg, 14dB at 1.76, 17db at 2deg and I lost it at 2.2deg in 1khz.