EUTELSAT 8W C Band

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Hi,

I have a 1m80 prime focus antenna with 13K LNB and a corotor for circular and linear polarisations.
On 5 W & 11W, I have good signals.

I was wandering is someone can pick-up the 4171 R S/R 30000 on 8W in the same region of Belgium, South of England,
and so one. Here nothing. Strange, as the Eutelsat site footprint shows a 38/39 dBW for Belgium.

Thank you,
Denis
 

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Tried few weeks ago with 3m, no lock (here)
 

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Hi,

I have a 1m80 prime focus antenna with 13K LNB and a corotor for circular and linear polarisations.
On 5 W & 11W, I have good signals.

I was wandering is someone can pick-up the 4171 R S/R 30000 on 8W in the same region of Belgium, South of England,
and so one. Here nothing. Strange, as the Eutelsat site footprint shows a 38/39 dBW for Belgium.

Thank you,
Denis

Hi - The best i can do here in north west u.k. on a 1.8 channel master offset ....is 6.2 db ( no lock)
.. according to Lyngsat it needs a minimum of 7.9 db

8 w.jpg
 

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Hi - The best i can do here in north west u.k. on a 1.8 channel master offset ....is 6.2 db ( no lock)
.. according to Lyngsat it needs a minimum of 7.9 db

View attachment 118696
I have a lock and decent signal on 3989 R SR: 30000 8W. Footprints are not always realiable.

What about Intelsat 11 at 43.1W. Someone has some locks on the European footprint ?

Thanks,
Denis
 

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I have a lock and decent signal on 3989 R SR: 30000 8W. Footprints are not always realiable.

What about Intelsat 11 at 43.1W. Someone has some locks on the European footprint ?

Thanks,
Denis


Hi - Do you mean 3889 R SR: 30000 8W. ... RFI Radio channels ? --- that one locks fine ...
also 3 or 4 other transponders ... the strongest being 3826 H 4597 Lesotho Television at 11.7 db ... can you see that one ?

Will have a look at 43.1W later ...
 

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8W 3889R works here too
43W some signal but no lock 2.4m
 

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On the 8West 4171 R signal i can max out at 7.5dB from the 2.2 PF but just under lock .... The sun is blazing down on the lnb at the moment, i'll try it again when the sun drops and the electronics cool off a bit. Freq 3889 R locks ok and is 7.5dB with me.
Not tried 43West as yet.
 

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A handful of transponders from 43 west here on 1.8 channel master offset ... including one that seems to be a cricket feed.
( please ignore the time and date the F15 is having a moment of madness :) )

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8 West Cband
'Trace Fm' radio station. 3826 R.
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Thanks to all.

With the 1m80 PF and a Ariva 252 Combo, I have about the same locks as you do :

5W - 3646 - R - 2170
5W - 3652 - R - 2018
5W - 3727 - R - 29950
5 W - 4054 - R - 1835
8W - 3889 - R - 30000
11W - 3662 - R - 10808

(screen shots will be posted shortly)
@ nelson_b : for 43.1 W, according to Lyngsat footprint, you seem out of reach.
I'll try later on Intelsat 11 as I should get here a EIRP of 38,5 dBW. But have
to move the antenna on the other side of the house... my neigbourd in right in
the middle of the path. EL: 17 degrees.
 

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On 5west 3646R 2170 on the 1.2CM Amazingly 82% SQ Also 4100L 1944 52% SQ !
 

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[QUOTE
@ nelson_b : for 43.1 W, according to Lyngsat footprint, you seem out of reach.
I'll try later on Intelsat 11 as I should get here a EIRP of 38,5 dBW. But have
to move the antenna on the other side of the house... my neigbourd in right in
the middle of the path. EL: 17 degrees.[/QUOTE]

Hi - @telspace -
Indeed - most transponders "are" out of reach for me on that sat ... its not one i normally bother with for that reason ... Quite surprised with blind search to catch the ones i did .... maybe the good weather here is helping me :) ...... may get a few more with manual - input /scan .. will have another look later.
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I have attached a couple of pictures below that present the C-Band scan results I got from 8.0W recently. Most of the frequencies were lockable except for the four "Star Times Uganda" frequencies encrypted in Conax. I was under a lock for the lower two "Star" frequencies but could "see" them with an F15 receiver. The higher pair of frequencies gave absolutely nowt except a flutter on the signal indicator of the F15.

There are some small gaps in the signal levels between the two pictures attached below. The first picture in tabular layout was from an F15 receiver connected directly to the LNBF. The second picture presenting the blind scan result was from a longer cable run passing through two A/B switches.

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8.0W_20190922_C-Band.jpg



8.0W_20190922_C-Band_BlindScan.jpg
 

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Is anyone able to lock the transponder on 8°W C band with the French RFI radio services?

3964 R
SR: 4167
FEC: 1/2
DVB-S2 QPSK

Nice low FEC in QPSK mod. I'd be very interested in a transponder TS dump file if anyone would be so kind! I'm interested to investigate what additional data they send along with this, presumably for FM rebroadcast in Africa.

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3964 R,4166,1/2-RFI
There is not much to find because the mux is from Radio RFI(Radio France International) dedicated to many African countries.
 

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