Gladiator 7W

[Llew]

Gladiator (MENA, actual country unknown)

Eutelsat 7 West A

10.815H
SR 27500
FEC 5/6

FTA (MPEG2 4:2:0)

Short promo loop and strident music for who knows what?

 

[remlap]

I just can't lock this transponder anymore whatever I try but it seems transponders you can't lock onto I can which I find really odd Llew.

 

[Llew]

Yes it does seem strange remlap. I can never lock any of the DVB-S2 TPs, or the encrypted DVB-S TPs 11449H or 12476V.

All the others I have at some time found OK, although I'm not sure about 10795V or 11564H, not in my list of catches presumably because there wasn't any new channels to report after the bird fired up, having AFAIK simply transferred all the channels from the Nilesats. Will try those tonight if only to complete the list (minus the DVB-S2 TP's unfortunately)

Oh, and the one DVB-S TP always absent for me is 11679H because of the 11679V TP on 5W which seems to be causing cross-polarisation with my LNB, no matter how fine I tune the dish / skew the LNB.

 

[Llew]

Managed at last to receive a DVB-S2 TP - 12265H, JSC Sports News

Also I get the remaining two DVB-S channels 10795V and 11564H for my list, which as I said, I hadn't bothered to try for.

 

[Llew]

Gladiator now on new frequency -

11.257H
SR 27500
FEC 3/4

Progressed a little from the basic loop of a station ident, now a promo for a wrestling channel, WWF stuff.

 

[remlap]

JSC Sports News is on one of my strongest honestly. Odd conditions mate odd.