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<blockquote data-quote="tony smith" data-source="post: 893265" data-attributes="member: 402577"><p>Hi Folks</p><p>Thanks for your replies.The footprint (downlink) for this satellite is massive</p><p>covers into eastern Europe as well as west. it was intended for K/Ka band internet conection.</p><p>it has multi uplink beam coverage, so depending where you are in Europe dictates the pol and frequency you can use.</p><p>It is weak, but depending on weather, like amount of rain/ water bearing objects in the up and downlink path, dictates the downlink signal level at your location, thats from any uplink .</p><p></p><p>As K band downlinks off this bird, she has 2 K/Ka band transponders H and V aprox 400 Mhz each, is very weather dependant, like double loss of Ku band in heavy rain, so Ku up to 4 dBm</p><p>K upto 8dBm, thats not including "Dish Wetting Loss"</p><p></p><p>It is to my location Midlands UK much higher level on H pol than V, in fact I have a problem somtimes nulling out the carrier at 18.7xx, can quite happly see both pols at the same time if I wish.</p><p></p><p>It can be received with a 1.2 metre dish (Midlands) but it needs careful pointing to get max signal, and a good feedhorn, I have a selection all rectangular, not circular, so pol setting required,we use ones we made or have a high gain one from USA. I get signal level of aprox 14 dBm on the 18.552 Ghz(With respect to noise floor) on ( 72 dB micovolts) on 1.8 metre dish. </p><p></p><p>If the weather changes it drops like a brick, untill it's lost in noise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tony smith, post: 893265, member: 402577"] Hi Folks Thanks for your replies.The footprint (downlink) for this satellite is massive covers into eastern Europe as well as west. it was intended for K/Ka band internet conection. it has multi uplink beam coverage, so depending where you are in Europe dictates the pol and frequency you can use. It is weak, but depending on weather, like amount of rain/ water bearing objects in the up and downlink path, dictates the downlink signal level at your location, thats from any uplink . As K band downlinks off this bird, she has 2 K/Ka band transponders H and V aprox 400 Mhz each, is very weather dependant, like double loss of Ku band in heavy rain, so Ku up to 4 dBm K upto 8dBm, thats not including "Dish Wetting Loss" It is to my location Midlands UK much higher level on H pol than V, in fact I have a problem somtimes nulling out the carrier at 18.7xx, can quite happly see both pols at the same time if I wish. It can be received with a 1.2 metre dish (Midlands) but it needs careful pointing to get max signal, and a good feedhorn, I have a selection all rectangular, not circular, so pol setting required,we use ones we made or have a high gain one from USA. I get signal level of aprox 14 dBm on the 18.552 Ghz(With respect to noise floor) on ( 72 dB micovolts) on 1.8 metre dish. If the weather changes it drops like a brick, untill it's lost in noise. [/QUOTE]
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