Astra 2F at 28E (at last!)

[Llew]

Not particularly here in Blighty. Pretty much evens stevens.

 

[cheekymonkey]

Fuerteventura...3.7 mtr dish (but due to factors beyond my control ie 1 piece dish cut into 2 for shipping so probably only performs about 3 mtr) intermittent lock but no picture as BER excessive. Only got dvb meter (satcatcher) so tested using hirschmann rxr. Spectrum on satcatcher shows signal well below existing 1N signals and suspect need dish capable of giving at least another 3db so therefore looking at potentially 5 metre..........for info 1N channels gives c/n of minimum 10.8db up to about 12.5 db or more (C4 HD/FIVE group which are receivable on 1.35mtr with good lnb and receiver)
Not my dish but was able to tweak a little and no real improvement on 2F freq....hopefully the verticals may be better. In 2Ddays no real problem with Horizontals but verticals were a virtual no go..............For the ex-pats here all I can say is ´better start learning spanish!! (or arabic for 26E or 7W)

 

[Huevos]

Will check about the shim out, as for BBC2 it's solid (see attached) View attachment 50636

Yes, but is that England?

 

[Huevos]

I would class that reading as boarderline and certainly NOT stable !

My definition of stable is that there is signal lock and the video and audio play without interference. The level a signal strength bar shows has nothing to do with stability.

 

[oldfart]

11023 Gone again this morning , no signal
Tenerife South 3m

 

[Lazarus]

Well it seems that people living closer to the centre of spotbeam are reporting even higher signal levels on 2F than on 1N.
With my Big Bisat I have 15,2dB on 1N and 15,7dB on 2F.

Agreed.

Using an old Raven 43cm up North and the difference in strength is clear even using the crude Signal bars on my various Receivers.

Just tried my Skybox F3 on my 80cm Motorised and again the difference between typical 1N S/Q and 11023 is marked.

 

[Lazarus]

It seems not a lot (Well, nothing at all, if truth be told!) has changed overnight vis-a-vis transferring any Transponders in anger.

 

[Torrevieja]

Yes, but is that England?

sure is

 

[lgrijander]

11023 Gone again this morning , no signal
Tenerife South 3m

In Gandia, 60Km south of Valencia (Spain) nothing has changed ... still 10db on my DM800, it is interesting after being 12 years on the difficult side of the 2D think that the situation can be now reverse.

 

[woborny]

Could have been a bit bad if the transfer from 1n to 2f has been last night, when this site had gone down!!! At first when I could not access it I thiough it had crashed with all the cried of "no signals!"

In Gandia, 60Km south of Valencia (Spain) nothing has changed ... still 10db on my DM800, it is interesting after being 12 years on the difficult side of the 2D think that the situation can be now reverse.

No real change here either on the 80cm.
The currently connected Freesat box is still showing Strength at 100%, quality at 70% for 11024h
The currently connected Freesat box is showing Strength at 100%, quality at 80% for 10847v. (small increase from last night)

 

[joddle]

this morning have checked again using the attenuator 1N and sF signals identical.

 

[wallycharlo]

... and continues to fade, 40 minutes later SNR is now 52% ! On the verge of losing some picture ...

... and back to 62 % this morning ...

 

[buckshee]

Could have been a bit bad if the transfer from 1n to 2f has been last night, when this site had gone down!!! At first when I could not access it I thiough it had crashed with all the cried of "no signals!"



No real change here either on the 80cm.
The currently connected Freesat box is still showing Strength at 100%, quality at 70% for 11024h
The currently connected Freesat box is showing Strength at 100%, quality at 80% for 10847v. (small increase from last night)

looking at your readings my 1.9M dish would probably be on par with 1.35 M in Gandia. I´,m 165 miles south in Mazarron
The currently connected Freesat box is still showing Strength at 100%, quality at 80% for 11024h
The currently connected Freesat box is showing Strength at 100%, quality at 90% for 10847v.

 

[Huevos]

sure is

PM sent.

 

[hairybadger]

11023H this morning - 83% strength, 79-83% quality, so slightly better quality than before. Little cloud cover.

 

[Analoguesat]

All quiet this morning eh?

I was half expecting the forum to be overrun with "wheres my signals gone messages"

 

[oldfart]

All quiet this morning eh?

I was half expecting the forum to be overrun with "wheres my signals gone messages"

Where's my signal gone!!!

 

[Analoguesat]

Agreed.

Using an old Raven 43cm up North and the difference in strength is clear even using the crude Signal bars on my various Receivers.

Just tried my Skybox F3 on my 80cm Motorised and again the difference between typical 1N S/Q and 11023 is marked.

Agreed here too - the 11023H signal is markedly stronger than the other low frequency DVB-S2 signals.

 

[Analoguesat]

Where's my signal gone!!!

Bigger dish required

 

[oldfart]

do these have any effects??
A geomagnetic storm is brewing around Earth's poles following a CME strike on Nov. 23rd. A second CME is en route, due to arrive on Nov. 24th. NOAA forecasters say there is a 65% chance that the second strike will trigger strong storms at high latitudes
_http://www.spaceweather.com/