Arabsat BADR-8

[moonbase]

In this moment

Badr 4 ..... 26,105 E
Badr 8 .... 25,984 E

That gap corresponds to between 2 and 3 clicks of my dish controller.
Using a 2.0m dish with beam aperture of 0.93 degrees at a UK location, the SNR dB levels from signals assumed to be on the Badr-8 MENA beam can be observed to fluctuate as per the table I uploaded in post 323.

 

[ocean04]

That gap corresponds to between 2 and 3 clicks of my dish controller.
Using a 2.0m dish with beam aperture of 0.93 degrees at a UK location, the SNR dB levels from signals assumed to be on the Badr-8 MENA beam can be observed to fluctuate as per the table I uploaded in post 323.

Your table has difference between 11747V and 11785V.
But these both are Badr8 MENA, there is no difference here. And there is no Badr4 involved here.

 

[moonbase]

Your table has difference between 11747V and 11785V.
But these both are Badr8 MENA, there is no difference here. And there is no Badr4 involved here.

There might be no difference at your location but here in the UK there is a difference.
I did not say the difference applied globally, in most of my posts on this subject I have indicated my findings are for a UK location.

 

[Satfaca]

All the phenomena you've been descibing has nothing to do with the satellite locations in the sky rather with antenna form discrepancy, misaligned focuses, interference from nearby satellites etc.

 

[satelliclub]

12169 V and 12226 H is on Badr 8 no Badr 4
And now 12054 V has been moved to Badr 8

Now all this frequency's is on Badr 8:
11747 V Mena
11785 V Mena
11804 V EMena
11843 H Mena
11862 V Mena
11881 H Central Asia
11900 V Central Asia
11919 H EMena
11996 H Mena
12054 V Mena
12169 V Mena
12226 H Mena
122245 V Mena
12265 H Central Asia
12284 V NW Africa
12284 V Central Asia
12303 H NW Africa
12303 H Central Asia
12322 V Central Asia
12341 H Mena
12360 V Mena
12380 H Mena
12399 V Mena
12418 H Mena
12437 V Mena
12455 H Mena
12476 V Mena
12563 V EMena

 

[satelliclub]

Now this frequency's is still on Badr 4:
11938 V
11958 H
11977 V
12073 H
12092 V
12111 H
12130 V
12149 H
12182 H 16200 (The frequency change in 12188 H 27500 after moving to Badr 8)
12523 H
12523 V
12643 H
12683 V

 

[moonbase]

All the phenomena you've been descibing has nothing to do with the satellite locations in the sky rather with antenna form discrepancy, misaligned focuses, interference from nearby satellites etc.

I think I will go for the "etc" option.

 

[Satfaca]

Here's the complete oversight of BADR-6 transponders, it will be interesting to compare if/once they switch to BADR-8.

Locked (with 2.4m):
View attachment 152518 View attachment 152519 View attachment 152521 View attachment 152522View attachment 152525 View attachment 152528

And here's the situation now ... so quite a difference.

 

[Satfaca]

Unlocked:
View attachment 152529 View attachment 152530 View attachment 152531 View attachment 152532 View attachment 152533 View attachment 152534 View attachment 152535

Second part:

 

[Dggrr]

I'm quite surprised to lock quite a few of the Badr-8 BSS MENA transponders on my Gibertini 1.2m dish, 40km NW of central London.

Weakest signal that I can lock on my SF8008 is 11747V at 4.0db with some BER but only a little breakup.

It is actually not raining for the first time in a while.

I'm assuming that Flysat is up-to-date on Badr-8.

Time to do a blind scan before that rain comes back.

 

[william-1]

GlobeCast MENA has moved to Badr-8 Ku Band BSS EMENA
12073 H 27500 3/4 DVB-S2/8PSK
BBC News Middle East Eng HD
France 24 English HD
France 24 Arabic HD
Tivi 5 Monde HD
TV5 Monde Maghreb-Orient HD
TV5 Monde Style
TRT World Eng
TRT Arabi HD
M24 Morocco HD
TRT Arabi
Test Card HD

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Badr 8 at 26.0°E - LyngSat

Full list of transponders from 26E later
12073 H 27500 steady signal during torrential rain here getting 60% SQ this would normally knock out this transponder = no signal

 

[suedschwede]

Central Germany with 2.7m Laminas

 

[suedschwede]

Full list of transponders from 26E later
12073 H 27500 steady signal during torrential rain here getting 60% SQ this would normally knock out this transponder = no signal

Here is full List.

 

[rodscha]

12073H 27500 frequency jammed by Sky & Czechs!!
at least now I m sure to be flooded (or squeezed out)by both Astra 2(Sky TP) ,and 23.5E (a Czech enkrrypted bouquet ,as heavy as a Semmelknödel which Czechs also enjoy. ,but under a different name!...)
just 1 question: who pays for watching Czech tv here?

 

[william-1]

Badr 4/8 update December 9th 2023 12:00 GMT
Signal Quality (Active transponders this morning)
Badr @ 26°E
11919 H = 64%
11938 V = 60%
11958 H = 66%
11977 V = 74%
11996 H = 82%
12054 V = 74%
12073 H = 66%
12092 V = 52%
12111 H =56%
12130 V = 52%
12149 H = 69%
12169 V = 60%
12182 H =44% (16200)
12226 H =52%
12245 V = 69%
12456 H = 33%
12523 H = 69%
12523 V =59%
12563 V = 84%
12643 H =66%
12683 V = 56%
12677 H =74% (4444)
12730 H =84% (3330)

 

[Beli1910]

Here in Slovenia, the situation is like this on gibertini 150.

 

[stephan94]

From the north of Bavaria with 1.80m

 

[solly]

All irib move badr 5 to badr 8

 

[suedschwede]

You need larger and larger dishes for the beam the further north you go

Slovenia 150cm 9.5dB
+600Km to northward
Northbavaria 180cm 8.2dB
+250Km to northward
CentralGermany 270cm 7.0dB

 

[danny10]

12073H 27500 frequency jammed by Sky & Czechs!!
at least now I m sure to be flooded (or squeezed out)by both Astra 2(Sky TP) ,and 23.5E (a Czech enkrrypted bouquet ,as heavy as a Semmelknödel which Czechs also enjoy. ,but under a different name!...)
just 1 question: who pays for watching Czech tv here?

I'm paying..