Astra 2F at 28E (at last!)

[oldfart]

11023H 23000 2/3 8psk dvb-s2 roll-off 0.35
7dB
SNR 43%
locks then bounces down to 0 and back up

Using a dreambox for the figures

South Tenerife 3m

 

[Analoguesat]

Fascinating reports - thanks to everyone for posting their info on 11023.

If this is indeed 2F the drop off at the edge of the beam must be phenomenal!

 

[iggy]

In Krakow no reception on 11023H

 

[andrewcrawford]

Don't have any fancy metres here for db levels in Fife Scotland but getting 97% Level/Quality on 11023H via Sky dish

EDIT: Should add, that's in heavy rain, so impressive.

i ws impressed when i got 98% this morning in the monsoon rain

 

[Analoguesat]

Low band DVB-S2 power levels here on my Duo:

10847V 23000 2/3 85%
10906V 22000 5/6 87%
10921H 23000 7/8 82%
11023H 23000 2/3 92%

 

[andrewcrawford]

Fascinating reports - thanks to everyone for posting their info on 11023.

If this is indeed 2F the drop off at the edge of the beam must be phenomenal!

well i did predict that might be teh case that east of the beam would drop quickly and i did predict potential spain and lower might get some reception but not that great, i can post the image agian if anyone wants it maybe see how close i am as i think it even worse than my prediciton

 

[Lazarus]

Why not? Bung it up, Andrew.

 

[Analoguesat]

I shall go and spray WD40 on the 28E lnb and see if the power goes up.

 

[Satellite74]

If this is indeed 2F the drop off at the edge of the beam must be phenomenal!

yes, here in Hanover/central Germany, it seems to go from bad to worse within just a few miles... somewhat decent reception report at "digitalfernsehen.de" from Detmold (70 km SW of Hanover), while 11023 is completely dead with zero signal in Hanover on my 80cm prime focus dish.

Under different circumstances, you could almost congratulate SES for quite an amazing feat of engineering... they've really outdone themselves this time with the signal drop-off... but at the moment I'm afraid I'm getting quite angry at whoever designed the reflector for this spot beam <img src='http://cdn.satellites.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smilies/pissed.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=''O'-red' />

 

[joddle]

It seems that the beam is squeezed but really only in one way - ie along the short (or E W) axis which would explain the rapid drop off being observed for those to the east and west. It also explains why some parts of spain, ie those lying along the long axis of the footpint (as I am in Valencia) are seemingly less affected. In reallity, in order to be able to cover the whole UK with the spot beam, the long axis has to be somewhat extended which aids those in southern france and the eastern side of Spain. Those in the West of Spain and Portugal I fear will fair less well.

 

[Analoguesat]

I shall go and spray WD40 on the 28E lnb and see if the power goes up.

11023H now 98% - the highest DVB-S2 power Ive ever seen on the Duo

 

[andrewcrawford]

my predicted spotbeam from months ago

 

[timo_w2s]

It is interesting that for me in the south of the UK signal levels are exactly as they always have been on 11023H. Infact out of all the "2C band" transponders it is the weakest by a couple of %.

 

[Analoguesat]

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[C0re]

KingOfSat has 2F now listed at 28.2 and with 11023H as the one active transponder: _http://en.kingofsat.net/sat-astra2f.php

 

[TENERIFEFORUMTV]

11023H 23000 2/3 8psk dvb-s2 roll-off 0.35
7dB
SNR 43%
locks then bounces down to 0 and back up

Using a dreambox for the figures

South Tenerife 3m

which means BBC or no BBC that is the question ...???

 

[pipino]

let see what will happen realy once the full migration takes place ...but from these few reports i think the canaries and eastern europe will be out

 

[mikey05]

Well, really looks like thats it about UK channels for me - still have a recording of the Astra 2F launch which is called "Astra-2F_-_Ariane-schiesst_den_Teufel_hoch/" on my harddisk - in english "Ariane shoots up the devil" ;)

No signal at all here in Munich on 11023H on a 0.8m dish which was "ok" for 2D reception (some weak channels, but ok), but its not possible for me to mount anything bigger.


Relatives in Hessen (Wetzlar / north of Frankfurt) can receive this transponder on a 0.8m dish:
_http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?mlat=50.557778&mlon=8.504444&zoom=6

Its quite weak there, but still usable.

 

[solly]

please report evening to the signal power up midel night and tomorow morning
from my location not see even spectrum
but 11055h back morning up signal
no lock from 1n like be yesterday

 

[pipino]

[sub]@solly [/sub]
[sub]what is the size of your dish?? are you in tel aviv doing the tests??[/sub]