Astra 2F at 28E (at last!)

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I had a real test signal at 11141H. Lasted only very shortly.. ..some signal is still there.
 
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got it!!
 

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got it!!
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This is the same signal I posted about yesterday afternoon, maybe with a bit of modulation on it, but it's a lot more active today.
 
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Reported elsewhere

21.11.2012

Luxembourg – November 21, 2012 – SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced today that the ASTRA 2F satellite has successfully completed its in-orbit testing and is now fully operational and in commercial service at the orbital neighborhood of 28.2/28.5 degrees East. The 52nd SES satellite was successfully launched board an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, on September 28, 2012.
 
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from other site _http://www.astra2d.com/astra2f.html (hope I don't do anything wrong by posting this )


Channels & Frequencies for Astra 2F at 28.2° East (currently Astra 1N) Last updated: November 19, 2012 Listed below, are the channels and frequencies for the Astra 2F satellite. For Astra 2A, Astra 2B and Eutelsat 28A frequencies, please see:
_http://www.flysat.com/28east.php
_http://www.lyngsat.com/28east.html
_http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-28.2E.php All frequencies from Astra 1N are expected to be transfered to Astra 2F between 23-26 November, 2012.

MODERATION NOTE - Just remember to unlink URLs to other sites. Live links within this site are OK.
 
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Huevos said:
This is the same signal I posted about yesterday afternoon, maybe with a bit of modulation on it, but it's a lot more active today.
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but it's not the paek I've reprted last night ;)

More reports from 11141H are needed to speculate about the beam ;)
 
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joddle said:
Reported elsewhere

21.11.2012

Luxembourg – November 21, 2012 – SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced today that the ASTRA 2F satellite has successfully completed its in-orbit testing and is now fully operational and in commercial service at the orbital neighborhood of 28.2/28.5 degrees East. The 52nd SES satellite was successfully launched board an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, on September 28, 2012.
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Please see http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/topic/156801-astra-2f-at-28e-at-last/page__st__60#entry822486 et seq.
 
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Yes, 23-26 Nov for the changeover is most likely (some earlier debate about it here) - notwithstanding the seemingly misleading PR from SES themselves!
 
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I am guessing it will be next week when the switch over occurs. They should at least do some testing in its current position before the full switch-over, just like 1N did with Ch4.
 
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Previous switch was Friday night - Saturday morning. 18/02/2012 for ITV and Channel 4, and 25/02/2012 for BBC.
 
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She may well be in commercial service, has anyone checked for Ka band for broadband or other signals? Just because the "UK" guff aint started doesnt mean they`re not beaming anything down outside of the UK or on another band
 
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BlindFaith said:
-6dB here -> PE beam?
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Needs to be a stable signal for any chance of use doing any sort of useful level comparison. Right now it is up and down like a yo-yo, so we are all going to be looking at different signal levels due to timing, rather than our locations.
neilD said:
From your coordinates I assume its not sent on the UK beam
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Why would you assume that? 1N is a spot beam too (as anyone in Southern or Eastern Europe will confirm), and for us to get it here at similar power to a zone one minidish in the UK we need at least a 1.8m dish.
 
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there seems to be some sort of signal on 11411H i was tryign to test 11141H but mistyped it and i am getting a intermittent signal on that liek last night frequency but 11141H has some sort of signal cant say what
 
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11141h not recive it
 
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andrewcrawford said:
there seems to be some sort of signal on 11411H i was tryign to test 11141H but mistyped it and i am getting a intermittent signal on that liek last night frequency but 11141H has some sort of signal cant say what
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This frequency is on 1N which beams "Occasional Feeds, data or inactive frequency"
 
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Satellite74 said:
they will most likely carry out the switchover to 2F during the night. I think that's how they did it with 1N too...
although they might as well do it in the afternoon... programmes like Jeremy Kyle are dispensable if something goes wrong :-hammer
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Under ideal conditions satellite switches are done overnight - it normally takes a few minutes to drop the carrier on the old bird and re-establish them on the new bird
 
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[sup]signal up now[/sup]
[sup]10996 near 3.5db [/sup]
 

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