Astra 2F: European Beam Transfers Starting?

[oldfart]

P.S. are these settings correct??

 

[interested newbie]

Dish sizes & receivers please

1 metre dish, standard cheapo 2lnb which came with the dish and Pace receiver. I am talking about the sky news we have always had on 501 (no HD), is that correct?

 

[strs65]

P.S. are these settings correct??

Well, generally they look alright. You may change the LNB to Ku-linear instead of custom, the settings will be the same. You may also increase the step to 4 or 5 MHz, if you want to speed up the process...

 

[Analoguesat]

Yup thats correct


Oh forgot summat important - nearest town!

 

[interested newbie]

Yup thats correct


Oh forgot summat important - nearest town!

Tavira, 20k from Faro.

 

[strs65]

Sky News signal (12209V) and Cartoonito is drown in the rain right now, 0% here...

 

[Analoguesat]

Sky News signal (12209V) and Cartoonito is drown in the rain right now, 0% here...

Any reception at all since the move to 2F?

 

[oldfart]

I don't believe the statement the TPs have moved to 2F
unless they reshaped 2F
I could get all the changes made onto 2F at Christmas

 

[iandoh]

Sky News SD 12207.00 V DVB-S QPSK 27500 2/3 0% 0.4dB
Fox 12110.00 H DVB-S QPSK 27500 2/3 0% 0.1dB</pre>
<p>1.5m with a 0.1db LNB. Pärnu Estonia

 

[strs65]

Any reception at all since the move to 2F?

Yes, most of them (you may see some scans I posted before). Although their signals are now down 4-6 dB, and they are very sensitive to weather.

 

[Analoguesat]

I don't believe the statement the TPs have moved to 2F
unless they reshaped 2F
I could get all the changes made onto 2F at Christmas

The early ones were the "UK / north west Europe" beam.

The latest ones will be the "pan European" beam

 

[skomedal]

The early ones were the "UK / north west Europe" beam.

The latest ones will be the "pan European" beam

Or the astra 1N pan european1 beam!

 

[davidcmadrid]

Madrid geographic Center.

1.2M motorized Black Ultra LNB

vu+uno 50m appx cable with 1 join.

12207 MHZ SNR 80%
12109 MHz SNR 86%

 

[Analoguesat]

Or the astra 1N pan european1 beam!

SES say the traffic is on 2F, so we have to believe them

 

[skomedal]

SES say the traffic is on 2F, so we have to believe them

Y

 

[BLUEPLATINUM]

Or the astra 1N pan european1 beam!
SES say the traffic is on 2F, so we have to believe them

Well then they have a massive failure of the Canaries lobe then. SES PR people have given out incorrect in the past.

Sent from my LT18i using Tapatalk 2

 

[davidcmadrid]

If everything is gone to 2F as SES suggest does this mean then that there is variable power on different tps ? Some of them are SNR 100% with my AGC pulling right back. Im not versed enough to say something doesnt add up between that and the canaries lobe.


The SES report says 2B was replaced by 2F , it doesnt say that everything moved to 2F.

 

[ant21]

Neale Hunt

Lots of rumours about transponders on Astra 2B (and maybe some from 2A) being moved to another satellite. Would be nice if SES would confirm what if any changes have occurred
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  <div>Steve Marlin <span><span>Check out website kingofsat.net which shows any changes made to the satellites. Astra 2b has very few channels left on it now as most channels have transferred to !n and 2a</span></span>
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  <div>Neale Hunt <span><span>kingofsat.net/lingsat etc are not authoritative, the entries are from guesswork on forums not from fact.</span></span>
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  <div>SES <span><span>Hi Neal, Astra 2B was indeed replaced by Astra 2F at 28.2 degrees East and will soon move to 19.2 degrees East to support the fleet and provide back-up capacity at this orbital position. The channel shifts should now be completed.</span></span>
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  <div>Ross Lockley <span><span>Thank you SES - that info is very useful for the hobbyists</span></span>
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  <div>Neale Hunt <span><span>Thanks SES for the info.</span></span>
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[Analoguesat]

If everything is gone to 2F as SES suggest does this mean then that there is variable power on different tps ? Some of them are SNR 100% with my AGC pulling right back.

Best thing to do is probably start a new thread in this section with details of the high and low power tp's and we might be able to see a pattern. If its stuck in this thread the info will get lost very quickly!

 

[denis1501]

SES say the traffic is on 2F, so we have to believe them

I was one of the guys asking the questions on their Facebook page and yes, they replied traffic had gone to 2F.
But they didn't reply when I asked them to confirm....