Astra 2F Testing Reception Reports

[solly]

Huevos@
thanks for replay
also i found 12516h found signal come from 45e
need i need ses uplink signal 5 minute peak curect signal

 

[Huevos]

10 minute time lapse of horizontal high.

 

[solly]

TENERIFE-TV@
i think mid november ses move satellite 28.2e

 

[Huevos]

Huevos@
thanks for replay
also i found 12516h found signal come from 45e
need i need ses uplink signal 5 minute peak curect signal

Solly mine are definitely coming from 43.5E. These peaks jump out of the noise and are only active for 0.5 second or less.

 

[TENERIFEFORUMTV]

TENERIFE-TV@
i think mid november ses move satellite 28.2e

you mean ARRIVE at 28??
can not see them testing for another three weeks !!!

any active WAB yet ???


1N leave 28e i think 1/12 ... home to germania for xmas

im hoping to pick some work up when BBC radio go off (1 week max more)

 

[andrewcrawford]

you mean ARRIVE at 28??
can not see them testing for another three weeks !!!

any active WAB yet ???


1N leave 28e i think 1/12 ... home to germania for xmas

im hoping to pick some work up when BBC radio go off (1 week max more)

as long as the tests are giving teh result they want i think they will look to start moving next week so to do final test at 28e before goign lvie i say start or mid novemebr for operation if 1n is goign at tbeign of december

 

[TENERIFEFORUMTV]

as long as the tests are giving teh result they want i think they will look to start moving next week so to do final test at 28e before goign lvie i say start or mid novemebr for operation if 1n is goign at tbeign of december

i dont have information that 1N will be up and running at 19e well before XMAS but that is what is running this show.they moved the launch to south america for an earlier sport and have been working flat out to get 2F ready for going live .... is it 10 days from 43 to 28 ... why so long only takes me 5 mins on my dish lol . i do think that they are not happy with the set up at 19e and need it back fast

 

[solly]

12265h re receiver 1.8m israel
5 dbm up
astra 1n testing one month 19 august 2011 finish 19 september 2011 it start move from 2 e to 28.2e
i hope from 5-15 november finish testing

 

[strs65]

I've got a nice peak at 12160H right now...

 

[Huevos]

is it 10 days from 43 to 28 ...

It could be a lot quicker if they wanted but that uses more fuel. To change the orbit to 1º drift per day and then correct it when it arrives at its slot uses the fuel equivalent to about 1 month's station keeping.

 

[Huevos]

I've got a nice peak at 12160H right now...

Got miles more power on that one here.

 

[TENERIFEFORUMTV]

12265h re receiver 1.8m israel
5 dbm up
astra 1n testing one month 19 august 2011 finish 19 september 2011 it start move from 2 e to 28.2e
i hope from 5-15 november finish testing

i cant see em rushing it that much to spend another three weeks testing it ???
and everyone keeps talking about PE and UK beam but have they tested the WAB yet,as that is as important on this satellite as the UK beam

 

[skomedal]

i cant see em rushing it that much to spend another three weeks testing it ???
and everyone keeps talking about PE and UK beam but have they tested the WAB yet,as that is as important on this satellite as the UK beam

Panic, desperation or knickers twisted?

Just wait and see like the rest of us living abroad

 

[Huevos]

10 minute time lapse of vertical low.

 

[solly]

12160h now weak for me

 

[Huevos]

12160h now weak for me

How long does it take to do a CrazyScan spectrum image? Also, if I understand right it is not a real time spectrum, but a band sweep. Is that right?

 

[hvdh]

Huevos, well the time required depends of course one the range and the step size. Examples of the scan time are all over the place, above the CrazyScan graphs it shows "Elapsed time: xx.xxx sec"!
For example a 250 MHz range (one polarization) with 2 MHz steps takes about 4 sec here.
Indeed it's a band sweep. But there's an option to "Loop", it will sweep continuously. With a small range and/or big steps, it gets real time enough for me, for example to optimize dish direction.

 

[solly]

it take 2:25 minut to scan all freuqncy

 

[solly]

how it show 12207v weak signal right now

 

[satesco]

...and yet I think the signal is strong enough on 12207 taking into account that it received with a 1.1m dish!