Astra 2G transponder problems

william-1

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Astra 2G @ 28.2°E
No signal now on 11068 V 23000 DVB-S2 for the last few days, (45cm dish & 100cm dish)

This may be caused by the Middle East data stream on the same frequency ? that started on 5th Oct this year,

Signals came back breifly this morning but no signal now,

Can anyone throw some light on this one ?
It may be due to also to the Sun being at it's low autumn position.
 

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No problem here, one of the strongest transponders on my zone 2 :confused
 

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Just tried the 1.2m, no signal on the Edision Primo, working fine on other receivers like the Openbox V8S.
 

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Thaks for your reply I just disconnected the Edision Primo & set up the old M3 17.0 dB on this transponder :D

So it looks like a receiver / Lnb incompatability :eek: signal overload o_O
 

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So it looks like a receiver / Lnb incompatability :eek: signal overload o_O
Just tried the Primo on the zone 2, no signal again. Don't think it's overload as all the other transponders work fine when using the 1.2m. On the zone 2 I'm using an Opticum quad LNB going through 2 DiSEqC switches, IBU Twin on the 1.2m directly connected.
 

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I have tried several other receivers the only one's that show a signal on this transponder are the M1/M3 & TM6902,
The others Primo S2,Golden Interstar,& all the SX88 variants cannot lock on this transponder,
I have tried 3 different Lnb's all with the same results.
 

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No signal for me on a 90cm dish UK south coast octagon sx88+

The funny thing is when I change the symbol rate from 23000 to 0 on the sx88+ I'm getting signal
 

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Working again on the Primo :Y :confused
 

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Just tried on a Sony KD55 TV using a Sky Dish Zone 1 I think. Works fine, very strange very strange indeed
 

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Spoke too soon, I changed to a different channel and then back to UTV - no signal again. It locks when changing SR to 0 but the channels don't work.
 

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Working OK here on the TM6902HD with an elevated frequency of 11069 V 22000 =90% SQ 100cm dish :)

I still think the new middle east transponder on the same frequency is the problem.
 

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The channels do work if you leave them on for a while. Stupidly I tried rescanning with different symbol rates and now the channels have disappeared from the channel list :-doh

Apparently there's been problems with ITV channels on Freeview today, may be related?
 

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Signal has come back on for me on the Octagon SX88+ for the first time in a long time
 

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Managed to scan it in on the Primo, but when a channel is selected it takes a few seconds for it to lock and appear.
 

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This morning, from northern Bavaria with an antenna of 1.80m
I received the transponder with more than 8 dB
 

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From Toledo, in the center of Spain, with the "meter" of the Dreambox Two.
With 1.5 m antenna the SNR 73%
 

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