Has SLBC Intel 1R 50West vanished ?

[Vipersan]

Hi friends ..
Could someone confirm this channel has 'left the building'...
It _was_ the only marker I had at this location on the arc ...and looks to have shut up shop ..
I used to get a very healthy signal from this one transponder ..but now ...nothing.

I have moved the actuator slightly to compensate for wind movement ..and was in the process of resetting the vbox positions ..
all are back except this one ..so the marker was important ...plus the content was usually in English which made it a bit more interesting.
rgds
VS

 

[A nonymous]

Have a look over at kingofsat. They usually have a good list of channels that have either arrived or have been removed off a satellite

Nano

 

[Analoguesat]

Still listed on 4030H atm.

 

[Vipersan]

Yep ...still listed at all the sat sites ..
..and was there yesterday ..or certainly the day before ..
Can't find it now though ...so if its gone down ..then its recent.
rgds
VS

 

[nelson_b]

Yep ...still listed at all the sat sites ..
..and was there yesterday ..or certainly the day before ..
Can't find it now though ...so if its gone down ..then its recent.
rgds
VS

hi vipersan --
you are correct -- its not there this evening --
i just blind scanned 50 west -- and i only get AIT - National -- 4085 H tonight

regards nelson.b.

 

[Vipersan]

Thanks for checking Nelson ..its appreciated ..
AIT National is a no-no for me ...as ever ...so I guess I've lost my marker

Maybe its a tech problem ..and will return ...ya never know..
rgds
VS

 

[nelson_b]

Maybe its a tech problem ..and will return ...ya never know..
rgds
VS

hi -
its still missing -- just scanned the sat 5 mins ago
same as last night just AIT national --
hope it returns - it was quite a good channel --

cheers

 

[dx qwer]

Hello,

SLBC is still on.

Best regards
qwer.

 

[Vipersan]

Hi Edgar ...
Have they significantly reduced power then ?
The vanishing act as far as the UK is concerned was very rapid ..
Here one day ..gone the next ...and has been producing a 6db signal on my F15 for over a month ..
something must have changed significantly ...as there isn't even a trace here.
Perhaps the transponder is steerable ..and has been redirected to tighten the beam ..
I'm definately at a loss to explain this one ..
rgds
VS

 

[dx qwer]

Hello Vipersan,

I can´t say, if they reduced power. With F16 and 4.9m I get 12.2dB.

Good Luck!

Best regards
qwer.