Paksat 1R 38E

[John]

Not too brilliant up here in the Midlands on the 2.2 PF - mid day H scan
Combo saw them but no more. Will try later in the evening.

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[scopus]

Not too brilliant up here in the Midlands on the 2.2 PF - mid day H scan
Combo saw them but no more. Will try later in the evening.

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View attachment 144158

Even worse than you with the 1.8...

 

[nelson_b]

Just to join in here ..... i put a C band linear l.n.b. on the 2.4 c.m. offset :-)
I,m under lock on all the ones posted by John and Scopus ...
and although located a good distance further north i,m locking and getting pictures from
4175 V 3148
4005 V 15555
3800 V 5500
Bloody strange satellite - l.o.l.

 

[moonbase]

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Bloody strange satellite - l.o.l.

Aye, it is a reet quirky lad this 38.0 East.


I do have the benefit of the North/South divide on this one, it certainly seems more friendly for reception in a southern location.
The reverse trend seems to be in operation for some of the Russian stuff, particularly from 36.0 East and for some of the Scandinavian stuff..

Anyway, while I am here, I grabbed a few more screenshots of locked frequencies, have updated the list and attached the new pictures below.

Frequencies locked to date with one screenshot per frequency:

01. 3717V, SR12000 (Dunya)
02. 3770V, SR7700 (City)
03. 3777V, SR2600 (PTV feed)
04. 3799V, SR5500 (SAB TV)
05. 3813V, SR16855 (Geo TV)
06. 3838V, SR4800 (Express) - new upload
07. 3846V, SR6600 (Starlite)
08. 3856V, SR2590 (PTV Bolan) - new upload
09. 4004V, SR15560 (PTV)
10. 4023V, SR5700 (92 News)
11. 4029H, SR3600 (SAMAA) - new upload
12. 4038H, SR6151 (GNN)
13. 4081V, SR3254 (Atv Pakistan) - new upload
14. 4085V, SR3463 (GTV)
15. 4093V, SR2400 (Paigham) - new upload
16. 4101H, SR4340 (K21) - new upload
17. 4120V, SR2490 (TV2DAY)
18. 4174V, SR3148 (AUR Life)
19. 4185V, SR1444 (Venus HD)

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[scopus]

Had a bit more luck with the Icecrypt...

 

[Manikm909]

i will try this sat later!
i'll use 42e as a marker and then go westwards

whats the strongest TP ?

 

[moonbase]

i will try this sat later!
i'll use 42e as a marker and then go westwards

whats the strongest TP ?

At my location which is not far from you I find that 4038H, SR6151 is the strongest transponder that is consistently available most of the day.

 

[moonbase]

i will try this sat later!
i'll use 42e as a marker and then go westwards

whats the strongest TP ?

If you have both Ku-Band and C-Band on your dish at the same time you could align the dish to 39.0E in Ku-Band to get a close reference for Azimuth. Then, nudge the dish West by the number of pulse counts equal to one degree.

 

[moonbase]

Today's first offering is a few more screen captures of locked frequencies.
The updated list and screen captures are below.

I think I may have got as far as I can with the current configuration, there is probably one more frequency I can lock later today when the signal level increases.
It's probably "tweak time" and adjustment of some variables if I am to get some of the more elusive frequencies. There are some I will never get, they are too far below a lock, however, there might be a few "hopefuls" within reach?


Frequencies locked to date with one screenshot per frequency:

01. 3717V, SR12000 (Dunya)
02. 3770V, SR7700 (City)
03. 3777V, SR2600 (PTV feed)
04. 3799V, SR5500 (SAB TV)
05. 3813V, SR16855 (Geo TV)
06. 3838V, SR4800 (Express)
07. 3846V, SR6600 (Starlite)
08. 3852V, SR3250 (ARUJ) - new upload
09. 3856V, SR2590 (PTV Bolan)
10. 3952V, SR2969 (Madani) - new upload
11. 3985V, 1600 (Time News) - new upload
12. 4004V, SR15560 (PTV)
13. 4023V, SR5700 (92 News)
14. 4029H, SR3600 (SAMAA)
15. 4038H, SR6151 (GNN)
16. 4081V, SR3254 (Atv Pakistan)
17. 4085V, SR3463 (GTV)
18. 4090V, SR2035 (Dawn News) - new upload
19. 4093V, SR2400 (Paigham)
20. 4101V, SR2800 (Roze) - new upload
21. 4101H, SR4340 (K21)
22. 4120V, SR2490 (TV2DAY)
23. 4131V SR4166 (A Sports) - new upload
24. 4174V, SR3148 (AUR Life)
25. 4185V, SR1444 (Venus HD)

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[scopus]

Managed to lock SAB TV this morning.

 

[moonbase]

Managed to lock SAB TV this morning.
View attachment 144175

Nice one, quite a few of these frequencies seem to be time dependent.
I noticed that mid evening seems better for some of them.

The other thing to consider is that 40.0 East, although two degrees away has some very strong signal levels that can have an impact if they are in close proximity to frequencies on 38.0 East.
In the past, I found that where there was a clash of frequencies, a nudge of the dish slightly further West to get away from 40.0 East improved the signal level.
However, too far West and you can lose the frequency on 38.0 East, its a balancing act that sometimes gets a lock.

 

[scopus]

Nice one, quite a few of these frequencies seem to be time dependent.
I noticed that mid evening seems better for some of them.

The other thing to consider is that 40.0 East, although two degrees away has some very strong signal levels that can have an impact if they are in close proximity to frequencies on 38.0 East.
In the past, I found that where there was a clash of frequencies, a nudge of the dish slightly further West to get away from 40.0 East improved the signal level.
However, too far West and you can lose the frequency on 38.0 East, its a balancing act that sometimes gets a lock.

Yes, very finiky satellite to catch, a very fine balance indeed..

 

[nelson_b]

At my location which is not far from you I find that 4038H, SR6151 is the strongest transponder that is consistently available most of the day.

Hi .... Odd that this is your strongest .... I,v never locked this one even with the 3 m dish :-)

3799V, SR5500 (SAB TV) is the one that held all day here yesterday on 2.4 c.m.

A blind search with 2.4c.m. has just brought in 3759 H 1003 Suno .... strong signal but no picture ?

other wise i,m just getting the same 3 as yesterday

 

[moonbase]

Hi .... Odd that this is your strongest .... I,v never locked this one even with the 3 m dish :-)

3799V, SR5500 (SAB TV) is the one that held all day here yesterday on 2.4 c.m.

A blind search with 2.4c.m. has just brought in 3759 H 1003 Suno .... strong signal but no picture ?

View attachment 144176 other wise i,m just getting the same 3 as yesterday

@nelson_b

The Suno frequency is a couple of radio stations (just noticed, @scopus reports the same re Radio)

This is a real odd satellite, I noticed yesterday in post 221 from @John that he had locked 3834H, SR6500 (8XM). I think this was one of your original target frequencies that you allocated some time to in order to achieve a lock?
I am about 1.7dB below a lock here for that one in what looks like a favourable installation location but I have never had a flicker of a lock on it.

 

[scopus]

Hi .... Odd that this is your strongest .... I,v never locked this one even with the 3 m dish :-)

3799V, SR5500 (SAB TV) is the one that held all day here yesterday on 2.4 c.m.

A blind search with 2.4c.m. has just brought in 3759 H 1003 Suno .... strong signal but no picture ?

View attachment 144176 other wise i,m just getting the same 3 as yesterday

Yes, I got the that one too Nelson, seems it is a radio station, hence no picture

 

[nelson_b]

@nelson_b

The Suno frequency is a couple of radio stations (just noticed, @scopus reports the same re Radio)

This is a real odd satellite, I noticed yesterday in post 221 from @John that he had locked 3834H, SR6500 (8XM). I think this was one of your original target frequencies that you allocated some time to in order to achieve a lock?
I am about 1.7dB below a lock here for that one in what looks like a favourable installation location but I have never had a flicker of a lock on it.

Indeed yes - 3834H, SR6500 (8XM) is the t.p. i was originally chasing ... and eventually succeeded with the 3.m dish, it has music video channels .. and is the only channel on this sat that i,v actually spent time watching ......

Not so much of a language barrier with music channels :-)

I,m nowhere near locking it here with 2.4 .... at 6.6 db

 

[scopus]

Different LNB, now two Gardiners on OMT, another mux locking in..

 

[John]

Different LNB, now two Gardiners on OMT, another mux locking in.. View attachment 144197View attachment 144198

That's working well 'owd lad

 

[scopus]

That's working well 'owd lad

Aye, quite pleased with it..

 

[moonbase]

If I get time today I hope to carry out some fine tuning to see if I can improve signal levels and lock a few more frequencies.
Looking at the list of unlocked frequencies there might only be three or four where I have any chance, the others seem to be no hopers.

Before moving on to some fine tuning I have uploaded a couple of screen grabs from the last two frequencies I locked from the baseline configuration of the dish
The updated list and screen captures are below.

Frequencies locked to date from baseline configuration.

01. 3717V, SR12000 (Dunya)
02. 3770V, SR7700 (City)
03. 3777V, SR2600 (PTV feed)
04. 3799V, SR5500 (SAB TV)
05. 3813V, SR16855 (Geo TV)
06. 3838V, SR4800 (Express)
07. 3846V, SR6600 (Starlite)
08. 3852V, SR3250 (ARUJ)
09. 3856V, SR2590 (PTV Bolan)
10. 3952V, SR2969 (Madani)
11. 3985V, 1600 (Time News)
12. 4004V, SR15560 (PTV)
13. 4023V, SR5700 (92 News)
14. 4029H, SR3600 (SAMAA)
15. 4038H, SR6151 (GNN)
16. 4081V, SR3254 (Atv Pakistan)
17. 4085V, SR3463 (GTV)
18. 4090V, SR2035 (Dawn News)
19. 4093V, SR2400 (Paigham)
20. 4101V, SR2800 (Roze)
21. 4101H, SR4340 (K21)
22. 4120V, SR2490 (TV2DAY)
23. 4125V, SR6400 (Atv) - new upload
24. 4131V, SR4166 (A Sports)
25. 4141V, SR3333 (Fast Sports) - new upload
26. 4174V, SR3148 (AUR Life)
27. 4185V, SR1444 (Venus HD)

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