Satellite Channels on Star One C4/D2 at 70.0°W

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This mornings scan of 70.0 West - Vertical signals are the strongest with me here in Central UK.
I'm tempted to get out my old Echostar LT8700 and see if it will see anything analogue

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70.0 West. UK Location...jpg70.0W-Central UK .. Ver ...Screenshot (198).jpg70 west - Cband. HOR -.. JPG - Copy.jpg
 
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John said:
I'm tempted to get out my old Echostar LT8700 and see if it will see anything analogue
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If it's got a 70MHz loop, I still have my switchable filter to dig the last bit out of the sparklies. It's not the prettiest thing but it used to work.
 

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John

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s-band said:
If it's got a 70MHz loop, I still have my switchable filter to dig the last bit out of the sparklies
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Understood - iv'e got to try and remember how to get a picture out of the box, been so long since i last used it :D
 
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Is that the right beam? It's focussed on North America in your image.
 
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Forgot how big these old school receivers were - they are BIG & heavy.
This was last used for 2.4GHz FTA Helicopter downlink viewing many moons ago
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John said:
Forgot how big these old school receivers were - they are BIG & heavy.
This was last used for 2.4GHz FTA Helicopter downlink viewing many moons ago
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Proper receivers in their day. For build quality they kick the shít outta these two bob Chinese junk boxes.

DX Man dreams...
Echostar return to manufacturing satellite receivers with 36V, skew control, pulse control, twin tuner S2X, up to 32APSK modulation, 4:2:2 included, auto Poop, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs.
DX Man wakes up and sees a pile of Chinese junk.
 
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moonbase said:
Proper receivers in their day. For build quality they kick the shít outta these two bob Chinese junk boxes.

DX Man dreams...
Echostar return to manufacturing satellite receivers with 36V, skew control, pulse control, twin tuner S2X, up to 32APSK modulation, 4:2:2 included, auto Poop, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs.
DX Man wakes up and sees a pile of Chinese junk.
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Couldn't have put it better :cool:
 
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Reception from 70.0 West PAL signals
Just like the good old days - Fx: 3789 V. Analogue PAL from North Nottinghamshire, Central UK.
2.2 mtr 'Elite Antennas' PF. Motorised Pol/Skew & scalar. Norsat lnb. Echostar LT8700 Rx.
** Ignore the 'THOR/INTELSAT' sat reference from the rx, this was the last sat it was looking at many moons ago.
Signal is weak as is to be expected here in the UK
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70.0 West. 3789 V. ANALOGUE PAL - UK Location...jpg.reduced..jpg
 
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... Also: 3854 V. PAL.
A lot of 'Threshold Extension' in use to get reasonable pictures.

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..Also - 3730 V. PAL. - 70.0 West.
** Ignore 'THOR/INTELSAT menu reference.

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thats some serious signal sniffing! well done @John
 
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This is simply amazing!
 
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Extreme Ultra dx'ing, astonishing catches, sniffing like Pinocchio.
I seriously doubt any other UK DX Men will get pics.

Well done.
 
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Excellent stuff! :D
 
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70.0 West HOR now - 3720 H. PAL. lower signal levels

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That's the wrong beam for 70W, that satellite is for Latin America and Brazil, nothing for North America on "C" band as noted in lyingsat.

And a footprint map off of satbeams, shows "Ku" band only for NA

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So you may be receiving the beam for Brazil, now that's some DX'ing..
 
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John said:
70.0 West HOR now - 3720 H. PAL. lower signal levels

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John said:
70.0 West HOR now - 3720 H. PAL. lower signal levels

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John said:
Reception from 70.0 West PAL signals
Just like the good old days - Fx: 3789 V. Analogue PAL from North Nottinghamshire, Central UK.
2.2 mtr 'Elite Antennas' PF. Motorised Pol/Skew & scalar. Norsat lnb. Echostar LT8700 Rx.
** Ignore the 'THOR/INTELSAT' sat reference from the rx, this was the last sat it was looking at many moons ago.
Signal is weak as is to be expected here in the UK
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Nice one - john -

I would have liked to have had a go at this sat also - using the 3m Prodelin ..... as in theory i should be able to see 70 West from here .... but i moved the setup across the yard a couple of weeks ago ... for viewing low elevation Eastern sat.s ... and cant see beyond 30 west with it currently ... :-(
 
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