14w new Russian transponder

[Manikm909]

omg he's got a Z t-shirt on!!!

 

[ozumo]

omg he's got a Z t-shirt on!!!

Does this 'Z' have a specific meaning?

 

[MCelliotG]

if you have to choose one between the Os mio 4K and the SF8008
which one would you take ?

I have explained their differences quite a few times:
Osmio is good for the average user which wants automated receptions, it auto blindscans PLS Multistreams, autofinds T2-MI, has no frozen image issue in zapping BUT it tunes a bit more slowly, has no internal HDD, cannot do very low SR (below 950), a little slower in general.
SF8008 is faster, tunes instantly, has very low SR, auto-finds T2-MI (not as efficiently as the OSmio) BUT cannot do PLS blindscan, has freezing image zapping (it's a HiSilicon chipset issue). If it could do PLS blindscan it would edge the OSmio imo.

 

[Manikm909]

Does this 'Z' have a specific meaning?

dunno but i know its on all the Russian army's kit

 

[Fisty McB]

OK so tweaked the dish a little and managed to get lock on all 3, strange thing is to achieve this, had to nudge the dish to somewhere near 13.4W! The previously unlocked frequencies (11546 & 11564) now come in at around 9.2dB, while the 3rd on 11647 drops slightly from 14.7dB to 13.5dB. I thought maybe there's interference from 15W or 12.5W, but doesn't seem to be anything on those that would interfere. Very strange!

According to Flysat, there are data carriers at 15W on 11539 V & 11563 V. That would quite likely cause SNR issues with the two Russian transmissions at 14W on 11544 V & 11564 V in certain places depending on the RX area, and vice versa.

 

[Satspot]

OK so tweaked the dish a little and managed to get lock on all 3, strange thing is to achieve this, had to nudge the dish to somewhere near 13.4W! The previously unlocked frequencies (11546 & 11564) now come in at around 9.2dB, while the 3rd on 11647 drops slightly from 14.7dB to 13.5dB. I thought maybe there's interference from 15W or 12.5W, but doesn't seem to be anything on those that would interfere. Very strange!

Nice spot. Did exactly the same and now all three TPs are locked and tuning.

11545 V 14180
11574 V 14585
11647 V 14181

Sat box TM5402 M4 Dish TD110

 

[SatSearcher]

It's possible the data signals on 15W are interfering, but having just done a quick scan on 15W, the data signal at 11539V only comes in at 4.5dB, I wouldn't have thought thats strong enough to cause interference.

 

[Manikm909]

Nice spot. Did exactly the same and now all three TPs are locked and tuning.

11545 V 14180
11574 V 14585
11647 V 14181

Sat box TM5402 M4 Dish TD110

middle one is a typo - should be 11564 V 14585

Express AM8: 11564 V - LyngSat

www.lyngsat.com

 

[Satspot]

middle one is a typo - should be 11564 V 14585

Express AM8: 11564 V - LyngSat

www.lyngsat.com

A picture paints a thousand words hence the screen shots to verify. Fat fingers rather than typo.

Nice work from @SatSearcher for his suggestion. Problem solved on the TM5402 M4 at this end.

 

[mikeisyou]

Does this 'Z' have a specific meaning?

The Letter “V” represents the Russian Marines

The Letter “Z” represents units in the Eastern Military District

The Letter “Z” in a square represents the Southern Military District (Crimea)

The Letter “O” represents units from Belarus

The Letter “X” represents the forces of Ramzan Kadyrov, the Putin installed warlord of Russia’s Chechnya region.

The Letter “A” represents Russian Special Forces(SSO) like Spetznaz in its various operational units.

 

[Adam792]

A nasty thought has just occurred to me on these, regarding them being reported as the Crimea versions.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re intended to be used to replace Ukraine’s DTT transmissions (which are also delivered to the transmitters by T2-MI over satellite), in areas captured by the Russian forces.

At least one medium wave transmitter in the east (810kHz) has apparently had its output of the Ukrainian Army FM station swapped for the Russian Vesti FM in the last few days as that’s happened.

 

[astra19]

I think you're on to something there.

 

[Adam792]

It would also explain everything being FTA with no Gostcrypt, and the use of Ku Band rather than C Band (being able to use the existing equipment at Ukrainian TX sites).

14°W is probably the closest Russian sat to 9°E which Zeonbud Ukraine uses too.

 

[Manikm909]

their tv tower has been attacked!

 

[mike1]

Hi

zorbua​

Which Enigma 2 receiver are you using?

Can you provide a config backup file?

 

[william-1]

All European beam transponders have been switched off @ 14 west.

Home - FlySat Satellite Chart

Follow the digital satellite frequencies on our daily updated site.

www.flysat.com

 

[Adam792]

They seem to have all moved across to 53°E now.

12575H 14182
12592H 14182
12610H 16410

All still FTA and listed as the Crimea versions. Home - FlySat Satellite Chart

 

[Satspot]

All European beam transponders have been switched off @ 14 west.

Home - FlySat Satellite Chart

Follow the digital satellite frequencies on our daily updated site.

www.flysat.com

11647 V still receiving here at 7.20pm.

 

[mike1]

14w working here in Yorkshire via 60cm dish.
Still can pick up 1tv , 24 , match , ntv on 11647v T2mi 14w

 

[Dggrr]

All 3 transponders working for me in West Herts, 80cm dish 07:55am, SF8008