Thread: G10r will end this weekend ! (swapping to new bird)

Clear skys today actually picture perfect. I thought that maybe they are in the process of moving G10 out and G18 in, time will tell. I have read other posts about 11720 but I never had an issue, I guess its my turn now.

Barney, just north of you in Southern Ontario, and the signal is only 13-17% on the Pansat, it use to be around 45% but has been steadily falling the last week or so to be bouncing around the 30% mark. Today is hasn't been above 20%. All other transponders have been at their usual levels. I haven't done any attempts at tweaking, waiting until the swap before I consider doing that.

About 4 months ago my quality went from 50 percent to 30 percent and stayed there. Today its 10 percent, I went to Hispasat and it came in fine as usual same as AMC5, G26 and AMC6 so I dont think my dish is out of line, weve had some strong winds but I dont think thats the issue

Originally Posted by BarneyBean

About 4 months ago my quality went from 50 percent to 30 percent and stayed there. Today its 10 percent, I went to Hispasat and it came in fine as usual same as AMC5, G26 and AMC6 so I dont think my dish is out of line, weve had some strong winds but I dont think thats the issue

I have a note that in the middle of February I was out in the cold tweaking the dish after a prolonged loss of about 15%, and no, the only thing the very minor tweak did was may be lessen some of the fluctuation! The signal did improve a bit some time after that, but never back to the level I was getting prior to that.

The East-West theory may be a workable one. I'm on the East Coast. 11720 on my Viewsat and Twinhan have been for the most part unwatchable for the last week with Q readings between 0 and 15%. 11800 have had qualities of between 60 and 90% depending on conditions locally and in Little Rock.

It's been weaker here lately too. If G-10 is still the original they are probably doing everything to save the little bit of fuel left. I wish we had a confirmation that the new satellite was up and running. I've been getting itchy about checking the dish alignment but want to make sure it will be worth it since I have 2 lnbf's on that dish it's a bit more complicated. I hate to touch it to gain nothing. Been there done that

I can't get 11720 any better than 30%Q now. First I thought maybe it was a new spotbeam arrangement or something, but it appears it can't be the case. It wouldn't make sense the way the Equity feeds are allocated between 11800 and 11720.

I wish someone in the know could explain why a new satellite would still have a lower signal level on the same TP frequency as the previous one.

11720 was working here in Regina till about 2:00 yesterday, then nothing. All other transponders are fine.

G10R currently has a orbital inclination of .1026. That's not real good for a stationary satellite. Since its walking back and forth over the equator, that may explain why some people have the signal fading in and out. Have fun.