Ciel 2 Tracking
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I've been monitoring 129° W off and on with the BLSA for the last few days and have seen no activity that Ciel 2 is in operation yet. The five unused transponders on E5 are still showing no activity.
But since E* is only approved to use it at 129 today, would it make sense if nothing happened in the last few days?
A hang over from days long gone by. # of receiving devices no longer has any meaning whatsoever, but they'll keep on enforcing it.
The FCC says they have a permit, but has Ciel said they can use it? Apparently not.
Wow this thread has had a lot of views and responses. Guess it's a little late for it to be a sticky now?
Well no. That's why I said on and off. Sometimes on R and sometimes on L. And most of the time on neither. Just saying that when I've looked, I've seen nothing to get excited about.
Another great catch by nelson61. I downloaded a copy of the approval so I could reference it quickly if I forgot what it says.5,000,000 (5M) earth stations receiving on 0.45M dishes. Beginning whenever and ending in 15 years. I looked for a termination date for E5 at 129 but didn't find it.
Another detail for the detail oriented: location 128.85, +/- 0.05 degrees. Movement outside that ambit would require additional approval.
Another step forward.
Does a thread with a 1,000 comments and 95,000 or so views deserve a sticky? I don't know, that's totally up to Scott. It's worked out great anyway! If you're getting 20 comments a day (and very few of them complaints), you don't much need a sticky.
transformers asked "what movie did that quote come from?" I've been wracking my brain trying to remember and can't. Probably something Bruce Willis was in. If it comes to me I'll post it. Maybe the classic "Last man standing."
Fitzie
You mean E* cannot have more than 5 million subs served by C-2? I can see the HD accounts go over that number in a short few years.
I think there is something going on, I was just checking signal strengths on lower transponders, 2,3, and 5, first check showed conus on all , second check showed these as spotbeams with higher signal strength. A third check shows all are showing conus with the old lower signal strengths.
here is what im seeing in michigan, using a dish 1000+ and a Vip211 receiver
01=56 07=45 13=54 19=48 25=skips 31=52
02=39 08=52 14=42 20= skips 26=skips 32=32
03=52 09=53 15=54 21=57 27=52
04=49 10=53 16=54 22=43 28=54
05=52 11=46 17=57 23=51 29=skips
06=39 12=41 18=39 24=skips 30=45
non showed spotbeams. they all were transponders.
01=56 07=45 13=54 19=48 25=skips 31=52
02=39 08=52 14=42 20= skips 26=skips 32=32
03=52 09=53 15=54 21=57 27=52
04=49 10=53 16=54 22=43 28=54
05=52 11=46 17=57 23=51 29=skips
06=39 12=41 18=39 24=skips 30=45
non showed spotbeams. they all were transponders.
