Help with 133 West

[ikki]

Ideally I would like to find someone with a 6 foot dish to see what kind of strengths they are getting on the following transponders. That said I would also like to see how an 8 and 10 footer compares as well.

(Only looking for Q rating)

Thanks

#1

3860 V 29.270 7/8

#2

4000 H 29.270 7/8

#3

4020 V 29.270 7/8

#4

3721 H 29.270 5/6

 

[John Popper]

This is the weakest C Band sat for me but here's the info (Im in Central Mexico, using a 10 Ft BUD and a Coolsat 6000, lowest quality in order to lock is 65%)


#1
3860 V 29.270 7/8
13%

#2
4000 H 29.270 7/8
7% not even a blimp

#3
4020 V 29.270 7/8
13%

#4
3721 H 29.270 5/6
68% Locks but everything is scrambled

 

[tvropro]

#1
3860 V 29.270 7/8
89 Q

#2
4000 H 29.270 7/8
Mux is dead no quality.

#3
4020 V 29.270 7/8
91 Q

#4
3721 H 29.270 5/6
96 Q

This is on my 12 foot and the Visionsat.

 

[AJV]

#1
3860 V 29.270 7/8
48

#2
4000 H 29.270 7/8
0

#3
4020 V 29.270 7/8
47

#4
3721 H 29.270 5/6
49

7.5 ft. Unimesh, Sonicview 360 Elite, Geosat pro CK-1 lnbf

 

[photoman76]

100% Q on all except 4000 H as there is no signal there at this time.

10 foot mesh dish and Prof 7500 in Northern California.

 

[Cham]

3860 70%
4000 no signal
4020 70%
3721 85%
Southern Manitoba, overcast, calm.
Only channel I get is the Arts.. rest are scrambled.
-C.

 

[ikki]

Thank You all so much

 

[McGuyver]

Solar flare hits US satellite

By Chris Forrester - Tuesday, 27 April 2010
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C/P

It now seems that a powerful solar flare on about April 5 hit the Galaxy-15 satellite that normally beams Fox Sports, ESPN, Starz/Encore, AMC and the Sundance Channel and others to US viewers.

Two weeks ago Intelsat, which operates Galaxy-15 from 133 degrees West, said the powerful satellite had suffered an “anomaly”. They confirmed that the satellite’s transponders, remarkably, were still working but the satellite was no longer responding to ground-based telemetry commands.

The craft was built by Washington-based Orbital Sciences, and its CEO David W. Thompson, has said that "the cause of the failure is probably traceable to a fairly severe level of solar activity that occurred over the April 3-April 5 period." No other Orbital-built spacecraft were affected during that period.

Mr Thompson said the solar flare theory was their “best informed guess” as to the reasons for the problems. Orbital was also hopeful that once Intelsat’s clients were moved to their new home, and intensive tests could begin on Galaxy-15, then service could well be resumed “by this summer”.

Intelsat has since made plans to relocate its broadcasting clients onto another Orbital Sciences craft, Galaxy-12, and this is being done without loss of service.