Is Anyone Receiving Intelstat 35e ?

[Tunacaptain]

I'm wondering if anyone is receiving Intelstat 35e at 34.5 degrees West? It is mainly for the French Caribbean but the the beam reached a long ways north (I use it mainly for the audio radio channels which are in the clear)
Because of a tree block, I usually can get it only during the winter months. I tried to get it this week, but with no success whatsoever. Interestingly I can get Hispasat 5/6 next store with absolutely no problem.
Is anyone aware if they have changed their beam (I am in southern Canada near Ottawa)?
Thanks!

 

[mikekohl]

I'm wondering if anyone is receiving Intelstat 35e at 34.5 degrees West? It is mainly for the French Caribbean but the the beam reached a long ways north (I use it mainly for the audio radio channels which are in the clear)
Because of a tree block, I usually can get it only during the winter months. I tried to get it this week, but with no success whatsoever. Interestingly I can get Hispasat 5/6 next store with absolutely no problem.
Is anyone aware if they have changed their beam (I am in southern Canada near Ottawa)?
Thanks!

A well tuned 90 cm offset should bring in some of the channels in your location, as I am getting it in SW Wisconsin under test conditions. Same antenna on 30 West is definitely stronger/
34.5w is very fussy about pinpoint tuning, so recommend at least a 1.2 meter offset for some more gain, or use of a spectrum analyzer to fine tune each polarity separately. The fact that you got it last year means that 34.5 should become usable again once all leaves have fallen.

 

[Keith Brannen]

I am in Southwestern Ontario and have no problem getting 34.5W on my 80cm (except for one transponder, 11100 V 45000, which needs pinpoint accuracy, and a larger dish would be better).

 

[Brct203]

i receive it on a 90cm in western Connecticut. The reception is not as good as it used to be, but still ok, with not a lot of margin for rain fade though. As mentionned by Keith, 11100V is more difficult

As a francophone, i'm mostly interested in receiving FranceInfoTV and France 24, as well as some of the radio stations (Radio Transat is pretty good if you like classic rock)

 

[iBoston]

Yea, i love this satellite. I use it all the time. I have a dedicated 39" on it and am North of Wisconsin. I put a high quality LNBF on it, and have no issues with signals unless there is a thunderstorm or heavy snow storm. I get all the Venezuelan and all the French Caribbean channels. I love the radio stations some good music, and a few of the video such as Clave,CGTN Documentary, the french news and Spanish News. I have had no issues with this satellite including a solid lock on 11100v since i tuned it with the higher quality LNBF probably 3+ years now.

 

[juventusbrown]

Boston what high quality lnbf are you using?

 

[iBoston]

Boston what high quality lnbf are you using?

Inverto Black Ultra 0.2dB Twin Output. and i found the post where i installed it back in May of 2022, so i guessed right when i said 3+ years.

Brct203 posted a review of different LNBF performance, so there are a couple others that performed close to the Inverto Black Ultra.

B

Thread 'Edision SL-2 LNBF - review'

Jan 15, 2023

As you may remember, Michael (KE4EST) and Casey (from HyperMegaSat) recently ran a giveaway contest, and the prize was an Edision LNBF. The contest came with a catch: the winner had to commit to writing a review of the LNBF. I was the lucky winner, so now is the time to uphold my end of the deal, and here is my review of the LNBF.

I think we are all familiar with Edision as a brand of great Enigma2 receivers, but it appears they also make LNBFs (and many other things, actually).

The Edision SL-2 is a universal, single-output LNBF. It has the usual 9750 and 10600 LO frequencies, selected...

• Brct203
• Replies: 30
• Forum: FTA Equipment Reviews

• 

Also, still found the inverto ultra

Latest Inverto Black Ultra Twin 0.2dB Twin LNB FreeSat Astra 1 Astra 2 Hotbird | eBay

Superior Phase Noise performance, DVB-S2X compliant supporting Ultra HD (4K and 8K) TV. Output connector type F-Type (female). Image rejection 50 dB min. Current consumption 150 mA max. (10 VDC ~ 20 VDC).

www.ebay.com

 

[Tunacaptain]

I'm wondering if anyone is receiving Intelstat 35e at 34.5 degrees West? It is mainly for the French Caribbean but the the beam reached a long ways north (I use it mainly for the audio radio channels which are in the clear)
Because of a tree block, I usually can get it only during the winter months. I tried to get it this week, but with no success whatsoever. Interestingly I can get Hispasat 5/6 next store with absolutely no problem.
Is anyone aware if they have changed their beam (I am in southern Canada near Ottawa)?
Thanks!

The weather finally cleared up this morning and I was able to get reception. Mikekohl you are right, you definitely need pinpoint aiming . I had to raise the elevation nearly a degree. By the way, I did a scan and there is a new channel in the clear CCS Movie. My favorite channel is Radio St. Barth

 

[iBoston]

What frequency and SR is Radio St. Barth on? What dB do you get on that mux?

 

[Tunacaptain]

Radio St Bart is on 11635/H/30000. It's one of the weaker transponders, so in my case the weather has to be near perfect to receive it.

 

[Brct203]

Inverto Black Ultra 0.2dB Twin Output. and i found the post where i installed it back in May of 2022, so i guessed right when i said 3+ years.

Brct203 posted a review of different LNBF performance, so there are a couple others that performed close to the Inverto Black Ultra.

B

Thread 'Edision SL-2 LNBF - review'

Jan 15, 2023

As you may remember, Michael (KE4EST) and Casey (from HyperMegaSat) recently ran a giveaway contest, and the prize was an Edision LNBF. The contest came with a catch: the winner had to commit to writing a review of the LNBF. I was the lucky winner, so now is the time to uphold my end of the deal, and here is my review of the LNBF.

I think we are all familiar with Edision as a brand of great Enigma2 receivers, but it appears they also make LNBFs (and many other things, actually).

The Edision SL-2 is a universal, single-output LNBF. It has the usual 9750 and 10600 LO frequencies, selected...

• Brct203
• Replies: 30
• Forum: FTA Equipment Reviews

• 

Also, still found the inverto ultra

Latest Inverto Black Ultra Twin 0.2dB Twin LNB FreeSat Astra 1 Astra 2 Hotbird | eBay

Superior Phase Noise performance, DVB-S2X compliant supporting Ultra HD (4K and 8K) TV. Output connector type F-Type (female). Image rejection 50 dB min. Current consumption 150 mA max. (10 VDC ~ 20 VDC).

www.ebay.com

Hey iBoston, did you notice a degradation of signal quality since the days of my LNBF review? If I remember correctly I was getting up to 12 dB on the France24 transponder, but these days, with the same Inverto LNBF I get at most 10 dB (that's on a 90cm FortecStar, so a bit smaller than your dish, but in Western CT so I am on the edge of the footprint). I'm very impressed that you get the 11100V transponder.

 

[Brct203]

What frequency and SR is Radio St. Barth on? What dB do you get on that mux?

Right now 8.2 dB

now that I think of it, I have that dish connected through a multiswitch and then a diseqc 1.1. I wonder if that has much impact on my reception quality

 

[iBoston]

Radio St Bart is on 11635/H/30000. It's one of the weaker transponders, so in my case the weather has to be near perfect to receive it.

Thank you.. My receiver was showing St Bart @ 11099H45000. Not sure if it used to be there or something got screwed up.. Thank you. I had 11635 arleady scanned in. I had to delete the stuff @ the old frequency, and then change the radio stuff on 11635 to TV in the service list to get them to show up without having to go into radio mode. I wanted to listen to St Barth to give it a listen... Chillin to it now... I also had to re-hide all the encrypted channels. Slick now.

 

[iBoston]

Right now 8.2 dB

now that I think of it, I have that dish connected through a multiswitch and then a diseqc 1.1. I wonder if that has much impact on my reception quality

I have a 99cm 39" - I am connected through multiswitches, and a diseqc as well. I can access this channel from 4 different satellite receivers. That few extra inches must make all the difference. I could not get a stable connection until i put that Inverto Black Ultra on it, and then i was golden after that.

I am getting 11.00 dB on 11635h
10.25db on the hard one 11100v

 

[iBoston]

Hey iBoston, did you notice a degradation of signal quality since the days of my LNBF review? If I remember correctly I was getting up to 12 dB on the France24 transponder, but these days, with the same Inverto LNBF I get at most 10 dB (that's on a 90cm FortecStar, so a bit smaller than your dish, but in Western CT so I am on the edge of the footprint). I'm very impressed that you get the 11100V transponder.

Im getting 11.50db on the 11596 France 24 Mux - I don't know if the db has gone over the years or not. I don't tend to pay attention to that unless im having reception issues, but i have had no reception issues on any of the transponders on this satellite since i upgraded the LNBF. I haven't even tweaked the dish since i put in that LNBF.

 

[iBoston]

I will also add this is a bizarre satellite for me. When i do a blind scan it really mucks things up. I think there are identical SIDS on multiple frequencies or something.. I had to learn not to scan 11180 as that creates some weird issues. I had to create a new satellite and scan the 11180 as a different satellite to get that transponder. This is the only satellite i have this weird issue with.