SES-3

[Elkview]

This satellite is a whole lot better since the newer one was put in place. Are these new channels I'm getting just put on Here or is it because I got a 1.2m dish?

 

[FaT Air]

Did you have the 'odd' skew dialled in before SES3 came on station?
It used to be about 24 degrees from 'normal', now it's normal.
Or did you just put a 1.2 on it?

 

[Magic Static]

There's a new NBC mux (Same as on 72.0W) Just showed up.

 

[KE4EST]

Yeah, curious as to which channels you are referring too?

 

[Elkview]

I had a 90cm on it and got NBC and only occasionally cozi with the skew being different.Now when I scan with the 1.2 I also get NHK and RT. Have they moved over to SES 3?

 

[Lehman bud farm]

There's a new NBC mux (Same as on 72.0W) Just showed up.

You are mistaken there on that.
NBC had changed out one set of channels there to a new frequency and the old one went away but not the same as on 72.0W.

 

[Magic Static]

You are mistaken there on that.
NBC had changed out one set of channels there to a new frequency and the old one went away but not the same as on 72.0W.

Look again 12130, H,6890 Hasn't been up 100% of the time but mostly there
http://www.sathint.com/ses-3

 

[FTA4PA]

Duplicate of 72W NBC four channel mux that comes and goes based on need. More about it in this thread from December 2nd: http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/posts/3776475/

 

[Lehman bud farm]

Look again 12130, H,6890 Hasn't been up 100% of the time but mostly there

It is there now.
I checked before I wrote the other comment and searched the satellite but it was not up there then, this time it came in on a scan.
Thanks for the find!

 

[ZetaMale]

Cozi on SES3 Ku was scanned in but is gone now.

 

[FTA4PA]

Cozi on SES3 Ku was scanned in but is gone now.

Cozi is still there.

 

[KE4EST]

Try to scan again.

 

[kofi123]

Now when I scan with the 1.2 I also get NHK and RT. Have they moved over to SES 3?

Those moved over to SES-3 from Galaxy 16 back in October. However, the mux had been duplicated on both satellites until earlier this month, when they were dropped from Galaxy 16.

 

[ZetaMale]

Well, I re-scanned and got NBC on 11880 H but nothing on 11760 H. 11940 V comes in good also. Using a TBS 9622SE PCIe card and Kaffeine.

 

[bigg t]

Putting up a motorized 1.2 made a big difference here too over a 1 meter . I got a lot of channels that the 1 meter wasn't pulling in. Still haven't got a pll lnbf yet, Maybe one of these days.

 

[ZetaMale]

I guess I'll go out and re-align the 90 cm dish tomorrow even though it's forecasted to be below freezing. At least the wind is forecasted to be below 10 mph. I found my manual for the KTI 12 footer and plan to re-align it also.

 

[ZetaMale]

Well, I re-scanned and got NBC on 11880 H but nothing on 11760 H. 11940 V comes in good also. Using a TBS 9622SE PCIe card and Kaffeine.

What would cause 11800 to scan in but nothing on 11760? Not even Cozi. Both 11800 and 11760 have the same polarity and are DVB-S2/8PSK-30000 with FEC 5/6.

 

[Titanium]

When the transponder is manually added to the TP list, will it show a lock and decoding? If so, what is the SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio), if provided by the software?

Do you see the carrier with spectrum analyzer software?

 

[ZetaMale]

When the transponder is manually added to the TP list, will it show a lock and decoding? If so, what is the SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio), if provided by the software?

Do you see the carrier with spectrum analyzer software?

Well, 11760 scanned in at 68 dB SNR today while 11880 scanned in at 80 SNR. I got the NBC stuff and Cozi but 68 dB isn't very good with all this video breakup going on. I would expect both muxes to be the same signal strength but I could be mistaken.

No spectrum analyzer available.

 

[Titanium]

Not all transponders have the same link budget. The only thing that these transponders have in common is that they are on the same satellite. If you are interested in how a broadcaster determines their link budget, here is a great beginner's primer:
http://www.satcoms.org.uk/satellite/forum/link-budgets-a-beginners-guide_topic630.html

I'll look at this satellite on my system later today when I am back in the office and post up the plots.