26,0°E October 2020 overview
This is the second position to which I turned my dish Laminas 2700. From the point of view of European cultural customs, the program offer is probably not very attractive. Although there are a few sports programs and some movie channels run freely with an English soundtrack and Arabic subtitles. Technically, however, it contains several satellites with differently directed beams, so the area for research into reception conditions is really wide. So what can we find here in the Ku band:
- Es'hail 2 / MENA
- Badr 4 / BSS EMENA
- Badr 4 / FSS EMENA
- Badr 5 / BSS MENA
- Badr 5 / BSS West Africa
- Badr 5 / FSS Central Asia
- Badr 5 / FSS MENA
- Badr 6 / BSS MENA
- Badr 7 / FSS North West Africa
- Badr 7 / FSS South Africa
- Badr 7 / APX-30B EAST MENA
- Badr 7 / APX-30B MENA
At first, I was quite skeptical about receiving non-European bonds. But then it turned out that here and there I could expect a pleasant surprise. The screenshots are from a period when I had no idea about the number of beams and their direction. I will gradually add more examples if I can capture the image. By this I want to point out that not all data will be from one day or even from one hour.
The signal strength is subject to similar laws as the weak signal from the 28.2 ° E position. It has a 24-hour cycle during which the signal strength changes regularly. Unlike broadcasting at 28.2 ° E, where the maximum is more in the morning, at 26.0 ° E the maximum is more in the evening. According to www.dishpointer.com, the rotation of the polarization planes is up to -6 ° differently than would be expected from the skew of the surrounding Astra satellites. And now to the promised overview.
Jevíčko location, Czech Republic, Latitude: 49.6322 °, Longitude: 16.7113 °
LNB Invacom SNF-031
Coaxial cable Belden H125 CU, 45m
Receiver VU+ Ultimo4k, VTI
Fig. 1 - Footprint Ku beam MENA
| Overview of Es'hail 2 satellite transponders | |||||
| Beam | Frequency | Date | Approximate signal strength |
Modulation | Screenshot |
| MENA | 10492 H | 3,1 dB | |||
| 10730 H | 0 | ||||
| 10770 H | < 1,0 dB | ||||
| 10770 V | < 1,0 dB | ||||
| 10850 H | 1,5 dB | ||||
| 10890 H | 1,3 dB | ||||
| 11310 H | - | ||||
| 11310 V | 1,0 dB | ||||
| 11350 H | - | ||||
| 11350 V | 1,5 dB | ||||
| 11390 H | - | ||||
| 11390 V | 1,6 dB | ||||
| 11430 V | - | ||||
Fig. 2 - Footprint Ku beam BSS EMENA
Fig. 3 - Footprint Ku beam FSS EMENA
| Overview of Badr 4 satellite transponders | |||||
| Beam | Frequency | Date | Approximate signal strength |
Modulation | Screenshot |
| BSS EMENA | 11938 V | 12,0 dB | |||
| 11958 H | 9,3 dB | ||||
| 11977 V | 10,5 dB | ||||
| 11996 H | 12,0 dB | ||||
| 12034 H | 12,0 dB | ||||
| 12054 V | 10,7 dB | ||||
| 12073 H | 9,3 dB | ||||
| 12092 V | 9,6 dB | ||||
| 12111 H | 9,3 dB | ||||
| 12130 V | 11,0 dB | ||||
| 12149 H | 9,8 dB | ||||
| 12169 V | 12,2 dB | ||||
| 12182 H | 6,3 dB | ||||
| 12226 H | 11,5 dB | ||||
| 12245 V | 9,7 dB | ||||
| FSS EMENA | 12523 H | 4,7 dB | |||
| 12523 V | 5.10.2020 21:04:40 | 10,6 dB | QPSK |  |
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| 12563 V | 11,3 dB | ||||
| 12643 H | 5.10.2020 21:01:55 | 9,5 dB | QPSK |  |
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| 12667 H | 9,6 dB | ||||
| 12683 V | 5.10.2020 20:58:53 | 9,4 dB | QPSK |  |
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Fig. 4 - Footprint Ku beam BSS MENA
Fig. 5 - Footprint Ku beam BSS West Africa
Fig. 6 - Footprint Ku beam FSS Central Asia
Fig. 7 - Footprint Ku beam FSS MENA
| Overview of Badr 5 satellite transponders | |||||
| Beam | Frequency | Date | Approximate signal strength |
Modulation | Screenshot |
| BSS MENA | 11919 H | - | |||
| BSS West Africa | 12284 V | 0 | |||
| 12303 H | 1,7 dB | ||||
| FSS Central Asia | 11881 H | 1,0 dB | |||
| 11900 V | 0 | ||||
| 12265 H | 0 | ||||
| 12284 V | 0 | ||||
| 12303 H | 0 | ||||
| 12322 V | 0 | ||||
| FSS MENA | - | - | |||
Fig. 8 - Footprint Ku beam BSS MENA
| Overview of Badr 6 satellite transponders | |||||
| Beam | Frequency | Date | Approximate signal strength |
Modulation | Screenshot |
| BSS MENA | 11747 V | 1,9 dB | |||
| 11766 H | 1,9 dB | ||||
| 11785 V | 1,7 dB | ||||
| 11804 H | 1,6 dB | ||||
| 11823 V | 3,5 dB | ||||
| 11843 H | 1,7 dB | ||||
| 11862 V | 3,0 dB | ||||
| 12341 H | 5,9 dB | ||||
| 12399 V | 5,7 dB | ||||
| 12437 V | 2,7 dB | ||||
| 12456 H | 5.10.2020 20:56:48 | 6,2 dB | QPSK |  |
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| 12476 V | 5.10.2020 21:08:50 | 6,4 dB | QPSK |  |
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Fig. 9 - Footprint Ku beam FSS North West Africa
Fig. 10 - Footprint Ku beam FSS South Africa
Fig. 11 - Footprint Ku beam APX-30B EAST MENA
Fig. 12 - Footprint Ku beam APX-30B MENA
| Overview of Badr 7 satellite transponders | |||||
| Beam | Frequency | Date | Approximate signal strength |
Modulation | Screenshot |
| FSS North West Africa | 11018 H | - | |||
| FSS South Africa | - | - | |||
| Apx-30B East MENA | 11270 V | 10,7 dB | |||
| Apx-30B MENA | 11230 V | 2,3 dB | |||
| 11230 H | 0 | ||||
| 11270 H | 2,5 dB | ||||
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10/21/2020 Appendix.
And then I got water in a waterproof box and my EGIS positioner control stopped working. And I'm stuck in this position without the possibility of fine-tuning weak signals. The weather is more or less still rainy, so unfavorable for some income records. So I'm thinking about whether to repair the existing control unit, or start developing a new prototype with the possibility of regulating the speed of rotation of the motors and controlling the servomotor to set the skew. I will inform you about the news.