115 West.

[VE2FCZ]

I have a 60E dish aimed at 114.9 W
Eutelsat and picking up Montreal
12008 H 4100 with Quality at 62%.
On Lyngsat they show 5 feed transponders and would like to know if anyone picked up some news feeds on one of them.
Thanks Guys.
Bob. VE2FCZ

 

[MikeI]

Montreal SR s 7350
News feeds I see are from Mexico. I don't see any from Canada.

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[VE2FCZ]

On Lyngsat they are posted as CBC feeds Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 114.9 Ku

 

[Cham]

Was thinking of pointing one of the 120cm dishes out that way to see what's there. Maybe later today if it's not tornadoing out..

 

[cyberham]

A few months ago, I had my 1.2m dish fixed on 114.9W for days. I received the Montreal station continuously with good signal, but never received any feeds at that time.

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[lost_mesa]

I've seen Canadian news feeds in the last month or two on 11,977 11,981 11,986 and 11,990. All horizontal, all 8PSK with an SR of 4100. (YMMV on the frequencies, using a DRO LNBF here.)

Signal strength varies a lot. At best they can be as strong as ICE (Montreal) which I get with an SNR of around 11 dB on a 1.2 meter dish here in New Mexico. Often they are weaker.

Using a spectrum analyzer I can see signals that are too weak for my receiver to lock. The receiver can usually lock about 1/2 to maybe 2/3 of these feeds.

Using the peak reading function of the spectrum analyzer I can see any signal that was up for a period of time, such as 24 hours. There have been periods where no signal was seen for 24 hours. But I've also seen 3 signals up at the same time. Any time PM Trudeau is giving a press conference, there will likely be a feed up.

 

[VE2FCZ]

Thanks for the info ill wait and see what comes up.

 

[Cham]

Found only 5 TPs active, not greatest signals using a 90cm motorized dish. All except 12008 are ACM. First number on 2nd line is the S/N ratio. Not tornadoing yet so might try a 1.2m maybe will dig up some more.


Eutelsat 115 West A 114.9W 2451 TBS 6903 DVBS/S2 Tuner 1 11993 Horizontal 2999.504 8PSK 3/4 DVB-S2 OFF 0.35 Normal ACM 6.685 4.049 9.4 -42 MIS: 1, BER: 0.0000000, Time to lock: 416 ms 2020-07-25 4:16:13 PM


Eutelsat 115 West A 114.9W 2451 TBS 6903 DVBS/S2 Tuner 1 12008 Horizontal 7348.789 8PSK 2/3 DVB-S2 OFF 0.20 Inverted CCM 14.556 8.818 7.7 -43 MIS: 0, BER: 0.0000000, Time to lock: 352 ms 2020-07-25 4:16:13 PM


Eutelsat 115 West A 114.9W 2451 TBS 6903 DVBS/S2 Tuner 1 12043 Horizontal 12092.89 16APSK 3/4 DVB-S2 ON 0.20 Inverted ACM 36.034 5.6 -44 MIS: 1, BER: 0.0000000, Time to lock: 374 ms 2020-07-25 4:16:13 PM


Eutelsat 115 West A 114.9W 2451 TBS 6903 DVBS/S2 Tuner 1 12055 Vertical 999.843 32APSK 3/4 DVB-S2 ON 0.20 Inverted ACM 3.716 1.199 7.1 -48 MIS: 1, BER: 0.0000000, Time to lock: 769 ms 2020-07-25 4:16:13 PM


Eutelsat 115 West A 114.9W 2451 TBS 6903 DVBS/S2 Tuner 1 12120 Vertical 29994.92 32APSK 3/4 DVB-S2 ON 0.20 Inverted ACM 111.578
9.8 -41 MIS: 1, BER: 0.0000000, Time to lock: 347 ms 2020-07-25 4:16:13 PM

 

[VE2FCZ]

I think i may need a bigger dish like 1.2 meters wonder if it's worth it for a few feeds.Thanks Cham.
VE2FCZ. --... ...--

 

[ReggieA]

I think i may need a bigger dish like 1.2 meters wonder if it's worth it for a few feeds.Thanks Cham.
VE2FCZ. --... ...--

Any ol' excuse will do.
Besides, you may find other signals to pursue.
BTW - What station is "Montreal"? I used to enjoy CFCF-12, some thirty years ago...

 

[kofi123]

BTW - What station is "Montreal"? I used to enjoy CFCF-12, some thirty years ago...

CBFT, the flagship station of Ici Radio-Canada Télé.

BTW, French Radio-Canada news feeds outnumber English CBC news feeds on this satellite, at least in my experience.

 

[lost_mesa]

There is a signal up right now at 11,986 H. Too weak for me to lock, 4 to 5 dB. Probably a CBC news feed.

 

[VE2FCZ]

What sise dish do you have Mesa?

 

[lost_mesa]

The dish is a 1.2 meter Geosat pro.

There is a CBC signal up right now: 11,986 H 4100 8PSK 5/6. Scans is as Camion MTL-3. Just color bars at this time. About 2 dB weaker than Montreal.

 

[Cham]

Wasn't able to get 115 to work, had a large storm in the area and although it didn't hit us it was just south of my location and blocked the signal badly. Will have to try again, sky is clear this am but I have to work..

 

[lost_mesa]

OK. Had a large thunderstorm roll through here yesterday afternoon, 1.5 inches of rain. Completely lost Montreal. Just cloudy here this morning, so signal is OK.

Signal is still up. A CBC reporter was on earlier, just standing around. Back to color bars now.

 

[VE2FCZ]

Not much chance with my 60 cm dish
and a cloudy sky today.
I have a 75 cm dish for 87 and 91W with a tree in the way fot 114.9 W.
Think im done with my 60 cm.

 

[lost_mesa]

The feed is barely hanging in there right now, breaking up some. No way I would get it with anything less than a 1.2 meter dish.

 

[VE2FCZ]

Thanks im done with that sat.
Will moove the dish to 125 W.

 

[Brct203]

I've seen occasional feeds there, but most of the time there's only Montreal Ici Télé.

Right now there's afeed called NTN-3, on 11990 H4100 8psk 5/6, showing an empty podium, visibly for a press conference from the government of Québec about COVID19.

Note that while Montréal is 8psk 2/3, which should require only 6.6dB to lock, I need about 10 dB to get a stable picture. Not sure why. I'm not seeing that problem on other channels