Thanks, I looked at that and I can't believe how many cords it has. I guess they won't let you hook it up to your TV's USB port for power?
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Directv T15 moving to provide KU at 100.85W
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Nah ... but then niether could the AM21 use USB power either.
The power pack for the included antenna appears to be for a pre-amp or something.
So you may can get by without it then if the signals are strong enough ...
Or you can certainly get rid of it if you ditch that antenna altogether and use your own rooftop or otherwise as I going to do when I get one (or more) of these.
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You don't need to use the antenna that comes with it if you already have one, or decide to buy one that isn't powered (generally the built-in amplifier in cheap antennas only makes things worse)
I'm sure you can plug into your TV's USB port for power, the question is whether your TV can provide enough power. I don't know how much power the LCC will need, but many TVs don't output much power from their USB port since they aren't designed for charging/powering, but for data so they provide only the minimal power a USB stick etc. might require.
Directv 15 is ~ at 100.95W
It should arrive at planned 100.85W orbital location sometime tonight or tomorrow.
And, we will out what special needs it will be satisfying in the near future ,
It should arrive at planned 100.85W orbital location sometime tonight or tomorrow.
And, we will out what special needs it will be satisfying in the near future ,
I guess nobody is wondering about one of the Spaceway sats being scooted across the sky or what they are going to do with it?
SW1 being moved to ~140W where it will operate in its originally designed "full processor" mode to provide various telecommunications services for Alaska.
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this morning's epoch ----- Directv 15 is on station at 100.85W
They expect D15 operation to begin Oct 4 followed by a subsequent move of Directv 8 away from the 100.85W location after the transfer to D15 is complete
They expect D15 operation to begin Oct 4 followed by a subsequent move of Directv 8 away from the 100.85W location after the transfer to D15 is complete
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Looks like the transfer from T8 will be complete on or about Oct 2 and then T8 will move to a backup orbit at the 101W location.
https://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=1535799
https://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=1535799
Pardon my ignorance in case the answer is obvious here ...
But can anyone perhaps familiar with orbital mechanics explain how T15 and T8 can both currently share the same slot at 100.85°W without colliding?
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But can anyone perhaps familiar with orbital mechanics explain how T15 and T8 can both currently share the same slot at 100.85°W without colliding?
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Pardon my ignorance in case the answer is obvious here ...
But can anyone perhaps familiar with orbital mechanics explain how T15 and T8 can both currently share the same slot at 100.85°W without colliding?
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It's got to be a nominal slot with at least one being offset some hundredths from 100.85. With them both doing small figure 8's up there, someone must be watching them very closely .
Pardon my ignorance in case the answer is obvious here ...
But can anyone perhaps familiar with orbital mechanics explain how T15 and T8 can both currently share the same slot at 100.85°W without colliding?
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Ever seen cars driving on a figure 8 race track?
Seriously though, I'm sure they aren't both exactly 100.85. If you do the math a thousand of a degree still spaces them roughly 1000 feet apart, and if you've got them both doing the same figure 8 dance they will maintain that spacing. They might have to manage their orbits a bit more "actively" if they are closer than the tenth of a degree they will end up at (which is roughly 19 miles)
That's not a backup orbit, it is just moving slightly. They could have had it at 100.75 instead of 100.85 all the years it has been up and it wouldn't have made any difference to anyone's reception.
I wonder what they plan on doing with T8 once they've got T16 in service? It has fuel life until 2034 so it has many years of service left, but Directv won't need it any longer - unless maybe they can use it for Mexico or Latin America?
I thought a "box" or parking spot was about 40mi across with little chance two satellites sharing the same slot would ever get very close to each other. With Mexico being serviced under the Sky brand and Sky being a first class operation, I doubt they would use an old DTV statllite to light up Mexico with its very specific contour and power needs. Never mind that roughly half of Sky Mexico's programming is uplinked from a DirecTV site in the US. Latin America cannot use the DBS frequencies on any of DirecTVs US satellites anyway.
Don't see how ...
SKY Mexico uses the standard FSS portion of the Ku band at 11.7-12.2 GHz and linear polarization.
And while DLA uses circular polarization, it also operates in the FSS Ku and now extended Ku bands of 10.95-11.2 and 11.45-12.2 GHz.
Neither service uses the 12.2-12.7 DBS band of T8.
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Absolutely right. And Sky Mexico is usually on the cutting edge of technology and buys the latest stuff, not hand-me-down equipment or satellites.
Though SKY Mex. did apparently get the swing of AT&T/DIRECTV's budget ax recently with the formal cancellation of their planned sister satellite SKY Mex. 2 (or KU-76W) at 76W. ...
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws...=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number
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Generally speaking, ATT/DTV budgets should have little consequence on a new satellite for Sky Mexico and the canceled FCC application was probably for ATT/DTV earth station access to the new 76deg slot. If ATT/DTV was negotiating for uplinking more Sky services on the 76deg slot and that fell through I would think Sky would find another solution and move on with the 76deg slot. Sky usually cuts their own deal with Intelsat for satellite services and if they were going to own the new sat at 76deg I suspect Intelsat would do station keeping for them.
Though SKY Mex. did apparently get the swing of AT&T/DIRECTV's budget ax recently with the formal cancellation of their planned sister satellite SKY Mex. 2 (or KU-76W) at 76W. ...
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr031b.hts?q_set=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number/=/SURNDR2018041700031&prepare=&column=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number
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Well, the letter clearly says that the satellite KU-76W (SKY Mex. 2) will not be launched and the authorization surrendered due to "changed business circumstances."
Additional evidence of this is that SKY Mex. has also switched to producing only single slot LNBFs for 79W like the WNC "FS2-MX" and "FS4-MX." And apparently abandoned the 76/79W dual slot capable "FB6-MX."
See in the WNC document ...View attachment DBS_Catalogue.pdf
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