From: harry@cs.tu-berlin.de (Harald Brinkmann)
Subject: C-Band in Europe
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 20:02:05 GMT


Hello Again!

Here are my observations in the C-Band in Europe a few weeks ago. I
used a 1.8 m dish with a 29 K Gardiner LNB. Unfortunately I had some
problems with a wobbly LNB support, so the results to the West (where
I aligned it) are gradually becoming worse towards the East. So I gave
up taking notes before 57 deg. East. Note that all observations are my
own; Lists were only consulted to speed up identification or where
indicated. The quality scale is of course wholly subjective with 5 the
best mark and 1 the worst.
The frequency is the 1st IF (with a LO of 5150 MHz) since I am too
lazy to calculate the real one. I have the suspicion that einther the
LNB-LO or the receiver is a few MHz off.
The columns are: Main carrier frequency (1st IF); Polarization;
Standard; Sound frequency; Program; Quality (Picture/Sound).


Intelsat VI F-4   27.5 W

1127 RH PAL   6.20 TV Libya  (4/4)
1243 RH SECAM 5.80 Canal France International (3/3)
              6.45 Radio France International (French) (3)
              6.85 RFI (English) (3)
              7.25 (silent)
              7.75 (french programming UNID)
              8.25 (UNID)
              8.75 (silent)
1345 RH PAL   6.65 Canal Horizons (French to Africa, Syster encoded) (3/4)
                        (Encoding same as Premiere, subsidiary of Canal +)
1407 RH PAL   6.65 WorldNet (3-4/4) 
                    (Including realys of C-SPAN, RIAS TV feeds ...)
              7.02 VOA Europe (3)
              7.20 (UNID) (3)
              7.36 (UNID spanish) (1-2)
              7.55 (UNID) (2)
              7.66 VOA English (2)
1023 LH B-MAC **** FBIS (encrypted)


Gorizont 15     14 W

1327 RH NTSC  7.50 Cubavision (2/2)
1425 RH SECAM 5.80 R.T. Madagascar (3/3) (in French)
              7.85 R. Malagassy (4) with lots of African music 
1475 RH SECAM 7.00 CT 1 (5/5) (All-Union CIS-TV, or however they call
                                     themselves these days)
              7.50 R. Mayak (?) (5)


Gorizont      11 W

1275 RH SECAM 7.40 Armenian TV (or Azerbaidjan (?)) (3/4)
              7.05 TV sound (3)
1325 RH PAL   6.65 EBU Moscow (4/4)
1475 RH SECAM 7.00 CT 1 (3/3) (same as on G. 15 presumably to N. America)
              7.50 Radio Moscow World Service in English (3)


Telecom 1A      8 W  (At that time it still was Tel. 1A!)

1420 LH var.  6.60 Testcards / occ. RFO, etc (1/1)
1441 LH SECAM 6.60 Radio France Outre-Mer (RFO) (2/2)


Telecom 1C      5 W

1421 LH PAL   6.60 Testacrds (mostly Bercenay E/S) (2/3)
1441 LH SECAM 6.60 RFO (3/3) (same as on Tel. 1A) (3/3)


Intelsat VA F12   1 W

 976 RH B-MAC **** AFRTS (International feed, encrypted) (2-3)
1185 RH PAL   7.50 Algerian TV (2/1)
1237 RH SECAM SCPC ORTN Tele Sahel   Niger (4) (Very weak SECAM carrier)
1376 RH            RT 2   Gabon (1)
1432 RH       6.20 RTG 1   Gabon (2/2)
1249 LH B-MAC **** SEB (Southern European Broadcasting Service,
                        AFRTS for Italy, encrypted) (4)

** I did not actually identify the RTG programs myself, but looked
those up in a recent list.


Arabsat 1C   26 E

1102 RH SECAM      Saudi Arabian TV 2 (1)
1318 RH SECAM 6.60 Saudi Arabian TV 1 (2/3)
1359 RH PAL   6.60 CNN (2/1)

There were several other TV services including Indian TV, but way too
weak to be identified by myself.


Arabsat 1A   ~35 E

Services in 1-2 quality range noted on 1024, 1143, 1175 MHz, RH. Again
too weak to identify. At that time, about 3 weeks ago Arabsat 1A was
still active, though it was steadily drifting east, way off its
assigned position!


Gorizont 12    40 E

1325 RH PAL   6.65 CNN (3/4)
              7.56 (silent)
1475 RH SECAM 7.00 R-TV (5/5) (Russian TV, formerly 2nd central TV)
              7.50 (UNID Radio) (5)

"Brightside" was reported on this satellite on 3.925 GHz in NTSC,
although I have never seen it.


Gorizont 11    53 E

1275 RH SECAM 7.50 R-TV to Western Siberia (3/3)
              7.00 (UNID) (3)
1475 RH SECAM 7.00 CT-1 to Western Siberia (2/2)
              7.50 (UNID) (2)


Intelsat V-F7   57 E

Here I saw Ethiopian TV and Sudanese TV, both very weakly and not
independently confirmed.


Intelsat V-F5   66 E

I saw a signal where Worldnet was supposed to be, but barely visible.
SABC (South Africa was in open B-MAC and M-NET scrambled with a system
simular to the RTL-4 system on Astra.

I did those observations at my parents home, now that I am back in
Berlin I can't use the 1.8 m dish, so I cannot keep up with changes
sinse I did this survey. Hope this is of interest to completely
C-Band-less netters anyway.


  Harald