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SATELLITE
WATCH
Compiled by GARRY CRATT*
Changes to BMAC services from Optus B3
Optus B3:
.
June
10 saw several changes to
BMAC services on this satellite, affecting viewers in the Northern Territory and South Australia. ABC South
Australia, ABC Northern Territory and
Imparja have all moved in frequency
and viewers using non-frequency agile
Plessey receivers will need to upgrade
their channel allocation chip, in order
to tune the new frequencies. Details of
all changes are carried on the ABC’s
Internet web site at:
http://ww.abc.net.au/corp/translist/
howtune.htm.
Asiasat 2:
Recent additions to this satellite include the American government broadcaster “Worldnet” at IF 1270MHz,
horizontal polarity, 6.6MHz audio.
This service previously operated on
Intelsat 511 at 180°E. That service has
now been discontinued.
Another new broad
caster on this
satellite is “Baztab” TV, an Iranian program, broadcast Monday to Thursday
from 2.45-4am AEST. Previously located on Arabsat 2B, this service operates
at IF 1470MHz, horizontal polarity.
Also sharing the same frequency is “
Mahuga Hadeen TV”, another Iranian
broadcaster, which operates Monday
to Thursday from 4-5am AEST.
Recent changes to the Star TV digital
service on this satellite saw the un
encrypted Sky News UK and Star Plus
movie channel disappear, presumably
now operating with conditional access. These services were operating at
1250MHz IF. The ESPN digital feeder
channel at 1450MHz is still operating
“open key”.
Panamsat 2:
Several new stations
appeared during June on
this satellite. WCETV at IF
1250MHz, vertical polarity, 6.2/6.8 audio, appears
to be a Chinese gambling
channel operating daily
from 11pm-6am AEST.
AB Asia, a similar channel operates at 1335MHz
IF, vertical polarity.
Broadcaster TVSN has
added Chinese and Japanese audio chan
n els
to their transponder, on The test pattern from Space TV Systems in Taiwan.
5.55MHz and 5.75MHz respectively. five Chinese channels and two hardThe broadcaster has added similar ad- core XX rated “Exxxstacy” channels.
ditional audio subcarriers to their sig- By July 1, the two XX rated channels
had been dropped but the others con
nals on both Asiasat 2 and Palapa C2.
tinue testing.
One strange appearance on Pas 2
Space TV systems say their subK-band late in June was a 4-channel
mence in
digital bouquet that included Northern scription service will com
Territory broadcaster Imparja and ABC September. Although details of the
type of digital receiver required are
Central. Signals appeared at 1000MHz
unknown at present, the signal is
IF, horizontal polarity.
viewable during the test phase using
Nokia, Panasat 630 and Hyundai digi
Intelsat 802:
Intelsat 802 was successfully tal receivers.
launched by Ariane V96 on June 25.
The satellite will be deployed at 174°E, Gorizont 30:
Papua New Guinea broadcaster
replacing Intel
sat 701, which will
EMTV has added a new radio broadreplace Intelsat 511 at 180°E. I701 is
scheduled to commence operations at caster to its analog transponder. Loer frequency
180°E in September. These changes cated at audio subcarri
will effectively eliminate the inclined 7.4MHz, the radio station is called
93FM and broad
casts a mixture of
orbit tracking now required to receive
English and local languages.
I511.
SC
Intelsat 702 (177°E):
Space TV Systems (Taiwan) commenced trials of their digital service in
late June. Early test channels included
* Garry Cratt is Managing Director of AvComm Pty Ltd, suppliers of satellite TV
reception systems. Phone (02) 9949 7417.
http://www.avcomm.com.au
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