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SAT Observations 96.11.08

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A news release from Cairo, Egypt, located at 30.3 North - 31.15 East
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WHAT YOU'LL FIND HERE:
- Satellite and Transponder Observations in C- and Ku-Band,
- Commented from the Middle Eastern perspective.

WHAT YOU DON'T FIND HERE:
- Astra, Eutelsat Superbeam and Skandinavian Reports.
- D-Box Info, DF-1 Reports and daily Feed Listings.
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THE HEADLINES IN THIS REPORT:

- ESC 1 Egypt ceased
- NTV switched txpr halves
- Bits & pieces

INTELSAT 703, 57 East
On txpr 43B, 3.917 GHZ, Lc, normally used by Ethiopian TV, at 14:30 CET
a txm of Canal Horizons could be seen, with sound on the normal
frequency of 6.60 MHz.

ARABSAT 1C, 31 East
ESC 1, Egypt on txpr 25 ,4.163 GHz, Rc, ceased txm today early morning.

On txpr 8, 3.869 GHz, Lc, the cricket tests continued. Today Sri Lanka
and Pakistan battled it out. English commentary was available on 6.60
MHz.

ARABSAT 2A, 26 East
I have to repeat the message from yesterday, it happened again!
Syria TV on C-Band txpr 14, 3.999 GHz, Lc, performed early morning txpr
tests, whereby the frequency at times went up to 4.012 GHz, Lc. At
programm start the normal frequencies were used.

EUTELSAT II F3, 16 East
On txpr 39, 11.658 GHz, V, is now, behind the txm of TV 7 Tunesienne, a
tele-text service available in Arabic, English and French.

EUTELSAT II F2, 10 East
It has already gone round the world. Just for the record:
ATV on txpr 20L, 10.987 GHz, H, has left, as expected, this frequency
and is now only receivable via Turksat 1C, located on 42 East on txpr 4,
10.966 GHz, V, on the Europa beam. 
NTV switched from txpr 20U, 11.018 GHz, H, to the previous by ATV used
frequency and improved in quality while txpr 2OU is switched off at
present time.

AMOS 1, 4 West
Txpr 2U, 11.094 GHz, V, is presently txm data streams, as was, only
during the last night, txpr 5U on 11.596 GHz, V.

PAS 3R, 43 West
Since yesterday evening a blank carrier is txm on 12.518 GHz, H. No
sound carriers.

Best regards and a nice weekend for the western world,

Henk C. Room

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