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ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:
BBC RB HD has been removed from BSkyB boxes:
Comparing ASTRA 11-07-2016 18 00.txt and ASTRA 12-07-2016 13 00.txt
Found:
10861.75 H 23000 2/3 DVB-S2 8PSK 0.25 028.2E :TSID = 2051
Lost:
10935.50 V 23000 2/3 DVB-S2 8PSK 0.25 028.2E :TSID = 2056
Comparing files List ASTRA 11-07-2016 18 00.txt and List ASTRA 12-07-2016 17 00.txt
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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
Transponder Move
Nick Jr. HD 25 4039 4039 2001 2 11720H 1 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 615, 637
Nick Jr. HD 25 4039 4039 2032 2 12324V 1 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 615, 637
Removed from BAT, EPG ID Change
BBC RB HD 25 8611 6811 2037 2 12422H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 980,4095
BBC RB HD 25 0 6811 2037 2 12422H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
Transponder Move
Ultra HD 31 9000 9000 2043 2 10744H 1 1 BSkyB 000001000000010 990,4095
Ultra HD 31 9000 9000 2003 2 11759H 1 1 BSkyB 000001000000010 990,4095
Transponder Move
9006 31 9006 9006 2043 2 10744H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 991
9006 31 9006 9006 2003 2 11759H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 991
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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
1084 25 0 1084 2056 2 10936V 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
1085 25 0 1085 2056 2 10936V 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
1086 25 0 1086 2056 2 10936V 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
1084 25 0 1084 2051 2 10862H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
1085 25 0 1085 2051 2 10862H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
1086 25 0 1086 2051 2 10862H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
1088 25 0 1088 2052 2 10877V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
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anthony: "Possible weak signal [DUK]" is next to useless as date/time, duration, reduction in power and affected multiplexes are not given.
In the last few months I have been recording items off (Winter Hill) com7 during the daytime and have become all too aware of periods of reduced power, which have resulted in failed recordings.
On every such occasion both com7 and com8 were down by 6dB, other multiplexes being unaffected.
Here are my reports for two such events, in a week wherein they happened daily. (Given previous experience, I started logging at 9am, continuing until power was reduced and again from 4pm until power was returned to normal levels):
Winter Hill Reduced Power:
com7, -6dB, 24 August 2016 09:05 to 24 August 2016 16:50
com8, -6dB, 24 August 2016 09:07 to 24 August 2016 16:52
Winter Hill Reduced Power:
com7, -6dB, 25 August 2016 09:57 to 25 August 2016 17:40
com8, -6dB, 25 August 2016 09:59 to 25 August 2016 16:58
The most recent examples of this kind of reduced power occurred Monday 19 September and Tuesday 20 September.
My loft-mounted C/D aerial is not optimal, but all ten multiplexes are normally receivable without error. A 6dB drop in power-output for com7 puts it at or beyond the cliff edge.
Winter Hill Reduced Power scans:
http://i.imgur.com/bvsWDfE.png
Winter Hill Reduced Power - Album on Imgur
Tools used:
http://i.imgur.com/lhbcVu4.png
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Hazel Taylor: IRISH TV, though not deleted, was removed from Freesat 163 on 28 Feb 2017.
Irish TV is available via BSkyB 191 and FTA receivers (including Freesat devices in non-Freesat mode), on 11686 V 22000 5/6 QPSK DVB-S.
Freesat Diffs:
Comparing files List Freesat 27-02-2017 14 00.txt and List Freesat 28-02-2017 11 01.txt
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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
Bouquet Change
KEEPITCOUNTRY 1 12003 50331 2065 2 11082H 0 1 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 516
KEEPITCOUNTRY 1 12003 50331 2065 2 11082H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 516
Bouquet Change, LCN Change
IRISH TV 1 20010 55380 2104 2 11686V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 163
IRISH TV 1 20010 55380 2104 2 11686V 0 1 Freesat EEEEEEEEEEEE
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Irish TV, though presently available FTA, has been removed from BSkyB 191.
ASTRA/BSkyB FTA Diffs:
Comparing files List ASTRA 07-03-2017 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 08-03-2017 11 01.txt
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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
Bouquet Change, EPGID Change, LCN Change
Irish TV 1 6758 55380 2104 2 11686V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 191
Irish TV 1 0000 55380 2104 2 11686V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
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Also note that generic devices with DVB-T2 demodulators (there as many DVB-T2 TUNERS as there are digital aerials) will fail to decode the BBC ENCRYPTED EPG for services on the T2 multiplexes, producing what is often described as "Chinese" programme titles/descriptions.
An advantage of such devices is their ability to record programmes as transmitted, where "Freeview HD" devices will encrypt them to disk.
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Shocked it is I am!
In what must be the biggest infrastructure change to Freesat since its creation, the Freesat "Home" transponder has changed as shown below.
Comparing Freesat 10-05-2017 11 01.txt and Freesat 11-05-2017 02 52.txt
Found:
12509.00 H 11600 3/4 DVB-S QPSK 028.2E :TSID = 2073
Lost:
11426.50 H 27500 2/3 DVB-S QPSK 028.5E :TSID = 2315
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It's back!
Comparing Freesat 11-05-2017 02 52.txt and Freesat 11-05-2017 05 34.txt
Found:
11426.50 H 27500 2/3 DVB-S QPSK 028.5E :TSID = 2315
Lost:
12509.00 H 11600 3/4 DVB-S QPSK 028.2E :TSID = 2073
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I was very lucky to see the Freesat Home transponder change test.
Unsurprisingly, it seems no one else spotted it.
Obviously, it's not of interest to most but of great interest to me and a few who keep an eye on sites like this.
Fortunately I made some screen grabs.
New Freesat Home Transponder Test - Album on Imgur
Looking at the picture, note the inability of TSReader to measure the multiplex bitrate for the test transponder.
This is because there were no PCRs on 12509H. There is an encrypted video stream on 11427H which is a PCR source.
The test transponder was still working 11 May 2017, 10:28:44 - the time of the last screen grab I made of it.
It was really odd to see 11427H devoid of anything Freesat, carrying a NIT with some arqiva network name.
Unfortunately, I didn't get a screen grab of that.
I did grab a 30 second dump of 12509H and there was a parsing problem, the cause of which I am yet to identify.
The Freesat TOT/TDT was late by about two days with the Freesat EIT and EIT p/f about two days old.
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A peculiar BSkyB launch of "FrontRunner 2" occurred on Friday 26 May 2017:
ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:
Comparing files List ASTRA 25-05-2017 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 27-05-2017 01 41.txt
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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
Renamed, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
53210 1 3206 50305 2065 2 11082H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1016
FrontRunner 1 3206 50305 2065 2 11082H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 469
Renamed
FrontRunner 1 3641 52006 2105 2 11224H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 468
FrontRunner 2 1 3641 52006 2105 2 11224H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 468
This bizarre process has resulted in the Freesat "FrontRunner" becoming "FrontRunner 2".
What's more, the BSkyB "FrontRunner" on 11082H, which is not on Freesat, has the Freesat streams mapped to it and the BSkyB "FrontRunner 2" which is now on Freesat as "FrontRunner", does not!
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Tuesday 12 July 2016 5:19PM
Freesat Diffs:
BIKE has launched on Freesat.
"BBC Olympics" services were added to the test regions.
England SD, region 100:
262 BBC Olympics 2
263 BBC Olympics 3
264 BBC Olympics 4
265 BBC Olympics 5
266 BBC Olympics 6
277 BBC Olympics 7
278 BBC Olympics 8
England HD, region 100:
261 BBC Olymp 1 HD
262 BBC Olymp 2 HD
263 BBC Olymp 3 HD
264 BBC Olymp 4 HD
265 BBC Olymp 5 HD
266 BBC Olymp 6 HD
267 BBC Olymp 7 HD
268 BBC Olymp 8 HD
272 BBC Olympics 2
273 BBC Olympics 3
274 BBC Olympics 4
275 BBC Olympics 5
276 BBC Olympics 6
277 BBC Olympics 7
278 BBC Olympics 8
England G2, region 100:
261 BBC Olymp 1 HD
262 BBC Olymp 2 HD
263 BBC Olymp 3 HD
264 BBC Olymp 4 HD
265 BBC Olymp 5 HD
266 BBC Olymp 6 HD
267 BBC Olymp 7 HD
268 BBC Olymp 8 HD
272 BBC Olympics 2
273 BBC Olympics 3
274 BBC Olympics 4
275 BBC Olympics 5
276 BBC Olympics 6
277 BBC Olympics 7
278 BBC Olympics 8
Comparing Freesat 11-07-2016 18 00.txt and Freesat 12-07-2016 13 00.txt
Found:
10744.00 H 23000 2/3 DVB-S2 QPSK 0.25 028.2E :TSID = 2043
10862.00 H 23000 2/3 DVB-S2 QPSK 0.25 028.2E :TSID = 2051
10876.50 H 23000 2/3 DVB-S2 QPSK 0.25 028.2E :TSID = 2052
Comparing files List Freesat 11-07-2016 18 00.txt and List Freesat 12-07-2016 13 00.txt
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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
Renamed, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
BBC RB 2 1 926 6802 2037 2 12422H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 982
BBC Olympics 2 1 926 6802 2037 2 12422H 0 1 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 262, 272
Renamed, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
BBC RB 3 1 927 6803 2037 2 12422H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 983
BBC Olympics 3 1 927 6803 2037 2 12422H 0 1 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 263, 273
Renamed, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
BBC RB 4 1 928 6804 2037 2 12422H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 984
BBC Olympics 4 1 928 6804 2037 2 12422H 0 1 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 264, 274
Renamed, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
BBC RB 5 1 929 6805 2037 2 12422H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 985
BBC Olympics 5 1 929 6805 2037 2 12422H 0 1 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 265, 275
Renamed, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
BBC RB 6 1 936 6806 2037 2 12422H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 986
BBC Olympics 6 1 936 6806 2037 2 12422H 0 1 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 266, 276
Bouquet Change
BIKE 1 3016 52290 2109 2 11307H 0 1 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 251
BIKE 1 3016 52290 2109 2 11307H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 251
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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
BBC RB HD 25 930 6811 2037 2 12422H 0 1 Freesat 000011111111 980
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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
BBC Olympics 7 1 937 6807 2037 2 12422H 0 0 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 277
BBC Olympics 8 1 938 6808 2037 2 12422H 0 0 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 278
BBC Olymp 1 HD 25 941 1081 2043 2 10744H 0 0 Freesat 00001EEE1EEE 261
BBC Olymp 2 HD 25 942 1082 2043 2 10744H 0 0 Freesat 00001EEE1EEE 262
BBC Olymp 3 HD 25 943 1083 2043 2 10744H 0 0 Freesat 00001EEE1EEE 263
BBC Olymp 4 HD 25 944 1084 2051 2 10862H 0 0 Freesat 00001EEE1EEE 264
BBC Olymp 5 HD 25 945 1085 2051 2 10862H 0 0 Freesat 00001EEE1EEE 265
BBC Olymp 6 HD 25 946 1086 2051 2 10862H 0 0 Freesat 00001EEE1EEE 266
BBC Olymp 7 HD 25 947 1087 2052 2 10877H 0 0 Freesat 00001EEE1EEE 267
BBC Olymp 8 HD 25 948 1088 2052 2 10877H 0 0 Freesat 00001EEE1EEE 268