Dave, Yesterday changes

Gerry Wicklow

Parameter Change for Yesterday, Dave, Drama &+1

12129 V is now 27500, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK. (was 2/3)

(info thanks to Digi Man on DS).

Clitheroekid

No change on my free to air satellite system.These channels have been on these parameters for months

Gerry Wicklow

they went from 2/3 to 5/6

dulpit

Out of curiosity, what is the reason behind these changes?

Clitheroekid

Xoro satellite receiver tunes in channels regardless of FEC

Gerry Wicklow

dulpit wrote: »

Out of curiosity, what is the reason behind these changes?

It tweaks the capacity of the transponder. How or why is above my payscale

mackersdublin

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

It tweaks the capacity of the transponder. How or why is above my payscale

Above my payscale too but I think the change has been made to fit in more channels on that transponder in the future

lgs 4

mackersdublin wrote: »

Above my payscale too but I think the change has been made to fit in more channels on that transponder in the future

Dave HD ?

Gerry Wicklow

Dave sd (HD is encrypted)
It possible but don't get your hope up that they are making room for something else

TAFKAlawhec

Changing the FEC on the transponder from 2/3 to 5/6 changes the net bit rate from 33.79 Mb/s to 42.24 Mb/s, giving an additional 8.45 Mb/s of capacity.

This is at a cost of requiring a higher signal to noise ratio at a DVB-S receiver (6.5db for 5/6 compared to 4.4db for 2/3).

However, since the transponder is using the UK/IRL spot beam and thus packing a right punch of signal strength, next to no one in Ireland should notice any effect on day-to-day reception, just a little lower rain fade margin in very heavy showers.

mollser

TAFKAlawhec wrote: »

just a little lower rain fade margin in very heavy showers.

without doing any research into this, is this why ITV HD sometimes breaks up when the weather is poor? Usually just a flick of the channels gets the signal back. Funny, that only happens on one TV, not the others which are all hooked up to the same satellite!

lgs 4

mollser wrote: »

without doing any research into this, is this why ITV HD sometimes breaks up when the weather is poor? Usually just a flick of the channels gets the signal back. Funny, that only happens on one TV, not the others which are all hooked up to the same satellite!

Maybe a loose connection on the lnb

mackersdublin

mackersdublin wrote: »

Above my payscale too but I think the change has been made to fit in more channels on that transponder in the future

In the last few days 6 new channels have started testing on this transponder

25101 - Gold +1
25103 - Eden +1
25112 - Dave (Irish version)
25114 - Dave ja vu
25115 - Alibi +1
25116 - Yesterday +1

Johnboy1951

mackersdublin wrote: »

In the last few days 6 new channels have started testing on this transponder

25101 - Gold +1
25103 - Eden +1
25112 - Dave (Irish version)
25114 - Dave ja vu
25115 - Alibi +1
25116 - Yesterday +1

Also 25110

All 7 are encrypted from what I see ....

Gerry Wicklow

That's a UK spot beam. There's speculation they might be going FTA. It would be a nice Xmas pressie.

dulpit

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

That's a UK spot beam. There's speculation they might be going FTA. It would be a nice Xmas pressie.

Plus 1 channels in the day of pvrs is a bit meh though... Much rather HD...

Gerry Wicklow

The main benefit of +1s is when you accidentally stumble onto something half way through or forgot to set the timer.

Gerry Wicklow

I noticed 25112 and 25114 carrying now/next for Dave and Dave Ja vu Still encrypted

AwaitYourReply

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

I noticed 25112 and 25114 carrying now/next for Dave and Dave Ja vu Still encrypted

UKTV shuffles satellite channels; some viewers affected

Full article explains what is happening and the reasons for such changes can be found via below web link:

Not sure it such moves will lead to a drop in encryption flag on those UKTV channels currently behind a paywall in the short term? In the event that more of UKTV's channels went free-to-air on digital satellite, this would be a very good way to further expand catch-up tv service, UKTV Play going forward.

Source:
https://www.rxtvlog.com/2019/12/uktv-shuffles-satellite-channels-some.html