RTE's frequency on Sky Digital.

Charles Slane

Official confirmation of RTE's frequency !!

"Dear Charles

RTE hope to be testing next week from April 9th, 2002 on Astra 2D, frequency is 10743.75 MHz.

Regards

Tom McCarthy"

So at that low a frequency (it's very low, isn't it ?) it will be 22.000, 5/6, won't it ?

If RTE start testing on the 9th, it's quite likely that the transponder will be tested before that (remember the "castle" tests before ITV started), so it's worth keeping a regular check on this transponder over the next 5 days.

I think Astra 2D also has a fairly tight footprint over the UK and Ireland. I wonder if that will have any bearing on encryption.

It's all quite exciting now, isn't it ?

ShaneOC

Well done Charles. Wonder who will be the first to see the actual tests.

DMC

Nice one Charles! It is very low, but as ITV appeared at a low frequency, I wont doubt it! But that transponder isnt active yet...

All Astra 2D have a Symbol Rate of 22000 and an FEC of 5/6

Also, it doesn't bode well for continental ex-pats.

dmeehan

do you round up or down the .75 on the frequency?

DMC

Up.

Corm

Excellent news Charles. Pretty soon we will be able to see Fair City in all its digitised glory. I wonder if it will be a testcard or running programmes ?:D

Corm

TinMan

For us non techie about the dishes up there can you confirm exactly please what I should put in to the add channels plan on services?

so its 10.744
H or V
22.0
5/6


Thanks:alien:

Charles Slane

If you work backwards from the previous lowest frequency (which is 10.832H), with a gap of about .015 (every now and again there's an extra .001) between each transponder, it looks like it should be -

10.744 H
22.000
5/6

Keep watching the skies.

TinMan

Thanks for the confirmation Charles looking forward to it,

Wonder will TV3 be testing on the same day? Would be great cause the reception I get on tV3 is bad and there is gonna be some exciting Champions league matches coming up!

Phelim 3:16

Does "testing" mean that we will be able to tune it into Other Channels or will we have to wait for it to appear on the EPG before we can actually watch it?

Phelim

ShaneOC

Testing means that you tune it in via the other channels.

It may not be on all of the time. Once ITV started showing pictures it remained on almost all of the time. When BBC1 was testing every second programme was blocked.

irishgeo

well done charles. i cant wait for the full RTE service and TV3 as well. Will the TV3 use the same transponder.

Charles Slane

Originally posted by Kevin
Will the TV3 use the same transponder.

No idea, but I'd imagine so. Anyone know any more about this ? Uncle Gruebber maybe ?

chernobyl

It would only make sense that they occupy the same transponder.

Tony

Originally posted by Charles Slane


No idea, but I'd imagine so. Anyone know any more about this ? Uncle Gruebber maybe ?

It would make a lot of sense if tv3 and tg4 went on the same transponder as they could all be uplinked together, I'm not sure in any case whether 2d has on board multiplexing, ie to ability join or separate transmissions received in separate datastreams. Before on board multiplexing became available what you sent up came down exactly the same. I would imagine that RTE will probably go one hop to betzdorf before going to the satelliteas tara did with intelsat although it is tecnically quite feasible to uplink directly to 2d.

Regards Tony

chernobyl

Yes i think it does.
ITV channels are all on the same TP and multiplexed by NTL before a direct uplink to 2D.

Chernobyl,It's going to be awful tempting to press select to view RTE when it comes on your EPG:eek:
Have you came up with plans to avoid this?
mm

Maybe I should have pm'ed this question?
I'm only curious as Chernobyl has stated many times that it has been several years since he has seen RTE and was wondering how Non fans of Montrose were going to cope with the new phenominnon....( I really should learn to spell...:D )

chernobyl

Well i think it was Feb 9th last when i first watched RTE in like 5 years, it was a brief encounter but a good reminder of what i missed.

I dont really care either way that RTE will be on Sky, TV is kinda boring now and i have my select proggys which is rougly 3hours a day of TV so im not looking for anymore.

AJC

There is only one freq does that mean only one channel?

Pauge 2

When the tests start (9th April ??) u enter freq 10.744 etc, in the ADD CHANNEL, a search will take place and all channels available on this freq will come up, hopefully rte, net 2, tv3, tg4, while the tests are taking place u will have to go to other channels to watch the tests, these channels should come onto the epg when rte go live.