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EUMETCast comparison of transponders 1 & 2

SNR difference   TP1-TP2
SNR difference
TP1 - TP2
From two separate Ayecka SR1

Link Margin (some are calculated)
Transponder C3 - EUTELSAT 10A 11263V C3
TBS6903
TP2 on EUTELSAT 10A C3
Ayecka SR1 #3
TP2 on EUTELSAT 10A C3
Transponder C4 - EUTELSAT 10A 11263H
Ayecka SR1 #2
TP1 on EUTELSAT 10A C4
HVS-1 link margin

TelliCast
- lost packets
Transponder C3 - EUTELSAT 10A 11263V

HVS-2 lost packets
TP2
PC Lund TBS6903
Transponder C4 - EUTELSAT 10A 11263H

HVS-1 lost packets
TP1
PC Kiruna Ayecka SR1 #2

Traffic
Transponder C3 - 10A 11263V
TBS6903
MODCOD: 16APSK2/3
All PIDs
Ayecka SR1 #3
MODCOD: 16APSK2/3
PIDs: 610
Ayecka SR1 #3
MODCOD: 16APSK2/3
PIDs: 610
PC Oslo HVS-2 traffic
Transponder C4 - 10A 11263H
Ayecka SR1 #2
BAS & HVS-1
MODCOD: 8PSK3/5 16APSK2/3
PIDs: 100 500 600 601
Ayecka SR1 #2
BAS & HVS-1
PC Kiruna HVS-1 traffic
Ayecka SR1 #2
BAS & HVS-1
PC Oslo [BAS]/HVS-1 traffic

SNR - signal-to-noise ratio
Transponder C3 - 10A 11263V
TBS6903
TP2
Ayecka SR1 #3
TP2
Transponder C4 - 10A 11263H
Ayecka SR1 #2
TP1

BER - bit error rate
Transponder C3 - 10A 11263V
TBS6903
TP2
Ayecka SR1 #3
TP2
Transponder C4 - 10A 11263H
Ayecka SR1 #2
TP1

RF level - higher plot means lower signal
Transponder C3 - 10A 11263V
TBS6903
TP2
Ayecka SR1 #3
TP2
Transponder C4 - 10A 11263H
Ayecka SR1 #2
TP1

Other periods: day week month year

This data is taken from PCs fed by Ayecka SR1 IP and TBS receivers.  The RF feeds are shown in red.  The antenna is pointed to the EUTELSAT 10A satellite at 10° E.  Readings are taken every five minutes, and X-axis times are in UTC.  From late September 2017 the main RF feed has been changed to have a 4-way splitter - there's enough signal to allow this, otherwise an in-line amplifier could have been added.  The four outputs are used to feed the three main receivers.  Output two from the LNB is used purely for HVS-1, three is used for HVS-2, and output four allows direct access to the LNB for polarisation tests, which would otherwise interfere with routine reception.

Multiple receive PCs are fed from the Traffic LAN ports of the Ayecka SR 1 IP receivers on a private LANs (192.168.10.x/20.x) via GS605 Netgear switches, with 1 Gbps network cards added to the receiver PCs.  An Edimax USB2.0-Ethernet adapter is an alternative because of better drivers.  Ayecka SR1 #2 receiver takes only HVS-1, received and processed by PC Kiruna, and received by PC Lund, processed by PC Penguin..  From Feb-2017 PC Lund monitors HVS-1 & HVS-2 with a single-cable TBS6903 dual-tuner PCIe card, but this arrangement had to be abandoned when HVS-2 was switched to a transponder with a different polarisation in late 2023..

The Ayecka SR1 Management ports are connected to the existing 192.168.0.x house LAN, through which management access is possible from any local PC.
 

125 cm antenna with quad-output LNB pointed at EUTELSAT 10A
                  

Output 1   Output 2   Output 3       Output 4
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2-way splitter

|| 2-way splitter     ||
DC-pass        RF only          || DC-pass   RF only  ||
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Ayecka
SR1  #1
BAS only
(spare)
TBS5927
Ayecka
SR1  #2
BAS & HVS-1
TBS6903
dual-tuner
PCIe
Ayecka
SR1  #3
HVS-2 only
TBS5925
box
USB              pass-through    
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1 Gbps
Ethernet
1 Gbps
Ethernet
      PCIe
     card
1 Gbps
Ethernet
USB 2.0
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i5-760 PC
Alta
Receive BAS
Process BAS
i5-4460 PC 
Harstad
Receive BAS
i5-8400 PC
Penguin
BAS recv & process
HVS-1 process
i7-4770K PC
Kiruna
BAS process
HVS-1 receive
HVS-1 process
 i5-6400 PC 
Lund
Recv HVS-1
Recv HVS-2
i7-10700- PC
Oslo

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