Friday, June 18, 2010

German COMSATBw-1/2 UHF Milsats Update

Nils from Germany on the Hearsat newsgroup has posted the following update on the German COMSATBw Milsat UHF transponders.

ComSatBW-2 at 13.2°E:

"At 13:15 UTC all five transponders were lowered down by 12.5-kHz. Interestingly first the uplink seperately, followed by changing of the transponder downlink-frequency. Therefore now active transponders are:"

244.275 MHz (244.2875 MHz before)
249.400 MHz (249.4125 MHz before)
250.900 MHz (250.9100 MHz before)
255.775 MHz (255.7875 MHz before)
259.425 MHz (259.4375 MHz before)

ComSatBW-1 at 63°E:

Nils also posted, "Just rescanned ComsatBW-1 at 63°E and found one new transponder at 253.750, which is probably the replacement of 251.775. 253.750 also carriers an Asian WFM radio station in the transponder. Therefore active transponders from 63°E should be currently:"

243.625 MHz (replaced 244.275 MHz)
253.750 MHz (replaced 251.775 MHz)
254.775 MHz (replaced 248.750 MHz)
255.450 MHz (replaced 255.500 MHz)
259.250 MHz (replaced 259.425 MHz)