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Deutsche Welle T.V.

Deutsche Welle T.V.

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From: kebsch@neurotic.sni.de (Waldemar Kebsch) Subject: Deutsche Welle TV: America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe .. Date: 4 Aug 93 08:56:42 GMT Reply-To: Waldemar Kebsch Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, Paderborn, Germany

Hello, some weeks ago I have postet a short list of three satellites with "Deutsche Welle TV". I got a lot of mails about what is going on for Africa, Asia, Australia, etc., etc. .. now I have some more informations

.. :-)

Besides the sixteen hour programme, Deutsche Welle is also able to broadcast a two and a haf hour TV programme (English and German) between 20:00 and 22:30 UTC via the following satellites. (Sorry, I do not have the frequencies, polarisation, tv-norm, etc.)

SPACENET II (69' West) - Transponder 2 - for North-America

INTELSAT 601 (27.5' West) - Transponder 21 - for Europe and Africa

INTELSAT 505 (66' East) - Transponder 38 - for Europe, Africa and the whole of Asia

INTELSAT 508 (180' East) - Transponder 14 - for East Asia, Australia and New Zealand

You may receive the sixteen hour programme between 15:00 and 7:00 UTC via the following satellites:

EUTELSAT II-F1 (13' East) - Tp: 27, Pol: V - for Europe Freq: 11163 MHz Sound: 6,65 MHz TV-Norm: PAL

INTELSAT-K (21.5' West) - Tp: H7, Pol: H - for North-America Freq: 11605 MHz Sound: 6,80 MHz TV-Norm: NTSC-M

INTELSAT-K (21.5' West) - Tp: H7, Pol: V - for South-America Freq: 11605 MHz Sound: 6,80 MHz TV-Norm: NTSC-M

SATCOM C-4 (135' West) - Tp: 5V, Pol: V - for North-America Freq: 3800 MHz Sound: 6,80 MHz TV-Norm: NTSC-M

UTC = Coordinated Universal Time UTC+/-2 = Difference between Local Time and UTC (please check it out!) () = Summer Time respective "Day Light Saving Time"

Some Examples:

Algeria +1 Djakarta +7 Melbourne +10 Israel +2 (+3) Brisbane +10 (+11) Japan +9 Perth +8 New Zealand +12 (+13) Bermuda -4 (-3) South Africa +2 Bolivia -4 Thailand +7 Rio de Janeiro -3 (-2) United Kingdom UTC (+1) Montreal -5 (-4) New York -5 (-4) Beijing +8 (+9) New Orleans -6 (-5) Egypt +2 Denver -7 (-6) Central-Europe +1 (+2) San Francisco -8 (-7)

If you have questions about sat-tv please ask your local sat-dealer or get in contact with Deutsche Welle. The address of Deutsche Welle TV is:

Deutsche Welle 50588 Koeln Germany/Alemania

TEL: +49-221-3890 FAX" +49-221-389-4155

Have fun and always a sparkle free picture .. :-) -wk.

-- Waldemar Kebsch (dk3vn), c/o SIEMENS NIXDORF Informationssysteme AG, 33106 Paderborn, Federal Republic of Germany, Email: kebsch.pad@sni.de


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