BVN moves to the Eutelsat 117WA satellite for the America’s and the Caribbean Islands

BVN, the public broadcaster for Dutch citizens abroad, moves to the Eutelsat 117WA satellite starting November 1, 2023.

After more than 17 years of service, the Eutelsat 113WA satellite reaches end of life and cannot be used anymore after December 31, 2023.

We understand that your organisation needs some time to organize reception via the Eutelsat 117WA satellite. For this reason BVN will still be available on both satellites until December 31, 2023.
Starting December 1, 2023, on the Eutelsat 113WA channel, a tickertape message will appear to notify the public of the change.

For cable distribution organisations: please repoint your satellite reception dish to the new position of 116.8 degrees West and adjust the satellite reception details of BVN to the Eutelsat 117WA settings.

If possible do the change before December 1, 2023 so that the ticker tape message will not appear to your clients.

After December 31, 2023 BVN will not be available anymore via the Eutelsat 113WA satellite.

BVN via the Eutelsat 117 West A:

Transponder     K23

Position            116.8° west

Frequency        12147 MHz

Polarization      H

Symbol Rate     3600

System             DVB-S2

Modulation        QPSK

FEC                  ½

 

Location Signal-strengths

EIRP dBW

Minum

Dish size

cm

Elevation Azimuth

 

Azimuth

Magne-tic

LNB
skew
Paramaribo, Suriname 45.0 90 20.1° 266.8° 284.6° 83.4°
Albina, Suriname 44.5 120 18.9° 267.2° 285.3° 83.8°
Oranjestad, Aruba 47.5 80 34.8° 258.5° 269.9° 73.0°
Kralendijk, Bonaire 47,5 80 33.1° 259.4° 271.8° 74.0°
Willemstad, Curaçao 47.5 80 33.8° 259.3° 271.2° 73.9°
Saba 46,5 90 26.7° 257.4° 271.9° 68.4°
St Maarten 46.5 90 26.4° 257.2° 271.8° 68.0°
Oranjestad, St Eustatius 46,5 90 26.5° 257.6° 272.2° 68.7°
Panama City 48.5 75 45.7° 258.4° 263.7° 75.4°
Lima, Peru 46.5 90 42.3° 284.1° 287.1° -71.5°
Mexico City, Mexico 47.0 80 59.6° 223.7° 219.7° 40.7°
Quito, Ecuador 46.5 90 45.6° 270.2° 274.8° -89.7°
Santiago, Chile 46.5 90 27.6° 297.9° 297.3° -47.5°
Manaus, Brazilië 47.0 80 25.3° 272.0° 288.6° -86.3°
Holambra, Brazilië 46.5 90 10.1° 278.1° 300.0° -66.0°
Bogotá, Colombia 47.5 80 40.4° 264.9° 273.2° 83.1°

Positive skew : Turn clockwise standing behind the dish

 

 

EIRP

 

dBW

Minimum dish size

cm

48 75
47 80
46 90
45 90
44 120
40 180