Channel 1 Russia has been unavailable for weeks

@wild-horse I assume that the channel on the corresponding satellite keeps switching on and off and that’s why the interruptions occur.

https://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/ru/Perviy-kanal.html

This is a “customers helping customers” and don’t know much more, maybe the hotline 0800 800800 knows more Удачи!

In fact, Swisscom still lists this Russian propaganda channel on offer. I am amazed…

@wild-horse

Is this a station that is supported by the Russian state, or a neutral station that also broadcasts the misery in Ukraine?

@WalterB This is the European version of the first Russian television program (первий канал) state-owned, of course, like RTR Planeta and the Swisscom-listed children’s channel Karusel, only the three Russian channels in the Russia package come from Germany

Yes, I would have trouble now if it wasn’t a neutral channel and was switched on!! 😟

@WalterB The first two channels mentioned are anything but neutral, that’s not what I meant by state-run, but the exact opposite.

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@WalterB wrote:

Yes, I would have trouble now if it wasn’t a neutral channel and was switched on!! 😟

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You could philosophize and discuss for days about whether there are any neutral media or neutral organizations or neutral states.

I have a completely different guess. The 3 channels are broadcast on the Express satellite 14 degrees East. It’s currently raining in Olten. 2 possibilities: either the transmission power of the satellite on the Swisscom roof is not sufficient in bad weather or the satellite was not aimed 100% cleanly (which I think is less likely.)

Karl Ranseier is dead…

@Stonck13 At least in the last 24 hours (I tried to trace) the Peruvian channel and carousel always seem to be there at the same time and not available, but could that be due to the rain? RTR doesn’t cause any problems.

Simply a different transponder

 
Let’s see if we have a broadcast outage between 10 p.m. and midnight this evening. The weather hasn’t been good in Olten in the last few days.

@Stonck13 Yes, but that was it before and we didn’t have any major outages, and the weather isn’t that bad now.

Over years ago the signal was taken from Eutelsat 13 East.

It can only be the two options that the broadcasters have, such as image interference on satellite in bad weather.

Report it or, best of all, ask Swisscom. They can definitely do something on Monday.

I’ll keep an eye on it over the next 24 hours but like I said, I stand by my opinion. I watched the station for 15 minutes and it ran without any problems. Rain/snow is forecast in Olten tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. If reception is interrupted, it is clear what the problem is.

@Stonck13 I’ve now followed it for both channels, they always drop out at the same time, it’s probably really due to the weather. 👍 or the encoder is having problems @ThomasS, could you please take a look at something internally. Спасибо

RTR Planeta may be received via Türksat 3A as there are no signal failures.

https://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/ru/RTR-Planeta.html

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@Gaeilgeoir wrote:

@Stonck13 I’ve now followed it for both channels, they always drop out at the same time, it’s probably really due to the weather. 👍 or the encoder is having problems @ThomasS, could you please take a look at something internally. Спасибо

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Hi everyone,

my colleagues looked at it. The faults are on the SAT from the source, so unfortunately you cannot fix the fault yourself. The station will continue to be monitored.

I said it from the beginning. 😂