Random Interference on satellite Geostationary satellite downlink

Do you have a plot you can share? In max hold or a short video clip showing the spikes?

Do you see it at a single station or at multiple stations?

Regarding the two different polarisation spectrum plots above, in the left plot the burst of blue spikes between the pair of wanted yellow carriers suggests testing in preparation to set up a third yellow carrier in the middle. Maybe the cross-pol spikes (right plot) are because the linear polarisation feed has not yet been adjusted in rotation.
The blue, near central, triangle marker and central spike show good polarisation alignment and may be something quite different. Is anyone testing a new antenna for sidelobe patterns?  What uplink/downlink frequencies does the NOC allocate for such testing.


Regarding the spectrum analyser plot above, I can see an extra spike affecting the carrier in transponder to the left of the one with 6 smaller carriers.  The display spectrum appears to be inverted.

It is possibly helpful that the interference stays for 20/30 minutes as this will allow you time to home in on it and investigate further. Pulse like displays at different frequncies may build up in max hold to reveal a wider bandwidth transmission. If the interference is CW or a slow sweep then testing is a probable source. A CW signal varying might be a sidelobe test. If you can isolate a modulated TDMA carrier slot you can use ZERO span and observe burst envelope magnitude and shape.

If you have a limited number of antennas transmitting in 6.725-7.025 it might be worth asking if any were having work done around the time of the interferences.

Do you have more than one satellite operating 6.725-7.025 uplink ?

I hope Nimrod can add more.

Thanks for your analysis.
we have one satellite operating at this band, there are only 2 TX stations & no other stations are doing any test with this satellite so far we know.
HI Imrod, thanks first of all. i couldn't understand this question. "How many will be in the air at the same time? Only one or few?" can u pls clarify
I will check the span of the signal. The source is not terrestrial , that is pretty sure. To check if they can be seen o the other satellites, which satellites shall we choose - those close to our orbital location or those which has beam over our coverage region?
Can you guess the source of this unwanted carrier? Is it from another GEO or LEO or GEO earth station or LEO earth station - how can we narrow down the search for source?

How can we get a list of other satellites operating at the same frequency band? or can there be any other applications who are using the same spectrum, 6.725 - 7.025 uplink or 4.5 - 4.8 downlink