Optus B's antenna specifications
Beam
|
Transponders
|
National A
|
1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8
|
New
Zealand
|
1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8
|
South Eastern Australia
|
1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8
|
Western Australia
|
6,
7 and 8
|
National B
|
9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15
|
High performance
|
9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15
|
North Eastern
|
11,
14 and 15
|
Central Australia
|
12,
14 and 15
|
This chart gives the possible transponders with beams connections. The National
A, South Eastern Australia and Western Australia beams can be combined with the
New Zealand beam: the power split is 20% to New Zealand and 80% for the other
beam.