Astra 2E: Central & East Europe Reports

[npire1]

Is it not the case that the bigger the dish, the more directional it is?

Yes I guess so !

 

[hairybadger]

I've got a stronger signal today, all channels OK except CH5, just like the old days! Has 2E been nudged over a bit more?

maybe it's stopped raining at the uplink site

 

[Luxlizard]

Tonight I couldn't sleep and decided to control if I was able to get a signal from Astra 2e..At 2.30 CET many channels from the 2E were watchable,and it lasted at least until 3,30 when I was able to sleep again..All the BBC ,were good,ITV was a bit scrambled ,but ITV HD was perfect,..oters ITV 2,etc..some were a bit scrambled ,others watchable,as well it was the chan 4 family..only the chan 5s signal wasn't available.....So we in Bologna,Italy ,150 cm dish, have a reasonable signal in the morning..9,30-to 13,30 ,CET and at night as I said before..

 

[washoris]

I've got a stronger signal today, all channels OK except CH5, just like the old days! Has 2E been nudged over a bit more?

interesting!! can anyone confirm this??


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[mar-val]

First time I can see signal of 2E here. But only these TPs.
Reception possible from 10.30 and it still works.

 

[washoris]

On the frequencies mar-val stated where made sone changes yesterday as it is shown in king of sat's page last change: 2014-02-20 they might have done some adjustments? Who knows lol


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[fredwinter]

I havn't been following this thread but I imagine you all know that you can watch the beeb and ITV on arabsat 26E. Is that set to change? The footprint covers Europe nicely and a lot more. My 60 cms dish gives me around 70 percent quality. Before rushing out to spend money on enormous dishes just buy a motor. My location 44.12N 4.33E southeast France.

 

[Lazarus]

I've never heard any suggestion that BADR carries BBC and ITV and they certainly aren't shown on any listings sites: Such a small dish has a wide acceptance angle, so are you not simply getting the 28E transmissions even though it may be aligned to 26E?

Please tell us what Transponder parameters you have for, say, BBC2 HD?

 

[fredwinter]

I've never heard any suggestion that BADR carries BBC and ITV and they certainly aren't shown on any listings sites: Such a small dish has a wide acceptance angle, so are you not simply getting the 28E transmissions even though it may be aligned to 26E?

Please tell us what Transponder parameters you have for, say, BBC2 HD?

never thought about it like that. I am no expert! cant find BBC2 HD listed. ITV HD on 26E 10.994H and 10830H The channel lists look different on 26E but I havnt updated 28E for a while.. Hope that helps

 

[timo_w2s]

Is that set to change?

There will be no change with regard to the BBC and ITV on Badr... ;)

 

[Lazarus]

never thought about it like that. I am no expert! cant find BBC2 HD listed. ITV HD on 26E 10.994H and 10830H The channel lists look different on 26E but I havnt updated 28E for a while.. Hope that helps

That is 28E.

 

[fredwinter]

Thank you. Apologies to all. I am still getting acceptable reception in my location with the small dish. When it rains I take the dogs for a walk.

 

[Lazarus]

Not a problem!

Dogs love rain ;)

 

[timo_w2s]

Thank you. Apologies to all. I am still getting acceptable reception in my location with the small dish. When it rains I take the dogs for a walk.

Glad to hear you've still got reception.

 

[esto]

All is fine in central Switzerland, with a 80cm dish focused on 28°, no channels lost

 

[Richard Hunt]

Still getting good evening reception of most BBC TV channels, plus ITV HD (thanks for the tip above).

 

[Analoguesat]

map updated to here

 

[Luniman]

map updated to here

Thank you for all your hard work in producing the map. My question now is, given that the signal is particularly weak in Northern Italy, do you think that the correct decision is to go for a 1.8m dish now? I have seen reports of failed signal in Bologna with a 1.5, so it leads me to believe that a 1.8 is the only solution. Have you any thoughts? Thanks again.

 

[PaulR]

Unfortunately no-one will know until some brave person tries. If you're really unlucky and are situated right on the null then an even larger dish may be needed.

It may be that even a 2.4m or 3m won't be large enough. Someone has to experiment.

 

[Lazarus]

Absolutely agree: Armchair pontification is all well and good, but not when decent money is at stake.