Astra 2F: Central & East Europe Discussion

[briangw]

My own pet theory is that the Jetstream has been much further south than normal for the last couple of months. This has coincided with a prolonged period of wet and windy weather that Spain has suffered - very unusual for the South of Spain. I think this unusual positioning (over northern Africa mostly, rather than over France or UK) has altered the atmospherics and reduced the already poor UK signal considerably . Without making any changes to our community system (although I was tempted to change our LNB or tweak the dish a bit), the signal returned to 'normal summer' levels in the last few weeks, and guess what, the Jetstream is also where it should be - north of Spain. Any changes that people have made to their system may just be pure coincidence (or not!)

 

[Peyu75]

Witam
Mieszkam w Polsce, odbieram wiązkę UK na antenie 3m poniżej, zachęcam do przeczytania mojego artykułu o tym elemencie.
Musisz przetłumaczyć.
Pozdrawiam
Peyu

Odbiór w Polsce wiązki UK z satelity Astra 28,2°E

Witam serdecznie stałych i nowych Czytelników SAT Kuriera. Zapewne wielu z Was kojarzy moją osobę z artykułów o Astrze 28°E czy o DX-ingu satelitarnym w poprzednich wydaniach magazynu. Dziś ja i moi koledzy z forum SatClub.pl chcielibyśmy podzielić się z Wami wnioskami z testów odbioru, jak to...

satkurier.pl

 

[Peyu75]

Hello
I live in Poland, I receive a UK beam on the 3m antenna below, I encourage you to read my article about this item.
You have to translate.
Regards
Peyu

Odbiór w Polsce wiązki UK z satelity Astra 28,2°E

Witam serdecznie stałych i nowych Czytelników SAT Kuriera. Zapewne wielu z Was kojarzy moją osobę z artykułów o Astrze 28°E czy o DX-ingu satelitarnym w poprzednich wydaniach magazynu. Dziś ja i moi koledzy z forum SatClub.pl chcielibyśmy podzielić się z Wami wnioskami z testów odbioru, jak to...

satkurier.pl

 

[rodscha]

very interesting,especially the use of concentric metal circles (looks like C-band) to increase signal reception...is that applicable to a "standard"ku-band lnb?
Where could I find this system ?and fit it on a Ku-band Lnb?

 

[Peyu75]

This is lnb inverto c120 feed ku famaval

 

[rodscha]

thank you!! Is it only for prime focus?

 

[Peyu75]

With such a large antenna, it was difficult for me to get the right focus distance and this my own construction ensured it perfectly.

 

[Peyu75]

Yes, only for the large parabola in the photo.
For an offset antenna there must be a different feed but the whole set is heavy enough to use with a small antenna.

 

[Satfaca]

Still unhindered reception of 2F UK beam throughout a day with 2.4m.

 

[Beli1910]

Excellent result. Your signal is about 1db stronger than mine on 1.8m. The only frequency that I don't currently have in my lock is 12382, but I will try to catch it again if the conditions are good. It looks like I will have to get an antenna over 2m in size. Before that I will but the elevation motor was tried, I wonder if I can get a signal. Thank you very much for the report.