ITV HD - was FTA on European beam for a while

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Sky+HD, Wavefrontier T90 with 16 quad/octo LNBs receiving 42E/39E/33E/28E/26E/23E/19E/16E/13E/10E/9E/7E/5E/3E/1.9E/1W/5W/12.5W through 3 EMPCentuari 16-way DiSEqCs to TBS6522, Octagon SF8008 & Edision Primo IP S2.
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Hi all,

ITV Meridian HD is currently FTA across Europe on 12226H DVB-S2 8PSK, 27500, 2/3.

SID 7502

Doubt it'll last - unless that transponder has been switched to a UK spot beam?



EDIT - title changed to avoid misleading people - A/S
 
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Signal quality here suggests it's on the UK beam - it's as strong as the BBC transponders.
 
Nope, definitely Euro beam.
 
On a partially obscured zone 2 I'm getting 17db on 12226H, other 2F Europe beam transponders are around 14db. Is it possible it's on both beams? :confused:
 
Nope. Those dB differencies don't mean much. There are so many variables influencing (like upink antenna size, weather conditions on the uplink size, modulation used, BUC power, etc...).
Note that I am almost on the "0" line for UK beams reception getting 7 dB with 3.4m antenna from 12.363 V while getting fed with 16 dB from 12.226 H (both are Astra 2F).
 
That cursed 2F "European" beam which is impossible in my area, even on 2m dishes!
 
Flysat now says 12226H is on the UK beam :confused
 
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it doesn t reach Carcassonne ,so it must be on the UK beam,
as now is typically low propagation period for HD uk beam and that itv doesn 't lock here ,
and neither do the other itvs HD.
 
Freesat's EPG has now been pointed to this new stream, so it isn't simply a test.

I'd have thought it'd be on the UK spot by now.
 
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Hi, according to kingofsat its new one on the same tp than Rte 2 hd which is europe later i will try.

1620764448423.webpother change was Rte one hd which is now on uk beam so i lost it.

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yes tested and uk beam lost all others that also were few weeks ago received on europe beam.
i have to increase size of my 2.4m famaval let see if somebody reports to catch it near my position.
 
Yes, confirm, when I last checked (May 5th), it was still on the EU beam, now very low signal. Def. switched to UK beam.
 
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