MBC ON 26e

[olisun]

U should be able to get the MBC channels quite easily off 7W as the transponder is quite strong

[NuttCase]

help help help! i dont know how to setup a sat!
i just phoned those satalite people from the paper and he quoted me £47 just to align my dish to hotbird!

i have mbc2 and action and all that lot stored in my reciever and used to get them before but i stupidly moved my dish! which is i think 120cm
i've been wiggling it around up down right left but havent managed anything!

im near nottingham anyone around to help!?

[pedro2000uk]

Thanks Olusin! I thought 7w was harder than MBC's own footprint on 11919h on 26e.. but I am definitely going to try 7w too. cheers!

Which sat were you on before you moved the dish NC? 26e or 7w .. if the tp is 11919h then it was 26e.. if not then it was 7w.

[wod]

the 26east one will definately be easier to get as 7west not a chance unless you have a decent size dish 1metre above

i can get mbc on 26east fine but not goo signal as dish is abit small, this is with triax td88 dish

[pedro2000uk]

cheers wod... I have a chimney. tree, ariel and part of a roof top at 26e but clear Sky at 7w and we get mbc now on 26e after tweaking so I'd still have another go on 7w sometime when I get time..

[Karradi]

Pedro - can you recommend any local Satellite installer in E. Cheshire?
I am moving to Macc at the end of the week and need to have MBC up and runing ASAP (Hotbird will do I guess).
I have tried to read as many posts as possible - but still a bit unsure whether if I get a 1.1 m motorised dish I will be able to pick up MBC on Arabsat?

Thanks!

[pedro2000uk]

Good 1.1 should do except in really bad weather on that sat, sensitive receiver and a good lnb (not always claimed .2s) - needs to be bigger dish to try to keep it on in bad weather- bigger the better. 13e only has MBC 1 I think... and some other 26e channels. MBC2/ action/ 3/4 are the one's most people want and they're only on 26e or 7w. Dubai 1's easier and Kuwait ch2/ Bahrain 55-

Best of luck

[pedro2000uk]

Oh Yeah,,, Little sat/computer shop in Congleton (just ask in Congleton.. don't know the name) and one in High Lane that advertises in What Sat (D&C?), but they are doing a lot less sat stuff - not in Macc though other than Sky dealer etc.

[Karradi]

Oh Yeah,,, Little sat/computer shop in Congleton (just ask in Congleton.. don't know the name) and one in High Lane that advertises in What Sat (D&C?), but they are doing a lot less sat stuff - not in Macc though other than Sky dealer etc.

Thanks again!
is D&C the one in Stockport & Buxton?
Also what would you say is a good lnb (dont say an antique .7 Sky one )


back to packing boxes now

[pedro2000uk]

yeah and Spain...
sorry, can't say what's the best (40mm uni) lnb... tested loads... Get set up and I'll lend you a customised Grundig .7

[pedro2000uk]

Anyone reading this thread for 26e - Palmedia's transponder has ceased to be such a reliable feed (here) to use to find 26e if you're having difficulties getting on 26e... 12073V 27500 (BBCW Middle East) is about as good as any now - about 65% of what Palmedia was transmitting which was almost as strong as some Sky TPs.

[nirelandguy]

I get Palmedia but bugger all else, and thats on an 88cm Triax in the north west UK, I have tweaked everything the best I can but thats the best signal I can get, I'm using a TM5200D, Inverto 0.2lnb and TD88 Dish

[johnruddock]

After seeing the badr 4 movie channels in a holiday apartment in Lanzorote I've bought a fortec star receiver and put an 85 cm dish 0n the wall but I'm having trouble finding the satellite .Any help appreciated.My location is South Cheshire

[johnwilliam1]

After seeing the badr 4 movie channels in a holiday apartment in Lanzorote I've bought a fortec star receiver and put an 85 cm dish 0n the wall but I'm having trouble finding the satellite .Any help appreciated.My location is South Cheshire

john,
that box you bought is awful, about 3 years ago i bought 2 fortec boxs lifetimetime ultras, one eventually went in the bin and the other i still use in my bedroom, the tuner is poor, at the moment i use a tec 1500+, echostar 3000, strong 4375, and a pace for Sky and the best one of all of them actually on performance its a tie between the tec and the echostar for pulling in the week signals, both them boxs can do the job for mbc the most difficult signal to get on 26e, mind, you need something like a titanium lnb as well thats what i use for the mbc, i'm on a 88cm triax at the moment with an average of 55% signal, i will have to bring my 1.1 triax out in the garden sometime when i can be bothered

[pedro2000uk]

If you want the MBC movie channels in mid UK/ South Cheshire etc.. as with all the good advice- we agree you need a good 1.1m- 1.2m dish upwards for long term bad weather use and a known sensitive box such as the technomate etc. Spend time making sure you have the best of everything else too- best cables/ cable joins/ avoid going through a motor if you can, test different LNBs until you find the 'best of a batch' if you can, obviously the best alignment / skew/ and 2 or 3 positions e-w and inclination if poss-- 26e in mid UK needs all that.

Try scanning BBC ME on 12073H 27500 or Dubia 1 on 12130V 27500 or 12226H 27500 Bahrain 55 or 12518H 27500 Kuwait Ch2 ....
MBC 2 & Kuwait ch 2 are east of the main channels by 1/2 degree and we think a different incline angle.

[Karradi]

A year and a bit later I have a motorised setup now and seem to have great signals on Hotbird13, and Astra 28. On Badr26 I think I have a good signal but can never get to scan on the 11843 H Transponder (Rotana).
MBC is good though. How do I get Rotana ? please help.

Triax 110, Darkbox SD and Starsat CUCI3500. (I also have an old Echostar AD-3000 IP VIA in storage if anyone thinks that will be a better option?)

[pedro2000uk]

11843h is on BADR6 now with the Fox Movies / Fox Series ... sorry.... you need a much bigger dish for BADR6... the echostar's still OK - perhaps you could measure it against what you are using..... sensitivity wise.

[Karradi]

11843h is on BADR6 now with the Fox Movies / Fox Series ... sorry.... you need a much bigger dish for BADR6... the echostar's still OK - perhaps you could measure it against what you are using..... sensitivity wise.

Thanks Pedro. So does that mean I should forget about all the following channels? h**p://en.kingofsat.net/sat-badr6.php

How can I tell if these or any others are on Badr6?

The reason I ask is that I can get LBC which should be also be not available.

[pedro2000uk]

HI Karradi,

Yes, the general ruile is if it's on BADR6 a much bigger dish is needed..

What frequency are you getting LBC on?

[Karradi]

Pedro thanks again for your quick reply.

You are 100% right - the LBC I am talking about is on Hotbird. I was probably referring to Future TV (getting Lebanese channels mixed up)

I owe you a nice coffee when you are in Macc next!

Now all I need to figure out is why is my receiver scanning the satellite twice!

[pedro2000uk]

Check your LNB settings re: double scanning if it's the same band twice..

[Karradi]

OK now you have totally lost me (but its ok, I'll just do a rescan)

[pedro2000uk]

If you get duplicate channels and they are the same frequency it can be something like the LNB settings not right eg: 22KHz tone set wrong so as it scans Low band then High band both are seen as the same.

Duplicate channels that have slightly different frequencies are usually down to a common blind scan flaw where it thinks it sees a new frequency but it's the same frequency slightly further on to one it's just scanned. You usually just have to edit them out manually .. until someone includes decent software to help edit them out automatically.

[Karradi]

Duplicate channels that have slightly different frequencies are usually down to a common blind scan flaw where it thinks it sees a new frequency but it's the same frequency slightly further on to one it's just scanned. You usually just have to edit them out manually .. until someone includes decent software to help edit them out automatically.

It is this...editing time tonight

[Chesters]

I am managing to get MBC1,2,3,4 and action plus Eritaer and Ethiopia all at levels above 50% quality and I am using an 85cm Fraccaro offset dish with a Silvertech lnb on the end of a diseq motor. Seems to work quite well in the rain etc but gets a bit twitchy in high wind.