Arabsat reception in UK?

[Number Six]

hello,

Could anyone possibly advise me on what I would need to receive Arab satellite channels in the UK? I live in the North West, near Liverpool/Manchester.

I have a 1.2m dish, and a 0.6m dish too. The receiver I have is faulty, and I am planning on replacing it with this:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=224748

Would this kind of setup be OK? Would it be possible to get Arabic channels like this?

I heard recently the BADR-6 satellite is in orbit, would this increase my chances of receiving the Arabic services in my location?

Thank you very much in advance for your help!

 

[satelliteman]

Receiver looks standard enough and will be fine for DVB-S reception. HDMI is for upscaling only by the look of it.

Badr-4, 26e is receivable with a 120cm, should get a reliable Mbc reception too with this size dish. What is the dish manufacture out of interest?

 

[SatSearcher]

BADR 4 should come in fine with a 1.2m, but BADR 6 requires a much larger dish, over 2m at least.

 

[Rick]

I get a stable picture on the MBC's in all but poor weather on a 1.1m triax. Not too far from you.

 

[cocker80]

I get the mbc channels here in stoke-on-trent even in poor weather, I think it is down to the lnb.

 

[Number Six]

hello,

Thank you very much for your help guys!

Satelliteman, I'm afraid I have no idea of the manufacturer of the satellite dish. I'm a complete novice when it comes to these things, it wasn't me who installed the dish.

So if I were able to receive a good reception on BADR-4, I should be able to get all the "arabsat" channels?

 

[ralphmagno]

hello to all.
did some tests on this posision.
used a 1.6 prime focus to see if the bbc was possible.
i found the 30 west spanish sat no problem but not the 27.5 west.

this satellite has bbc 1 and bbc 2 using a symbol rate of 39.777 .
first i nees to see the signal then find the receiver.

has anyone picked up this signal south of rome or anywhere else???
fringe area here.
thanks
ralph

 

[majimaji]

hello,

For Arab channels on Badr satellite ,from my experience, I would recommend

that you have a good Lnb and dish.Channel master 1.2 m (Triax 1.2m) and Lnb I would like

to recommend MTI 0.2 db (white only) as the best I have used,not the blue one. The

receiver seems OK but I can't be sure. Good Luck
Thanks