If they use it for Sky then people in Scotland and Ireland will need to keep their Zone 2 dishes.The European beam on Astra 2G below covers Southern Finland better than 2E & 2F European beams so they may use this for Sky subscribers?
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Surprised that many shopping channels have gone to spot beam
Not quite correct, for example QVC offer very low shipping rates to Spain from there website even though they dont broadcast on Spanish satellite, they would not do this if there was no market here in Spain. Many people watch the channel then order from the website.They are probably not bothered as larger ones will have similar European operations for each territory plus they are only targeting UK and Irish viewers anyway. I can't see many expats making an international call from overseas to buy something they've seen on QVC although agree there'll be a small few!
I don't think any of us know yet what beams the other Eutelsat 28A transponders will use. I would guess the rest from 28A will also switch to UK beam now that we know some have already gone to 2F UK beam.the beam tp ove 2e it uk beam or pe beam ?
That is not going to happen, Astra 2E/2F/2G have 36 MHz transponders in the 11.2...11.45 GHz band, so do not have the "Astra 1" 26 MHz transponder layout to support that.Would a change in SR from 27 500 to 22 000 make it harder to get a lock on a TP or would such change make no difference?
Definitely. Arqiva have already carried out tests on 11642V a couple of Months back on EB1 using 27.5k SR and FEC 5/6.Not much, but the FEC and modulation will.
In fact QVC is still receivable, other shopping channels moved to spot beamNot quite correct, for example QVC offer very low shipping rates to Spain from there website even though they dont broadcast on Spanish satellite, they would not do this if there was no market here in Spain. Many people watch the channel then order from the website.
In particular cosmetics, that are not available here, my wife does.
Lyngsat are calling the new 2F transponders TA5 to TA8. Can anyone think what TA stands for?
Christian will only post what he can confirm.
Lyngsat are calling the new 2F transponders TA5 to TA8. Can anyone think what TA stands for?
It sounds like a different issue as only 4 transponders switched to the UK beam on Monday (mainly shopping channels, a few free music channels, some Asian channels and a couple of Sky SD pay channels like SyFy and Universal). There are some more changes coming up this month but it shouldn't be that drastic, at least not yet...So have we lost SKY channels completely? Mine (in Malta) went out 2-3 days ago. I thought it was just a fault on my LNB
Yes I remember that thread well, and more worrying is the fact that it was over a year ago (!). Shame the "Europe only hypothesis" was wrong regarding these new "TA" transponders. ;)Found this thread from a year ago here.
If accurate, then SES certainly seemed to be playing a game of confidence. I wonder if they have Astra 2e, 2f & 2g set up on 11.2 - 11.45GHz for both their standard band plan plus that of Eutelsat, the former in case one of these birds is required elsewhere?
https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/astra-2e-2f-2g-frequency-plan-28-2-28-5-east.161813/