What English speaking satellites still operating ?

[tommy3]

Hi all,
As you will have guessed, i'm a newbie on here.

Many years ago I bought a Drake 250 Earth Station & kit for my home - which was supposed to have been the dogs danglies at the time.
It didn't get used more than a couple of months as I bought a Hotel & went to 'live in'.
I was deciding whether to sell the Drake and was looking to see if any analogue satellites were still operating.

I then thought,,,, why sell it if there are ? I may as well use it myself.

I havn't used satellite reception since that time, as after paying an enormous amount on the kit, I didn't want to pay Sky on top. As such I no longer remember the satellites from that time (Eutelsat ?!) nor terms used for satellite useage.

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Thanks for reading
TOM

 

[Lazarus]

Mainly Astra 1 @ 19.2E.

But not for much longer. And it's largely German, not English.

See _http://www.analoguesat.co.uk/ for details

(They might even be up to date .......................... :-hide )

 

[Analoguesat]

Two analogue positions left, 5W & 19E

5w shuts down on November 30th 2011
19E goes on April 30th next year.

Almost no English channels left now - Eurosport on 19E is about the last one.

And Tivu you cheeky monkey yes my analogue website is up to date, (althought the digital one isnt)



Tom you will need to invest in a digital receiver & tune your dish to the 28E slot - loads of free English channels on there.

 

[tommy3]

Thanks folks.

1/ Are there many foreign speaking satellites still using analogue then ? My DRAKE may well be worth selling to someone who can take advantage of other languages,,,, wherever they might live.

2/ Before looking at the supplied link, what free satellites are available nowadays ? I’m only using Freeview at the moment.

Obviously this will need looking into again from the beginning, as I can’t remember anything that I was looking at, or using.

Cheers all

 

[rolfw]

As per Analoguesat's post, two satellites left transmitting analogue, Astra 19.2 with German language channels and 5W with a few French language channels, if you go to the site, there is a list of the remaining analogue channels on the two satellites.

 

[Analoguesat]

The Drake will be only fit for the recycling bins up the local tip on May 1st next year though.....

 

[ralphmagno]

hello
i tossed 100 nokia analogue sat receivers last year.
they were just siting there and i could not sell it for 2 euro each.
there is not much in english that is still analogue
ralph.

 

[tommy3]

Thanks guys - cheered me up no end ?!

For my own part, i'll start looking & learning about digital stuff.
I'll need to start from scratch, with terminology, brands, current satellites & programs etc etc.

Where does a newbie start ?

thanks again

Tom