Astra 2F General Chat

[BLUEPLATINUM]

IS he saying that they have gone off the air, implying replace by 2F ??

No. He is drawing a distinction between North beam and South beam TPs. When 2A and 2B swap to 2F the North beam ones should become receivable in the Canaries on the pan-European beam (although the official footprint shows a 120 cm dish, not 60 cm).

 

[timo_w2s]

No. He is drawing a distinction between North beam and South beam TPs. When 2A and 2B swap to 2F the North beam ones should become receivable in the Canaries on the pan-European beam (although the official footprint shows a 120 cm dish, not 60 cm).

And those of us in the Nordic areas can wave goodbye... ;)

 

[tothbros]

so i guess i should count my blessings here, in hungary, as i only ever had problems with 2d/1n, never with 2a/2b. those work fine even with a 80cm dish

 

[iandoh]

And those of us in the Nordic areas can wave goodbye... ;)

And those of us in the Nordic areas can wave goodbye... ;)

Hows you signal on the Sky News TP? for me it's borderline weak. Rain kills it

 

[timo_w2s]

Hows you signal on the Sky News TP? for me it's borderline weak. Rain kills it

It's a bit weak on an 80cm during the day but no problems on a 1.8m in Helsinki but strangely seems a bit stronger in Lapland on my 80cm up there.

 

[AHMET_YILDIRIM]

In istanbul I can get

ASTRA2B
12.032H QVC
11.992H very strong with 170 cm dish.


ASTRA 2A is very weak for Istanbul
12.207V Sky NEWS very week almost zero.
11.778V NO SIGNAL
I hope I will be able to get 2F european beam tp s.

 

[TENERIFEFORUMTV]

No. He is drawing a distinction between North beam and South beam TPs. When 2A and 2B swap to 2F the North beam ones should become receivable in the Canaries on the pan-European beam (although the official footprint shows a 120 cm dish, not 60 cm).

yes thats my point OFFICIAL dish size in TF for 2A south is 90CM (can use a 60cm)
so on 2F PANEUROPA BEAM we are looking at 1.2m (can use 90cm - but to get E28A you need a meter)

 

[TENERIFEFORUMTV]

In istanbul I can get

ASTRA2B
12.032H QVC
11.992H very strong with 170 cm dish.


ASTRA 2A is very weak for Istanbul
12.207V Sky NEWS very week almost zero.
11.778V NO SIGNAL
I hope I will be able to get 2F european beam tp s.

YES you are total reverse to me you get strong NORTH weak SOUTH

PLEASE POST WHEN CHANGE OVER ñets see both sides of the coin
i have a 1m at 28e ....

 

[BLUEPLATINUM]

PLEASE POST WHEN CHANGE OVER ñets see both sides of the coin
i have a 1m at 28e ....

I have both 2.4m (Channel Master) and 80cm at 28.xE both with Inverto Black Ultras. I will report once 2F lights up and the TP swap starts.

 

[TENERIFEFORUMTV]

ASTRA 1E 12 days till it gets to 28e ????

any ideas ??

that would give 1E/2A/2B/2D/2F at 28e

 

[timo_w2s]

Unfortunately I'm in the UK at the moment so can't check reception from Finland when 2F starts up but I do have a list of quality levels for all 28E transponders in the UK taken in Nov 2011, May 2012, and today for comparison with any power level changes on my Technomate 6900. At the moment all those dates show the same quality within about 1-2% so seems pretty steady over the past year.

 

[timo_w2s]

ASTRA 1E 12 days till it gets to 28e ????

any ideas ??

that would give 1E/2A/2B/2D/2F at 28e

Isn't 1E going east though? It's already beyond 40E.

 

[Lazarus]

Isn't 1E going east though? It's already beyond 40E.

Snap. Just Posted in similar vein on the 1E Moving Thread.

 

[TENERIFEFORUMTV]

im off to cut the grass .... maybe i can work out which direction to point the mower lol

 

[AHMET_YILDIRIM]

I have both 2.4m (Channel Master) and 80cm at 28.xE both with Inverto Black Ultras. I will report once 2F lights up and the TP swap starts.

What do yo think that when it starts?

 

[BlindFaith]

What do yo think that when it starts?

..shortly before you'll read the 1st report

 

[skomedal]

If I remember correctly when they tested 1N @28.2E they began with data signals before actual tv transmissions.

Can we expect the same with 2F?

 

[solly]

astra 2f 11075v
i see weak signal 1.5db spot beam

 

[AHMET_YILDIRIM]

astra 2f 11075v
i see weak signal 1.5db spot beam

Can anyone test it at eastern europe?

 

[joddle]

Cant see that in Valencia