Astra 2E at 28.2E: General Discussion Part 1

[Kveys]

^Its quite unusual to get permission for put dish outside of balcony. Also private roof installations mainly no chance.

My reply is for CJ not you Timo

 

[Tururu]

The 2E Europe signal is annoyingly close. The problem is I'm running out of space, my 80cm dish is already 1cm away from the balcony door...
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Above the TV if you have room.
The antenna is very serious, put a smile.

PS: It's not "small" problem.
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La antena esta muy seria, ponle una sonrisa
Encima de la TV si tienes sitio.

PD: No es "pequeño" el problema.

 

[timo_w2s]

11836h on 2a or 2e now

It was 2A North, but is now really weak for me so I guess it is now 2E Europe.

 

[tothbros]

11836h - levels similar to 2e pe
mid-day transfers??
now that i checked it (sky movies horror) i had the same thing happening as yesterday with channel 5 hd: pixelation, no signal, and a few seconds later signal back to max. the boys are working?

 

[Captain Jack]

^Its quite unusual to get permission for put dish outside of balcony. Also private roof installations mainly no chance.

My reply is for CJ not you Timo

I take it the rules are nowhere near as stringent on private land as both you and Timo have mahoosive dishes...

 

[timo_w2s]

11836h - levels similar to 2e pe
mid-day transfers??
now that i checked it (sky movies horror) i had the same thing happening as yesterday with channel 5 hd: pixelation, no signal, and a few seconds later signal back to max. the boys are working?

But it was the same for me yesterday too. Was 12.5dB a few weeks ago, yesterday and today 0.2-0.4dB on an 80cm dish in Finland.

 

[timo_w2s]

I take it the rules are nowhere near as stringent on private land as both you and Timo have mahoosive dishes...

I think 1.8m was the max before planning permission was required back in the 90s but that may have changed now that we have stronger satellites available. Kveys probably knows better than me.

 

[BCW]

BCW,
Really like the snapshot time lapse spectrum readings. Shows exactly the moment of switch over for each transponder.

I suspect tonight for the 1N SP to 2E SP the levels will drop from low to nothing on your plot as there migrated.

I sure hope they will not fall below the current 2F transponders levels...

 

[solly]

But it was the same for me yesterday too. Was 12.5dB a few weeks ago, yesterday and today 0.2-0.4dB on an 80cm dish in Finland.

it look now 0 level
same id doing samething

 

[tothbros]

I sure hope they will not fall below the current 2F transponders levels...

even if there is a marginal difference between 2f uk and 2e uk, it won't make much difference to me, as for some strange reason, in my location a 4 meter dish is needed for actual tv viewing for 2f uk, and even that is "just about". we can pick up snippets here and there with a 2,4m, but that's very accidental.
so for us there is a huge drop from 1n to 2e/ef as far as the spot beam is concerned: on my 1,5 gibertini i have 24/7 perfect reception on 1n uk.

 

[Waveguide]

I think 1.8m was the max before planning permission was required back in the 90s but that may have changed now that we have stronger satellites available. Kveys probably knows better than me.

Does your dish fill all of the available area?
If not a rectangular shape will give you more reflector area. The round or elliptical shapes
are not the only holy slutions approved by the gods of physics. Take a larger elliptical offset
antenna and reinforce the rear side and then chop away until it fits the space. The physical
stability comes mainly from the folded edges of a dish and removing parts of those will
make it "soft".

 

[zorbua]

12363v move to astra 2e ?
i see 0 db

Solly according to flysat yes it has moved to 2E

 

[Lazarus]

But who told Flysat ....................... Relies on our hobbyists reports (especially from the keener chaps!) to a large extent.

 

[Kveys]

I take it the rules are nowhere near as stringent on private land as both you and Timo have mahoosive dishes...

I living at rowhouse and if im right Timos parents (where the 1.8m be located in?) also in their own house. Here are much stricter rules when living at (heh dont know right word for kerrostalo ) apartment building (is it ok word?). Satellite dishes are very common controversy between neighbours here.

Yep, Timo is right that 1.8m mostly max size. I made planning permission myself and it says my dish size is 1.8m. For sure its 1.8m not 2.3m if anyone asks

 

[tothbros]

well, according to flysat, there are only 4 tp's left on 2a: 11954h (empty), 11973v(emtpy), 12441v(empty) and 12480v(sky)
surely, they're wrong...

 

[Lazarus]

Depends which of us told them ................ ;)

 

[M60]

Doesn't Lyngsat get info direct from SES as to what is where? That hasn't been updated though yet! Can someone do a quick rundown, out of the 1N TP's, which have been migrated to 2E? Just the one?

 

[Lazarus]

Yes, it's said that Lyngsat has a source within the Satellite operators. How true, how reliable and to what extent I couldn't say.

Personally, I prefer Flysat (despite the limitations on accuracy) and KoS (great for Searching for stuff).

 

[solly]

well, according to flysat, there are only 4 tp's left on 2a: 11954h (empty), 11973v(emtpy), 12441v(empty) and 12480v(sky)
surely, they're wrong...

12480v still on 2a
unknow 11954h,11973v if it move to 2e

 

[solly]

Doesn't Lyngsat get info direct from SES as to what is where? That hasn't been updated though yet! Can someone do a quick rundown, out of the 1N TP's, which have been migrated to 2E? Just the one?

i know lyngsat it live on sweden
maybe check shift signal on astra but how
it check trans atlanic 101w