Hamburg - missing the Uk channels

Robbo

Yes...


Astra 2D- _http://www.lyngsat.com/astra2d.html

What are you missing?

Newbyinsat

well, I cannot get BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, BBC HD, Channel 5, Bravo channels have been detected, but the signal does not seem strong enough to watch them.

I am being confused as well, on the sat receiver, when I go in the channel listing, the receiver indicates which satellite the channel is being received from. And for the BBC1 (South west for example) and also ITV channels, it is telling me that they are from Eurobird 1.

Now, even more confusing: I did several channel searches using either ASTRA 2x or Eurobird 1, some channels are now doubled as in some cases, I receive them from ASTRA 2x (most of time, they do not work) and this same channel is received (indication from the sat receiver) from Eurobird 1 and it works.......

I am confused.com! -)

Can someone explain me how a sat meter works, can I give as an input to a sat meter the frequency, baud rate, FEC, SID of a specific channel and orientate the dish according to level detected? Once I get a channel (based on a frequency given), can I definitively stop the research, or do I have to do it again depending on some frequencies?

I use a sat finder, but I have the impression that a sat finder will only indicate if I have a sat or not, and it does not depend on the frequency...but here again I am not sure, as on the other end of the sat finder I have a sat receiver and each time I do my pointing, I set up the sat receiver on the satellite I want to point on and use the sat finder and the sat receiver to orientate the dish.

Last point, without moving the dish, I have a good reception of Eurobird 1 and also ATRA 1x satellite which are at 18 or 19 degrees E, could I be pointing between Eurobird and ASTRA 1, or could I receive ASTRA 1x satellite with a poiting on 28 degrees East.

Regards
Nicolas

Robbo

The channels you are missing apart from BBC HD are on horizontal transponders. Maybe they are weaker where you are. Bravo isn't on 2D I don't think.

BBC3 and BBC4 come up as Cbeebies and CBBC during the day by the way, so check that.

The names of satellites on the receiver can be arbitary. Eurobird1 and Astra2 are effectively co-located on a small dish. It all comes down to what transponder details are entered/there in each satellite's list.

You can't receive Astra1 while pointing to 28E. BUT, since some of the same frequencies are used, a good signal and quality can be reported. But scan it and you wont get the right channels.