Arabsat 26E

kavkas6

hi everone ....

I would really appreciate it if someone can advise me on how to receive the Arabsat 26E channels especially MBC channels, I have the dish already fitted but can’t get the signal as i live in London. thank you

Channel Hopper

Any clairvoyants on the forum tonight ?

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Analoguesat

I knew you were going to ask that

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SatAdvisor

You most likely have simple dish size problem, i.e. yours is too small! (Sorry for saying that without having seen it... smile). Let me explain: A few months ago, MBC has deliberately reduced the power of its transponder over Europe inorder to deal with rioghts management issues they were facing re: some of their content (essentially movies) purchased to Hollywood studios. For that reason, what used to be a good-enough dish size to receive them is now too small (you'd now need a 1.2m minimum, preferably 1.5m, dish!), although one can still receive perfectly well all other Arabsat's BADR-4 transponders. -- Hope this is clear enough and will help you fixing the problem; Rgds, E.

Robbo

Well, I was getting the MBC channels a few days a go when it wasn't hissing it down, but today it is and I can't. That is in Kent with a 90cm dish and a Inverto Silvertech LNB. Dish size is obviously important with these channels.

Robbo

kavkas6

SatAdvisor and Robbo71 thank you very much for your help i really appreciate it

Robbo

Just got them back now, VERY marginal. It had stopped raining but I had to go out and dry the face of the LNB to get an acceptable signal quality back again.

Park Royal

I watch MBC channels on 7west, weather permitting, never seen them on 26east.
Parky