Dish Size Survey (now closed)

**chris** · 20-11-2005

The BIG 28.2E Dish Size survey

Welcome to the BIG Sky Digital survey. Please click HERE and enter your location in to our map and enter the size of your dish your using to receive Sky Digital 28.2E. Also please add any notes e.g. "No Channel 4 at night" If you can't receive 28.2E please enter "No signal here". We hope to build a clear picture of what is needed to receive 28.2E in fringe reception areas around Europe and that this will benefit other members in the future when setting up a new system.

View the results here-
http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/...BGooglemap.php

Enter your details here-
http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/forum/VBGooglemap.php?do=yourlocation

Message to all who post a map pin, please add the relevant reception info, I know there isn't a lot of room, but a statement like "1.8m, all BBC+ITV" would suffice, it has to be 30 characters or less. Below is the sort of thing we are looking forEdit, now 50 characters

Sorry, map does not work with the latest vbulletin versions.

**rolfw** · 20-11-2005

Nice feature Chris, have added my location, not particularly relevant to the fringe members, but keeps the ball rolling.

***Zorba*** · 20-11-2005

Originally Posted by rolfw

Nice feature Chris, have added my location, not particularly relevant to the fringe members, but keeps the ball rolling.

True,but we know where you live now,roughly.

***Zorba*** · 20-11-2005

T_G what are you testing in Nigeria,a 15m dish?

**rolfw** · 20-11-2005

Originally Posted by zorba

True,but we know where you live now,roughly.

LOL, very roughly, it would have to be in a tent or caravan there, as it's right out on the downs.

***BGonaSTICK*** · 21-11-2005

Doh!

If the old bill are reading this, I pointed to my next door neighbours house...

Doh!

**iggy** · 21-11-2005

I have added my raport as well. Now you can have a good glimpse at my place

**rolfw** · 21-11-2005

Wow, first time I've used the satellite image closeup Iggy, looks good, can almost see the dish.

**Rabbit** · 21-11-2005

My flag is posted! But awful map in Sweden! Had to locate it roughly by a lake!

**Analoguesat** · 21-11-2005

Im on too - in the middle of nowhere up the northern half of the UK!

All 28E channels received loud and clear on an ex analogue 60cm round dish with new lnb. Even the weaker Eurobird S2 beams are adequate.

(Interestingly the map is wrong here - the road layout bears no resemblance whatsoever to whats actually on the ground!)

**stuzeeuk** · 21-11-2005

All,

I have just moved to Pakistan from Ukraine. I had a 1.8M dish in Ukraine and picked sky up fine (no BBC though)

I have hotbird here with an 8ft dish.

According to local satellite mags I can pick up Sky with a 12ft dish ....... (only cost £200 or so !!!). I have to confess, its seems like a long shot to me !!

Anyone outhere tested or had similar experience of being so far out of the footpint ? is this really possible ?

Seems unlikely at best to me !!!

Stuart

**rato** · 21-11-2005

I'm testing a 1.2 m offset dish with a twin 0.4 Inverto LNB. The channel I want to receive (NASN channel) is on a beam that is acceptable with this size of dish. Of course I will test the rest of the channels and post the results.

Fartilfive · 21-11-2005

Pace 2600 with 80cm. dish all bbc and itv channels

**rolfw** · 21-11-2005

Can you add that info to your map pin please Fartilfive?

At least the dish size and All BBC/ITV.

Message to all who post a map pin, please add the relevant reception info, I know there isn't a lot of room, but a statement like "1.8m, all BBC+ITV" would suffice, it has to be 30 characters or less. Edit now 50 characters

**chris** · 21-11-2005

Now set text allowed to 50 characters, Thanks to everyone for your support with this

**barney** · 21-11-2005

42° 06' 38" N
14° 41' 47" E

3.0 mt dish and 1.80 mt dish Prime focus
pace dsn 430....
Invacom 0.3 dual out and MTi 0.6 c120

no astra 2D NEVER
Some times lose some frequency of astra 2a north beam

Regards

**rolfw** · 21-11-2005

Can you mark it on the map please Barney? http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/...o=yourlocation

**barney** · 21-11-2005

Originally Posted by rolfw

Can you mark it on the map please Barney? http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/...o=yourlocation

sorry Rolf..
ok

gmafunga · 13-02-2006

it is a 1.8 m dish and my system is philips 54''.Iam in southern africa

**Prophessor** · 24-02-2006

Done my part and I'm not really happy about it.

I used to be able to get Cnn, Sky News, QVC, TCM, Boomerang, ITN, BBC radios, S4C, ZeeTV and some useless dating channels. Right now I can't even find the faintest bit of reception. I could have the dish missaligned, but I move it around and nothing happened.
These satellites were allways a bit problematic, specially in winter, but now they seem to be gone.

***EgyptDUDE*** · 28-05-2006

just added my reception results
but forgot to mention that its BBC,ITV included
that is on 240 cm in Alexandria - Egypt
thanks all

**Analoguesat** · 29-05-2006

Which joker has put their location as the middle of the Atlantic 500 miles north west of Northern Ireland???

**Lancelot** · 29-05-2006

M3rovingian from Terceira, Portugal wiv a 800mm dish (according to him) fails the GCSE geography test.

Spectacularly

L.

***Saturlight*** · 03-08-2006

Don't get Sky, soz.

**nanochickin** · 28-04-2009

View the results here-
http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/...BGooglemap.php

Enter your details here-
http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/...o=yourlocation

These links don't seem to work anymore Chris. Can you have a look?

Nano

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