Dishes on holiday

**john_graydon** · 20-06-2005

Originally Posted by gameboy

Wonder if the owner of the big yacht also owns the three donkeys on the quay side?

The only dishes I can see are in that sea front restaurant.

Must try harder

Its like looking for Wally.....

**gameboy** · 20-07-2005

Just back from sunny France so look out for more French dishes here soon....

**gameboy** · 14-08-2005

Here goes with some dishes from sunny France.

Check out the ones attached to wooden huts and decking!!!

**gameboy** · 14-08-2005

More dishes here...

**rolfw** · 14-08-2005

Th first is an interesting mix of TV aerials, surprising that it still stands, it is on quite a tall building, the second is a typical city centre installation and the third was taken out of the car window.

The last is of the tunnel carriage with me just about to exit, still have the habit of using up the last few shots on the film, forgetting that it's a digital camera.

Likvid · 14-08-2005

Installation i've done in Nice, France peaking on the Thor satellite receiving all beams with an Andrew 1.2M dish fixed with Invacom C120 LNB.

Pictures taken during the installation, i was not finished but it's better than nothing to see....

***steffan_st*** · 15-08-2005

Have a look at this pic! Took it from the bus on our way to a camp in Mongolia.

This nomad lives in the middle of nowhere and lightyears from power lines,maybe he he runs his sat equipment on a fuel generator because he didn't have wind or solar power.

Zoom in the right side of his tent:

***steffan_st*** · 15-08-2005

Took this pic from the transsiberian train,it's a railwaystation in the Gobi desert Mongolia:

Sorry,the pic seems to be too big for uploading!

***steffan_st*** · 15-08-2005

Let's try another one:

Sorry,this didn't work either!

***steffan_st*** · 15-08-2005

Hotel dishes close to Beijing railway station:

**gameboy** · 15-08-2005

Originally Posted by steffan_st

This nomad lives in the middle of nowhere and lightyears from power lines,maybe he he runs his sat equipment on a fuel generator because he didn't have wind or solar power.

Or a secret underground bunker entrance!

Sorry that's the James Bond in me....

The pictures that are too big can you reduce the size? If you can't PM me and I'll give you my Email address and I'll do it for you - thanks GB

***steffan_st*** · 15-08-2005

Originally Posted by gameboy

Or a secret underground bunker entrance!

Sorry that's the James Bond in me....

The pictures that are too big can you reduce the size? If you can't PM me and I'll give you my Email address and I'll do it for you - thanks GB

So then the size is the problem.I have some software for it and I'll fix it later this week and upload again.

***steffan_st*** · 15-08-2005

A new try with a resized Gobi desert pic:

**gameboy** · 15-08-2005

Originally Posted by steffan_st

A new try with a resized Gobi desert pic:

Now that's a small house or a very big dish!

Think I would have put it in the back garden - they have enough space!

***steffan_st*** · 16-08-2005

Originally Posted by gameboy

Think I would have put it in the back garden - they have enough space!

You bet they have!

***deepbluesky*** · 16-08-2005

@steffan_st:

Many thanks for sharing these very rare pictures. I always wondered how many people in Mongolia practice satellite reception. I wonder what they can receive there except eastern russian and chinese beams. Theoretically in the capital Ulan Bataar 30.5E-180E are above the horizon !!

***steffan_st*** · 16-08-2005

Originally Posted by deepbluesky

@steffan_st:

Many thanks for sharing these very rare pictures. I always wondered how many people in Mongolia practice satellite reception. I wonder what they can receive there except eastern russian and chinese beams. Theoretically in the capital Ulan Bataar 30.5E-180E are above the horizon !!

Glad you appreciate the pics!

In fact the city of Ulan Bataar is a disaster.
Very poor people,lot's of slum and alcoholism,it makes me very sad to see that in such a beautiful country geographically speaking.People were very friendly also.

Then of course there are some people who has the money to buy sat equipment,also the hotels vere full of dishes just like in China.
The Turkish embassy vere using a Channel Master,didn't dare to take a pic of course!

***deepbluesky*** · 16-08-2005

The 42E Eurasiasat East beam footprint indeed reaches western parts of Mongolia with 40dbW but Ulan Bataar is so far away. Seems that again a footprint does not tell us the true story. I remember years ago there was somebody asking Dr.Dish about Turksat reception in Mongolia. Can you say roughly how big the dish was ?

***steffan_st*** · 16-08-2005

Originally Posted by deepbluesky

The 42E Eurasiasat East beam footprint indeed reaches western parts of Mongolia with 40dbW but Ulan Bataar is so far away. Seems that again a footprint does not tell us the true story. I remember years ago there was somebody asking Dr.Dish about Turksat reception in Mongolia. Can you say roughly how big the dish was ?

The dish was about 100-150 meter away but it was a 1.2 or 1.8 m CM.
The feed/lnb looked very strange,maybe c-band or a combination with ku.
Could it be they also use the dish for transmitting?!?

***deepbluesky*** · 17-08-2005

I see. If it was that small i don't believe that they can get 42E with it. The elevation is also rather low with 8°. So most probably it must have been for data/internet communication over an easier to get satellite if it was similar to those that banks or petrol stations use.

TriaxMan · 17-08-2005

Originally Posted by rolfw

Nothing much exciting over here in France, but these are the two old dishes I re-tuned for my sister near Chartres, both on 28.2E for her two Sky digital receivers, didn't have a twin at the time.

hi

may i put this image into my curiosities gallery here?

www.satlex.net/en/curiosities-page_1.html

greetings,
Chris

TriaxMan · 17-08-2005

Originally Posted by emission

here more from Norway on holiday

hi

may i put this images into my international gallery here?

www.satlex.net/en/intl_gallery.html

greetings,
Chris

***closetosoton*** · 31-08-2005

i've been quiet for a while. that's because i've less close to southampton and been sunning it up in tenerife. also checking out the intallations as i go, there's a nice collection of dishes knocking around, its nice to see things pointing different ways rather than all at 28.2E for a change. its quite common to see 19.2E and 30W dishes next to each other. i noted all pubs with s*y seemed to run (guesstimate) offset 2.4M solid dishes. here's one from the 'calamity bar'. i never saw a single BBC channel on TV though (not that i watched much...) so don't know whether this covers 2D or not... i know we've a few forum members down that way, i played spot the ex-pat along in my hire car, i guess its safe to say anyone with a 2.4M dish is enjoying english viewing for s*y...

bye for now. off to greece next week. what's the sat of choice over there? hellas sat 39E? there doesn't seem to be _that_ much on offer for the greeks... i guess the favourite subscription pacakge is nova on 13E?

-cts

***deepbluesky*** · 31-08-2005

Nice picture closetosoton

To your question:
In Greece of course many people are willing to pay the 50€ per month for Nova. Either because of the sports content or because the terrestrial reception over UHF is terrible. There are also no subpackages and all the major state and private channels are part of it.

Besides that most people are interested in reception of 13E/19.2E/28.2E/39E, some also in 30W/7W/26E/42E

The immigrants of course prefer their favorite positions:
Albanians 16E
russian speaking Greeks 5E/53E/90E
Bulgarians 16E/39E

All the other positions are beeing received only from a small amount of people. Either they have a motorised system or have lived for a long time in another country so they are keen on say 40.5W like a greek in Athens who was in Argentina.
Those are also the ones who are likely to pay for a subscription like Televisa on 43W.

But in general few people that have been watching pay TV for free with pirate cards or other methods for a long time rarely would pay for a subscription, although the most favourite packages are Sky Italia, D+, TPS, Premiere and last but not least Sky UK. Most of them don't have the money, next ones hope that there will be always a way in watching for free and the problem that almost all have the insufficient dish diameter since many frequencies are weak and require diameters of 2.40m or even more..

**greg-h** · 31-08-2005

hellas is the most popular in cyprus I think you can get itv as I saw the monaco grand prix there last year in a pup an larnicka

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