10773H vanishes...what the hell?

[hedge]

I return from holiday to my Algarve shack to no BBC1 England, no BBC2 England & no Five. First there was signal strength but a blank screen, now there is no signal strength.
So I check Lyngsat for a change of 'venue'....zilch. Then I look on the forums, no mention.
Everything else seems OK at my end, so does anyone know what is going on please?

 

[Channel Hopper]

Have you cleared the snow off the dish ?

Have you cleared the snow off the dish a bit too vigorously ?

 

[Analoguesat]

In some areas 10773H is getting nailed by the recently activated 10770H on Badr 5 at 26E.

 

[hedge]

Have you cleared the snow off the dish ?

Have you cleared the snow off the dish a bit too vigorously ?

I do sympathise with your plight CH, but the snow has not got as far as SW Portugal.........but then neither it seems has 10773H

 

[hedge]

In some areas 10773H is getting nailed by the recently activated 10770H on Badr 5 at 26E.

Outrageous! - This is the BBC that is being interfered with, can I sue?

 

[Lazarus]

It would be interesting to see you try :-googly

 

[Analoguesat]

Outrageous! - This is the BBC that is being interfered with, can I sue?

It will only get worse as more low band Badr 5 frequencies are fired up in the next few months

 

[hedge]

It will only get worse as more low band Badr 5 frequencies are fired up in the next few months

So us non licence fee paying reprobates will soon be left with CBS Action only? - I'm so pleased Amazon stuck £20 on the Foxsat HDR recently & I reacted in my usual (sod 'em) way.
Oh well, there is always Max Keiser twice a week on Russia Today .......... & a good book; & radio 3; & Swiss Jazz; & my Italian will improve.

 

[Channel Hopper]

I do sympathise with your plight CH, but the snow has not got as far as SW Portugal.........but then neither it seems has 10773H

I assumed incorrectly, that Algarve was your holiday shack and you had returned to the UK

 

[fergyc]

Would these frequencies on Badr have been set up deliberately?

 

[Analoguesat]

Good grief no - the frequencies will have been approved by international agreement years ago at the ITU.

Remember the 28E frequencies are designed to be received in the UK & immediate area only. The fact that some fringe reception is possible is a happy accident. If they get blatted by an adjacent satellite well its just tough luck.

Many expats are going to get some nasty shocks when Astra 2E to 2G start going into service and they start losing many other channels.

 

[hedge]

I assumed incorrectly, that Algarve was your holiday shack and you had returned to the UK

ARGH!!! - Please god Noooooooo.

The loss of UK tv will be such a small sacrifice

 

[satelliteman]

You may want to read this thread http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/...-fringe-reception-tech/185733-bbc-10773h.html

See the footprint of Badr 5 Pan-Arab here _http://www.flysat.com/badr26-beam.php

 

[hedge]

Well found sat man, thxs! -- you have outdone Google.

All we need now is iceman's 'solution'

 

[NunoV]

Bbc 1- 10817 v 22000 5/6
bbc 2 - 10803 h 22000 5/6
five - 10775 h 22000 5/6

 

[Lazarus]

Bbc 1- 10817 v 22000 5/6
bbc 2 - 10803 h 22000 5/6
five - 10775 h 22000 5/6

Yes we know where they are transmitted from ........... the problem is that in some fringe areas they are no longer receivable or are degraded compared to even a few weeks ago.

 

[Channel Hopper]

All we need now is iceman's 'solution'

Any proper solution is going to mean bigger dish, a 2.2/2.4m will be able to cope with a sub 3 degree spacing.

 

[hedge]

Bbc 1- 10817 v 22000 5/6
bbc 2 - 10803 h 22000 5/6
five - 10775 h 22000 5/6

Hmm, why don't 10817 & 10775 show on Lyngsat's 28.2 listings?

At least when I look they don't.

 

[Lazarus]

Hmm, why don't 10817 & 10775 show on Lyngsat's 28.2 listings?

At least when I look they don't.

They're only nominal .... each TP is 20MHz or so wide and the centre frequency reported by any given receiver is often a couple of MHz out.

So I think he means 10818 (for 10817) and 10773 (for 10775)

 

[Huevos]

Hedge, first thing to try before anything else is take some skew out of it. Twist the LNB anticlockwise a bit so the cable comes out somewhere between 6 and 7 ºclock. This will take some of the potency out of the Badr5 signal but barely affect the power of 2D.