timo_w2s
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I can't quite believe it but I'm near Kuusamo, Finland by the north eastern border with Russia and with an 85cm dish (TD88), Black Ultra single LNB and a Pace 2600C1 I'm picking up 12480V (2E Europe) clearly tonight, no breakup.
With a similar setup in Helsinki there is no chance, even a 1.8m dish struggles to get that transponder at times so I was quite surprised when Channel 4 came in loud and clear way up north.
I'm also getting 12032H (QVC) with quite bad breakup but the channels are identifiable. No other 2E transponders seem to be receivable. I also cannot get any 2F transponders.
This had led me to believe there may be life after 2A and 28A have gone (which are all currently receivable in the north), especially if I get a slightly bigger dish.
It seems that in the north of Finland the higher frequency 2E Europe transponders are stronger, whereas in the south of Finland the opposite is true and the lower 2E Europe transponders are stronger.
I guess here in the north of Finland I'm picking up a side lobe and presumably somewhere in the central areas there could be a null for the Europe beam? The 2E Europe beam should certainly not be picked up on a 85cm dish in the north east of Finland according to the published SES footprint maps.
I'll be bringing an HD receiver with me next time I visit so I can check some of the DVB-S2 transponders and get some actual signal level readings.
With a similar setup in Helsinki there is no chance, even a 1.8m dish struggles to get that transponder at times so I was quite surprised when Channel 4 came in loud and clear way up north.
I'm also getting 12032H (QVC) with quite bad breakup but the channels are identifiable. No other 2E transponders seem to be receivable. I also cannot get any 2F transponders.
This had led me to believe there may be life after 2A and 28A have gone (which are all currently receivable in the north), especially if I get a slightly bigger dish.
It seems that in the north of Finland the higher frequency 2E Europe transponders are stronger, whereas in the south of Finland the opposite is true and the lower 2E Europe transponders are stronger.
I guess here in the north of Finland I'm picking up a side lobe and presumably somewhere in the central areas there could be a null for the Europe beam? The 2E Europe beam should certainly not be picked up on a 85cm dish in the north east of Finland according to the published SES footprint maps.
I'll be bringing an HD receiver with me next time I visit so I can check some of the DVB-S2 transponders and get some actual signal level readings.