Astra 2E: Canaries & Africa Reports

[pro satn]

Tomorrow 6 February 2014
BBC channels will move To the Astra 2E @ 28 ° E
10773 H
10788 V
10803 H
10818 V
10847 V

 

[oldfart]

trouble with the magazine - its Madrid - about 1,000km north of Tenerife!!

 

[solly]

Tomorrow 6 February 2014
BBC channels will move To the Astra 2E @ 28 ° E
10773 H
10788 V
10803 H
10818 V
10847 V

astra 1n have 16 tp
11 tp move to 2e or 2f also ?

 

[pro satn]

http://www.astra2.org/

 

[timo_w2s]

Tomorrow 6 February 2014
BBC channels will move To the Astra 2E @ 28 ° E
10773 H
10788 V
10803 H
10818 V
10847 V

astra 1n have 16 tp
11 tp move to 2e or 2f also ?

Those mention above are the ones used by the BBC. The others are used by Ch4, ITV and Sky. If the BBC released the above info it may be they are just reporting about their own transponders.

 

[Lazarus]

Yes, we have a great many Members in common.

 

[oldfart]

All the BBC channels - GONE!
no lock on 10773 H 2200 5/6 DVB-S QPSK

 

[milestone 11]

I feel like a discarded party balloon this morning, utterly deflated. Talk about an anti-climax, it's reminiscent of the moon probe launch that I went to see at the Kennedy space centre.
Not a change to be found.

 

[FRINGE]

BBC reception now the same as what I have for channel 5 from 2f (as expected by me). So still receiving. BBC1 showing Strength 80% Quality 50% now on my Humax. If reception is similar to C5 then I would expect quality to increase to 60% (or more) later in the day. Will let you all know. BBc2 is the similar (75/50).

 

[oldfart]

Getting BBC (is this Astra 1N) on
10803 H 22000 5/6 DVB-S QPSK

 

[timo_w2s]

Getting BBC (is this Astra 1N) on
10803 H 22000 5/6 DVB-S QPSK

It's on 2E now

 

[radioagogo]

Hola Peeps, here we go again, can't belive it's been over a year. All BBC sevices gone here in Villaverde, not a sniff of a signal, lately I have been getting ITV on 11053 from 2f but only from around 10 in the morning to midday then it's gorn. Be ineresting to see if the same happens with 2e but somehow I doubt it. Anybody got a 3 metre dish going cheap?

 

[Captain Jack]

Getting BBC (is this Astra 1N) on
10803 H 22000 5/6 DVB-S QPSK

2E - looks like a glimmer of hope there for you!

I don't know why you Canarians bother with TV - I'd just sit outside all day with a drink that has a little umbrella in it.

 

[gx6000]

BBC channels ok here but reduced signal by around 20%. BBC 1 and 2 HD gone though.

 

[radioagogo]

Ha Ha Capn Jack, we have had cloudy days and cool weather with some rain here in Fuerte for the last two and a half weeks, not weather for sunbathing, better now though. Telly is for the missis. Sorry to go off topic just this once

 

[FRINGE]

I don't know why you Canarians bother with TV - I'd just sit outside all day with a drink that has a little umbrella in it.

Some of us do ;). Problem is - you eventually fall over .

Even the local wildlife like to chill-out.

 

[BLUEPLATINUM]

This morning I woke to a loss of BBC (ex 1N) Verticals but Horizontals (except HD) were OK. Channel 5 from 2F was also OK. Since then I am getting a little pixelation on the BBC horizontals, but have lost Channel 5 completely (which is normal). So an initial impression is that 2E is coming in more consistently than 2F. It is a Channel Master 2.4m offset dish with Inverto Black Ultra LNB and Amstrad DRX-890 receiver.

Later today I am going to setup the Technomate 5402 HD with a TV on the roof and see if I can tweak a bit more signal quality out of the scew and "long neck" adjustment. I think the dish alignment is probably OK (and I wouldn't tackle that anyway).

Many people with 3m prime focus dishes here are reporting total loss of BBC. I think most of them have Invacom LNBs as these were commonly installed back in the 2D days.

 

[milestone 11]

2E - looks like a glimmer of hope there for you!

I don't know why you Canarians bother with TV - I'd just sit outside all day with a drink that has a little umbrella in it.

Every second Sunday something happens...
So I'm all right Jack ;)

 

[Captain Jack]

It is a Channel Master 2.4m offset dish with Inverto Black Ultra LNB and Amstrad DRX-890 receiver.

Have you tried the CM feedhorn - I hear these are better than a normal LNB on larger CM dishes.

 

[milestone 11]

C5 HD still loud and clear on the EPG. 100% & 95% respectively on both inputs.