Fixed Dish At,Intelsat 801 @ 31.5° West.

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My 2.4M Channel Master Dish Fixed At,Intelsat 801 @ 31.5° West.
For BBC/ITV News Feeds.
 

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Nice installation. Shame to use an LNBf on this dish. Bit of an overkill for a downlink of 49dBW though :D
 

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Interesting aspect to the hobby, keeping an eye on News Feeds.

Do you actually get to learn much that doesn't appear in short order on the News Channels proper?

I imagine there are lots of "bloopers" and so on during the preparatory phases?
 

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Very nice indeed.

P.S.: It 's so low the signal from Spot2 of 31,5W ,that you need such a big dish ?:eek:
 

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Hi satelliteman,i did try and use my 1.2m dish to get signal,however i could not get any signals.
 

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Hi Tivù,you do get some good stuff on news feeds,and yes a few bloopers too.And on 11606 V ITN Newsnet there is a live camera shot,of the ITN newsroom which is on all day.
 

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Hi doktorofsat,i did try and use my 1.2m dish to get signal,however i could not get any signals.So i turned my 2.4m dish to 31.5West,and the signal came in very strong.
 

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Nicely done John ..
Most impressive

You know how it is ...I saw your post and had to swing my TD110 over to 31.5w to take a look at this inclined bird ..
No probs getting a snapshot of 11606v
Signal very strong here.
Can you list any other feeds worth taking a look at ?
rgds
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@John896

Nice setup.

@Vipersan

It's very strong in the UK, according to footprint about 51dBW which equals a 60cm dish.

Could it be that the house partially blocks the signal for John? i saw the picture but don't know the elevation angle in UK for it, if you can get it with a Triax TDA110 he should have received it with a CM 120cm
 

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Telia said:
@John896

Nice setup.

@Vipersan

It's very strong in the UK, according to footprint about 51dBW which equals a 60cm dish.

Could it be that the house partially blocks the signal for John? i saw the picture but don't know the elevation angle in UK for it, if you can get it with a Triax TDA110 he should have received it with a CM 120cm


The only other option I can imagine ..is that the elevation is set for what would have been correct _if_ the bird was _not_ inclined ..say correct for hispasat ..
Then the larger dish being a tighter beam would be less accurately aligned at 31.5 deg..

If the dish was aligned on Intel 801 using a meter ..then this would not apply of course..
just a thought..
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I think i will move the dish to Nilesat 7West,see what sort of signal i can get on 11996 H
 

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JOHN896 said:
I think i will move the dish to Nilesat 7West,see what sort of signal i can get on 11996 H

Let us know how you get on John
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Looking for a freq to lock on to. On 11606 3400 V getting nothing ATM. Any help thanks.

Are these 4:2:2 exclusive feeds?

John896 and Vipersan what receiver are you using?
 

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Looking for a freq to lock on to. On 11606 3400 V getting nothing ATM. Any help thanks.

Are these 4:2:2 exclusive feeds?

John896 and Vipersan what receiver are you using?

I suspect the feeds are indeed 4:2:2 for the most part ..
I had to move to my pci sat card /progdvb & elecard codec to resolve an image on 11606V

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Vipersan said:
I suspect the feeds are indeed 4:2:2 for the most part ..
I had to move to my pci sat card /progdvb & elecard codec to resolve an image on 11606V

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Thanks re 4:2:2

Am I right in saying that 11606 v 3400 is running all the time?
 

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Hi GreenmanBelg,11606 v 3400 runs from 9am-7pm (GMT) seven days a week.And sometimes all night,if there is a big breaking news story.
 

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Hi GreenmanBelg,11606 v 3400 runs from 9am-7pm (GMT) seven days a week.And sometimes all night,if there is a big breaking news story.

Hi John,
Thanks for that, I'll try tomorrow. I have Hispasat so its just a little twitch to the right. Will let the forum know.:)
 

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You should put up a EGIS motor on that 2.4m,.
 

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Hi GreenmanBelg,11606 v 3400 runs from 9am-7pm (GMT) seven days a week.And sometimes all night,if there is a big breaking news story.

Hi John,
Locked on this morning to the signal but I see a few pixels.

What receiver are you using John?
 
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