Football on Hotbird

Geee

Member
Joined
Aug 6, 2007
Messages
4
Reaction score
0
Points
0
Age
71
My Satellite Setup
Hotbird
My Location
North London
Hi - Can anyone help a novice at this? I have a fixed dish that picks up Hotbird, I received ART last season. Is there any premiership footie shown on hotbird now or must I get someone in to realign my dish to another satellite? If so, which one should I get? Or am I better with motorised or is that too expensive? Thanks
 

rolfw

Believe it when I see it Admin.
Staff member
Joined
May 1, 1999
Messages
38,292
Reaction score
1,615
Points
113
My Satellite Setup
Technomate 5402 HD M2 Ci, DM7000s, Transparent 80cm Dish, Moteck SG2100 DiseqC motor, lots of legacy gear. Meters: Satlook Digital NIT, Promax HD Ranger+ spectrum analyser.
My Location
Berkshire
Motorising isn't expensive and if you are prepared to have a go, we can coach you through the installation. :)
 

Robbo

Retired Mod
Joined
May 17, 2007
Messages
6,424
Reaction score
5
Points
38
Age
57
Website
www.mbcsatellites.co.uk
My Satellite Setup
TM6800HD, TM1000, TM600 Linux,TM2200 motor, Channel Master 1.2m motorised, TD110 dish Meter=Satlook Micro+G2 NIT
My Location
Gravesend,Kent,UK
Yes, agreed, motorising is not expensive at all, if you set it up yourself.
You can can easily pick up a diseqc motor for less than £50.
 

Geee

Member
Joined
Aug 6, 2007
Messages
4
Reaction score
0
Points
0
Age
71
My Satellite Setup
Hotbird
My Location
North London
Thanks for the encouragement. I think I will have a go maybe. What should I look for in a meter? Should I get one that identifies the satellites etc? I am very nervous that I will not get it right.
And should I just use my existing dish or do I need a new one?
Thanks
 

Robbo

Retired Mod
Joined
May 17, 2007
Messages
6,424
Reaction score
5
Points
38
Age
57
Website
www.mbcsatellites.co.uk
My Satellite Setup
TM6800HD, TM1000, TM600 Linux,TM2200 motor, Channel Master 1.2m motorised, TD110 dish Meter=Satlook Micro+G2 NIT
My Location
Gravesend,Kent,UK
The trouble is, the football is not all on one satellite.
Not into football myself, but DigitalB supersports I think its called, seems to be mentioned a lot. Check out the other threads in this section.

DigitalB is on 16E and depending on UK location needs an 80-100cm dish.

I have also seen English football on Premiere Sports Portal 19.2E
and some football on D+ 19.2 E. (patched receiver), I know nothing about football, so I couldnt tell you what quality the games were.

To re-align the dish on a budget, a cheap "satellite finder" can be used,
I prefer the needle type, others prefer the beepers. These are <£10

You can also use the receiver's signal meter, which will enable you to work out which sat you are on.


and yes, there are professional meters too, but they are a lot more costly, but not normally necessary for a one off re-alignment.


If you carefully mark the dishes position on the bracketry (indelible pen), if you muck up the re-alignment, it should be easy to get it back.

To go from Hotbird 13E to 16E, you would need to rotate the dish by a very small amount to the left (from behind dish)
and down by an even smaller amount, as those sats are right next to each other with nothing in between.
 
Top