Who in England is receiving the KU circular polarization TV program? Which satellite? How big is the antenna? Thank you for sharing.
36E Can circularly polarized TV programs be received in England? How much antenna do I need? Thanks.Have you got a name for the circular Tv program ? ... are you thinking of the satellite at 36°E which has a around 33 circular channels
36E Can circularly polarized TV programs be received in England? How much antenna do I need? Thanks.
@nelson_b received 36E circular Russian beam a few years back on his 2.4m CM up in Manchester, which was impressive. Would be interesting to see other people's results.
I tried it but only got around 3dB on those - make sure to pick transponders that are not reused for South Africa beam.
Some backgroundAhh Ok, that gives me a bit of hope then
https://satbeams.com/footprints?norad=41191
https://www.dishpointer.com/#page-top
...The only beam for the UK is the Eurasia beam, find your location and zoom in, it will you an estimated dish size for that beam. (id go as big as you can)...
That is actually worth a try as well. I know "pride21" was able to receive some circular Ku frequencies in the Channel Islands (Jersey?) on his 1.5m Gibertini, so if you have a line of sight there (I don't), it would be worth a look.I had mentioned the other possibility in a PM earlier, wide beam of Express AT at 56E
Whilst not Ku band, many of the military satellites use circular polarisation at X band frequencies from memory, around 8-9 GHz.
In fact.... @nelson_b was also able to lock a transponder from thereThat is actually worth a try as well. I know "pride21" was able to receive some circular Ku frequencies in the Channel Islands (Jersey?) on his 1.5m Gibertini, so if you have a line of sight there (I don't), it would be worth a look.
In fact.... @nelson_b was also able to lock a transponder from there
Express-at1 - 56° east (k/u circular)
Hi - Encouraged by limited success with k/u circular a couple of years ago at 36 East ... and the fact that my 1.8 c.m is now free to be setup with a clear view to eastern Sats that were blocked or part blocked in the past - I decided to have a go at 56 east ... Managed to lock one...satellites.co.uk
I think @nelson_b might be in a more favourable location for the Russian circular polarity stuff.
Unfortunately I have no clear line of sight beyond 54.9E to check 56.0E out. I can get some data channels from 57E but they are really strong, nothing for any feeds/general satellite though.
For 36.0E, I am not sure but I think something may have changed re the beam or beam power since the days when a few members were reporting reception a few years back?
They are tough ones to lock in the UK, that's for sure.
Hi -
I can confirm that 12149 L 27500 is still active ... its only borderline / intermittent lock though on 2.4 c.m. currently, due to heavy cloud and rain showers here at the moment .... all channels encrypted except 1 info screen/ channel.
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@nelson_b
Thank you for checking and well done, those circular frequencies are not easy to lock.
Were there any others close to locking that you could "see" with the F15?