Sabc international in london

wium

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The above transmission is on 68,5 East ,what size dish is required in London to view the programmes?
 

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Hello!
the sabc channels sabc 1-3 are now in kuband sending on the south africa beam,no signal here in europe!
sabc news,i think its now in the satelite on europe beam (kuband)
sending with fec 1/2,that means,signal should be strong enoug,with a normal 90 cm dish for this news channel alone!
sabc in cband,is only a part of the multchoice networt,the signal on this transponder,is much lower,then on the others!

with 2,40 mesh antenna!
in past,a member told here,on board,if i remeber right it was channel hopper that lives in london,and he says with 3,60 m only signal on one polarisation,the other with multicoice on it no signal,rember 68,5e is very deep declination,and in uk nearly behind the horizont....
 

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Yes Turok must be right for the dish size. I received SABC NEWS International on africa/europe beam(12722V/PAS 10) with a 120cm dish. But I am out of footprint( less than 40dBW Eirp). London is 44.6 dBW.
 

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The problem for the UK with 68E is that its only about 5 degrees above the horizon at best , so ANY obstructions - trees / hills / buildings out to the SE mean its out of range.
 
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