Sky sports northern Europe

[dan1974]

Hi Guys whats the strongest Sky Sports 1 signal in the north Europe area. I used to watch the Irish one and even in snow storms it was great but now nothing.

 

[timo_w2s]

In Helsinki this is what I get with a 1.8m dish with the strongest first:

11.9dB - 11798H DVB-S2 QPSK SR 29500 FEC 3/4 SS 1 HD (UK)
10.5dB - 11914H DVB-S QPSK SR 27500 FEC 2/3 SS 5 SD (UK), SS 3 SD (Ire), SS 4 SD (Ire)
10.3dB - 12344H DVB-S2 QPSK SR 29500 FEC 3/4 SS 2 HD (UK), SS 3 HD (UK)
09.9dB - 12148H DVB-S QPSK SR 27500 FEC 2/3 SS 1 SD (Ire), SS 4 SD (UK)
09.7dB - 12110H DVB-S QPSK SR 27500 FEC 2/3 SS F1 SD, SS 2 SD (Ire), SS 1 SD (UK), SS 3 SD (UK)
09.4dB - 12460H DVB-S2 QPSK SR 29500 FEC 3/4 SS 5 HD (UK)
08.3dB - 12363V DVB-S2 QPSK SR 29500 FEC 3/4 SS F1 HD
07.6dB - 12324V DVB-S2 QPSK SR 29500 FEC 3/4 SS 4 HD (UK)
06.6dB - 12207V DVB-S QPSK SR 27500 FEC 2/3 SS 5 SD (Ire), SS 2 SD (UK) [Due to change FEC to 5/6 next week!]
04.3dB - 10862H DVB-S2 8PSK SR 23000 FEC 2/3 SS 1 HD (Ire) [UK spot]

Some transponders are changing FEC to 5/6. I know 12207V is due to change in a few days time. Maybe more will change too. This will make these channels even harder to pick up (requiring an extra 2dB or so of signal to lock).

 

[timo_w2s]

I thought I'd also post the results of my findings from Ruka, north eastern Finland as they are quite different. This is from an 85cm dish:

05.6dB - 12324V DVB-S2 QPSK SR 29500 FEC 3/4 SS 4 HD (UK)
05.1dB - 12148H DVB-S QPSK SR 27500 FEC 2/3 SS 1 SD (Ire), SS 4 SD (UK)
05.1dB - 12460H DVB-S2 QPSK SR 29500 FEC 3/4 SS 5 HD (UK)
05.0dB - 12207V DVB-S QPSK SR 27500 FEC 2/3 SS 5 SD (Ire), SS 2 SD (UK) [Due to change FEC to 5/6 next week!]
04.9dB - 12110H DVB-S QPSK SR 27500 FEC 2/3 SS F1 SD, SS 2 SD (Ire), SS 1 SD (UK), SS 3 SD (UK)
04.8dB - 12344H DVB-S2 QPSK SR 29500 FEC 3/4 SS 2 HD (UK), SS 3 HD (UK)
04.8dB - 12363V DVB-S2 QPSK SR 29500 FEC 3/4 SS F1 HD
01.5dB - 11914H DVB-S QPSK SR 27500 FEC 2/3 SS 5 SD (UK), SS 3 SD (Ire), SS 4 SD (Ire)
01.2dB - 11798H DVB-S2 QPSK SR 29500 FEC 3/4 SS 1 HD (UK)
00.0dB - 10862H DVB-S2 8PSK SR 23000 FEC 2/3 SS 1 HD (Ire) [UK spot]

 

[dan1974]

Thanks for the info, can you get sky sports in Helsinki or Ruka?

 

[timo_w2s]

Thanks for the info, can you get sky sports in Helsinki or Ruka?

I could at the moment if I paid for them, with the exception of Sky Sports 1 HD Ireland on 10862H in Helsinki which is on the UK beam.

In Ruka on the smaller dish I can't get the last three 11914H, 11798H, 10862H as they are too weak.

Also when Sky change the FEC setting for some of the other channels then I might also lose those later in the week at both locations. Will know more when it happens. More info in this thread: https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/tp63-new-itv-regions-sky-fec-changes.164907/unread