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Sky & Freesat fringe reception
what's the smallest dish for astra 2 in hamburg??
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<blockquote data-quote="Topper" data-source="post: 598852" data-attributes="member: 186250"><p>Welcome to the forum ardianto</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are three Astra satellites at 28.2 East and one Eurobird at 28.5. They transmit all the channels commonly referred to as Astra 2. They are deemed to be co-located, but each satellite can have more than one footprint. Any channels from <a href="http://www.lyngsat.com/astra2d.html" target="_blank">Astra 2D</a> are tightly focussed on the UK <a href="http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/maps/astra2d.html" target="_blank">as per here</a> and whilst Analoguesat is correct in suggesting that you may be OK, you are looking at a theoretical footprint and thus quite rightly asking for confirmation from someone else, but with fringe reception a few Km distance can make a big difference, for example certain parts of Spain are OK with a 90 cm others need twice that size. It really is a case of suck it and see with fringe reception unless you get someone in the same village or town who can confirm. For the sake of a small difference in cost it would be better in the absence of confirmation to buy slightly bigger as this would also minimise rain fade, where the signals are attenuated by heavy cloud and rain effectively cutting off the signal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topper, post: 598852, member: 186250"] Welcome to the forum ardianto There are three Astra satellites at 28.2 East and one Eurobird at 28.5. They transmit all the channels commonly referred to as Astra 2. They are deemed to be co-located, but each satellite can have more than one footprint. Any channels from [URL="http://www.lyngsat.com/astra2d.html"]Astra 2D[/URL] are tightly focussed on the UK [URL="http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/maps/astra2d.html"]as per here[/URL] and whilst Analoguesat is correct in suggesting that you may be OK, you are looking at a theoretical footprint and thus quite rightly asking for confirmation from someone else, but with fringe reception a few Km distance can make a big difference, for example certain parts of Spain are OK with a 90 cm others need twice that size. It really is a case of suck it and see with fringe reception unless you get someone in the same village or town who can confirm. For the sake of a small difference in cost it would be better in the absence of confirmation to buy slightly bigger as this would also minimise rain fade, where the signals are attenuated by heavy cloud and rain effectively cutting off the signal. [/QUOTE]
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