Badr 7 in north europe

[ceedjay]

I have tried to find som information regarding reception of badr 7 in north europe. I live in northen Sweden. What dish size will i need? Does a 120cm be enought?

Regards

 

[Mickha]

Badr 7, 26e, is using the East Mena beam, and from the satellite beam map it looks like it might be a spot beam, for N W Africa:

http://www.arabsat.com/english/the-fleet/badr-7

 

[ceedjay]

Badr 7, 26e, is using the East Mena beam, and from the satellite beam map it looks like it might be a spot beam, for N W Africa:

http://www.arabsat.com/english/the-fleet/badr-7

Yes but i wonder if someone have tried to receive badr 7 in north europe and with what dish size. I have tried to receive badr 4 last year but with no luck. Currently i dont have a spectrum analyser or some other instrument so i have not tried to receive the new badr 7 MBC transmissions yet. I will try soon but i dont think it is possible with my 120cm dish.


/Christian

 

[Lazarus]

Well, we've a few notable Members from Scandinavia, so maybe one or more of them will pop-up in due course and give you real-life reports.

 

[ocean04]

i wonder if someone have tried to receive badr 7 in north europe and with what dish size.

Here today with 2.4m + SF4008
11270V (East Mena) 14.0db
10970V (NWA) 8.2db
11230H (Mena) -

 

[Mickha]

Check the channels you should be able to get, on 26E, like 11996 H 27500, on Badr 4, then try a few others:

https://www.lyngsat.com/Badr-4-5-6-7.html

 

[william-1]

You may get most of these Badr 4 at 26.0°E - LyngSat
Badr-5,6 & 7 all have a very tight footprint no signals here with a 100cm dish,

I only get Badr-4 & when it retires 26 east will be lost altogether here in the East of England as I have no plans for a larger dish.

 

[ceedjay]

Here today with 2.4m + SF4008
11270V (East Mena) 14.0db
10970V (NWA) 8.2db
11230H (Mena) -

Thats might be good news. We almost live at the same lat lon so if theory holds i should have about 8db S/N on 11270V. I must try today.

Thank you for the report

I have about 4 dB C/N on the strongest UK beam transponder on Astra 2G. Im about to buy a 1.8m CM but i think a 2.4m is the minimum to be able to receive the UK beam. What C/N do you have on 28.2 UK?

/Christian

 

[ceedjay]

Hel

You may get most of these Badr 4 at 26.0°E - LyngSat
Badr-5,6 & 7 all have a very tight footprint no signals here with a 100cm dish,

I only get Badr-4 & when it retires 26 east will be lost altogether here in the East of England as I have no plans for a larger dish.

Nothing on Badr 4 with my old 120cm dish. I will try with my fibo 120 today.

/Christian

 

[Mickha]

Can you please post the channels you are getting on Astra 2G.

 

[ceedjay]

Can you please post the channels you are getting on Astra 2G.

im getting all europe beam channels on 2G and 2E. 2E is 9-10 dB C/N and 2G 14-17 dB. No 2F at all. 2F euro is actually weaker than 2G UK.

 

[Mickha]

You are probably getting the Europe KU beam channels:

http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/footprints/Astra-2G-Europe-Ku.html

There are some good channels, still available, on that beam, including Talking Pictures TV:

https://www.lyngsat.com/Astra-2E-2F-2G.html

 

[ceedjay]

I am able to receive badr 7 11270V. 9 dB C/N and just finetuned with my dreambox 800 hd. I must admit it is a surprise because i can not receive anything on badr4 mena beam.

 

[RimaNTSS]

I am also getting this transponder on 1.2m dish.

 

[Dia M2030]

I am also getting this transponder on 1.2m dish. View attachment 107418

IS this pic from badr 4 or badr7?

 

[RimaNTSS]

According to LyngSat it is Badr7

 

[RimaNTSS]

Have re-scanned position 26*E , got reception from 21 transponder (Badr4&7), more than 200 services. Took one screenshot per transponder. Some channels have pretty good bitrate, on many channels lots of Ramadan speaking
Will post screenshots in batches (10+10+1)

 

[RimaNTSS]

Batch #2

 

[RimaNTSS]

Screenshot #21

 

[ocean04]

What C/N do you have on 28.2 UK?

Badr4 BSS okay here with 1.8m.
Badr4 FSS not possible, even with 3m. Something once or twice.
Badr5 NWA 12284V and 12303H usually evenings/night with 3m. Other Badr5 no lock.
Badr6 all DVB-S FEC3/4 most of the time with 3m. No HD

2G UK only 10964H is usually okay with 3m. 10994H sometimes.
2E UK status here:
Astra 2E: Scandinavia & Baltics Reports
2F UK here (not good):
BBC Red Button summer streams up again