Advice Needed my future plans

[John Pykett]

The 97cm Technomate Motorised Satellite Dish + Motor + LNB & Fittings £119.95 is £6 cheaper than the 80cm set up on that site & much better for the FTA TV you desire.

well i dont want it too big, for my needs 80cm is fine and i got big budget anyway

 

[John Pykett]

additionally can anybody list me the satellites you can receive from uk with 80cm dish?

 

[william-1]

I have a list somewhere back soon.

 

[Mickha]

A lot, probably including:
42E, 39E, 28.2E, 23.5E, 19.2E, 16E, 13E, 10E, 9E, 7E, 4.9E, 0.8W, but different satellites have different beams, satellite footprints, and most feeds require a larger dish than normal channels.
Why not check out lyngsat, and see what's available, on various satellites:

https://www.lyngsat.com/

 

[Lazarus]

Add to the above 11W, 12.5W, 15W, 22W, 30W, 45W, 33E and 36E

Also some TPs on 21.5E, and some TPs on 26E

Even the odd TP on 4W can be possible.

 

[Archive-8]

Add these to the list, I get them on my 88cm mesh dish :- 50°E & 52.5°E

 

[william-1]

To get most FTA TV you will need a HD receiver as a SD receiver cannot resolve DVB-S2.

80cm dish reception in the East of England

Strongest Transponders over 44 Satellites:-

Al Yah 1 @ 52.5° east 11843 V 27500 2/3 S2 A1 World
TurkmenÄlem/MonacoSat @ 52 east 12303 V 27500 2/3 S2 HD Turkmenistan Sport
Belarus Sat 1 @ 51.5° east 11290 H 45000 5/6 S2 TV Bratislava
Turksat 4B @ 50° east 11196 V 2222 5/6 TürkSat Tanitim
AzerSpace-1 @ 46° east 11135 H 27500 5/6 CBC Sport HD
Intelsat-904 @ 45° east 11635 V 30000 S2 City TV
Türksat-3A @ 42° east 11054 V 30000 S2 TRT World HD
Türksat-4A @ 42 east 12034 V 27500 5/6 CNN Turk
Hellas Sat-2 @ 39 east 11135 V 30000 2/3 S2 Magic TV Bulgaria
Eutelsat-36B @ 36 east 11212 H 14400 3/5 S2 Rustavi 2
Astra-2E @ 28.5 east 10847 V 23000 2/3 S2 BBC-1 HD
Astra-2F @ 28.2 east 11306 H 27500 Bike Ch
Astra-2G @ 28.2 east 10964 H 22000 Channel 5 HD
Astra-3B @ 23.5 east 11798 H 29500 S2 Rebel
Astra-1KR @ 19.2 east 11229 V 22000 2/3 S2 BBC World News HD
Astra-1L @ 19.2 east 11186 V 22000 5/6 BVN TV Europa
Astra-1M @ 19.2 east 12480 V 27500 Sport 1 (Germany)
Astra-1N @ 19.2 east 11494 H 22000 2/3 S2 ARTE HD
Eutelsat-16A @ 16 east 11636 H 30000 5/6 S2 VIP TV
Hotbird-13B @ 13 east 12226 V 27500 VoA TV Europe
Hotbird-13C @ 13 east 11240 V 27500 France 24
Hotbird-13E @ 13 east 10775 H 27500 5/6 Album TV
Eutelsat-10A @ 10 east 11008 V 2962 Kurdistan TV
Eutelsat-9A @ 9 east 12034 V 27500 2/3 S2 W9 Swiss HD
Eutelsat-7A @ 7 east 11678 V 30000 5/6 TRT World HD
Eutelsat-7B @ 7 east 12556 V 4035 5/6 S2 HD Fox Sports Europe $
Astra-4A @ 4.8 east 12073 H 27500 News One (Ukraine)
Eutelsat-3B @ 3.1 east 12526 H 4444 2M Monde

Thor-5 @ 0.8 west 11357 H 24500 7/8 Kanal 10 Norge
Thor-6 @ 0.9 west 12418 V 28000 7/8 Sky News Int
Intelsat-10-02 @ 1 west 12562 V 27500 Speranta TV
Eutelsat-5West A @ 5 west 12690 V 29950 S2 ORTB TV (Super beam)
Eutelsat-5West A @ 5 west 11059 H 23700 Canal Algérie (Steerable beam)
Eutelsat-8West B @ 8 west 10971 V 27500 Al Jazeera English
Eutelsat-12West A @ 12.5 west 11390 V 27500 KTO
Express-AM8 @ 14 west 10974 H 2963 Al Manor
Telstar--12 Vantage @ 15 west 12585 H 3197 7/8 MSNBC
SES-4 -- @ 22 west 11128 H 14300 3/5 S2 Reuters World News Service HD
Intelsat-905 @ 24.5 west 11513 H 27500 Télé Maroc
Intelsat-907 @ 27.5 west 11495 V 44100 S2 BBC 1 HD $
Hispasat 30W-4 @ 30°west 11529 V 10000 9/10 S2 TaroTVision
Hispasat 30W-5 @ 30°west 12092 V 27500 Cubavision
Eutelsat 36 West A @ 36° west 11330 H 3000 Hispasat 36 test bars
Intelsat-14 @ 45 west 11608 H 1852 RASD tv

 

[John Pykett]

thanks for the list of sats, so that means i should get a lot when i get my diy kit at christmas time

 

[Archive-8]

thanks for the list of sats, so that means i should get a lot when i get my diy kit at christmas time

That's an open ended question!

Yes you should see most of the satellites, you won't have much margin for rain fade.

 

[Analoguesat]

Excellent project John - Im sure you will be fascinated as to whats available out there away from Sky / Freesat.

Before you start trying to set up motorised I would strongly advise you spend a couple of days just setting up a static dish and finding some of the stronger satellites like 13E, 19E 46E, 52.5E, 5E etc and just getting some results. I guarantee the time wont be wasted and you will know the receiver & lnb are working correctly. I got very excited the first time I saw 13E - (way back in the analogue days and getting Egypt in Arabic was thrilling!) and that basically set up my long term love for our hobby.

I suggest this simply because going motorised from a cold start has a lot of variables, and if you cant get any results in a few days you are going to get dispirited.


As to the receiver question, well receivers are very much a personal preference. However the TM5402 is fairly easy to use, and many of us on the forum have used them. They do have a few issues, but are pretty much bomb proof for beginners. As a complete beginner I would recommend you avoid the linux receivers. They can be tricky beasts and with dozens of options to play with its easy to stuff them up.

 

[John Pykett]

That's an open ended question!

Yes you should see most of the satellites, you won't have much margin for rain fade.

what do you mean by much margin for raid fade?

 

[John Pykett]

Excellent project John - Im sure you will be fascinated as to whats available out there away from Sky / Freesat.

Before you start trying to set up motorised I would strongly advise you spend a couple of days just setting up a static dish and finding some of the stronger satellites like 13E, 19E 46E, 52.5E, 5E etc and just getting some results. I guarantee the time wont be wasted and you will know the receiver & lnb are working correctly. I got very excited the first time I saw 13E - (way back in the analogue days and getting Egypt in Arabic was thrilling!) and that basically set up my long term love for our hobby.

I suggest this simply because going motorised from a cold start has a lot of variables, and if you cant get any results in a few days you are going to get dispirited.


As to the receiver question, well receivers are very much a personal preference. However the TM5402 is fairly easy to use, and many of us on the forum have used them. They do have a few issues, but are pretty much bomb proof for beginners. As a complete beginner I would recommend you avoid the linux receivers. They can be tricky beasts and with dozens of options to play with its easy to stuff them up.

what was on 13e in the analogue days?

 

[william-1]

When it rains very heavy or snows I loose signals on some satellites with my 88cm dish but you may be ok with an 80cm dish on these satellites:-
Astra-2 @ 28.2 east,Astra-1 @ 19.2 east,Hotbird @ 13 east & Hispasat @ 30 west.

 

[william-1]

what was on 13e in the analogue days?

Eurosport was FTA in English @ 13 east.

 

[John Pykett]

i have decided for my project to get a spiderbox hd 6000

 

[william-1]

i have decided for my project to get a spiderbox hd 6000

Poor choice of receiver in my opinion no support here for channel lists ect so I hope you can navigate through the menu's ? or find a site that supports this receiver.

 

[John Pykett]

Poor choice of receiver in my opinion no support here for channel lists ect so I hope you can navigate through the menu's ? or find a site that supports this receiver.

well then, ill just keep looking and report back. Update: TM-5302 HD

 

[Mickha]

You might want to get a cheap satellite meter, if you haven't got one already, it makes finding satellites a lot easier.
Even the basic model, for under £10, will do the job.

 

[John Pykett]

You might want to get a cheap satellite meter, if you haven't got one already, it makes finding satellites a lot easier.
Even the basic model, for under £10, will do the job.
View attachment 109293

i already got a sat finder

 

[Analoguesat]

what was on 13e in the analogue days?

1I used to run a site called Analoguesat.co.uk which had all the info on, but its not been live for about 4 years. You can still find some of the info on archive sites.

Thios is the earliest snapshot on the wayback site - from 2002

Wayback Machine