No signals at all here from Astra 5B @ 31.5 east I have been trying at various times of the day & night for the last few weeks but it looks like i can forget about this slot with a 100cm dish due to the very tight footprints.

Right, so I thought that my 1.5m in its new position wasn't going to reach 31.5E - I was wrong! I get every transponder listed on Flysat, except 11758H and 11817V on the wide beam. Most TPs read at least 9dB, though many are over 10dB and some even reading over 11dB. This is a much better result than the footprint maps would have you believe.

Impressive. Must be a side lobe that far out?good signal, around 50% here from the Astra 5B. Never had it here on my location
Get the transponders on the high beam from Orange and Magtisat.
Acording to the maps I shouldn't be receiving this sat cause it's well far away from it's coverage zone.
Impressive. Must be a side lobe that far out?
Success at last with Astra 5B View attachment 66973 TM5302HD + 100cm
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Satellite operator SES (Astra) placed its Ultra HD demo channel on ASTRA 5B, which is located at position 31.5 ° E.
Technical parameters:
• Astra 5B (31.5 ° E) freq. 12.070 GHz, pol. H, SR 30000, FEC 3/4, DVB-S2 / 8PSK
ID: SES UHD Demo Channel
service ID: 7590
video PID: 7591 (HEVC)
audio PID: 7592 (AAC) FTA
Some strong signals tonight William and the X2 is not very generous with them. conditions are perfect.
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Yes same here the cold weather seems to be assisting reception.
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