Recent content by William Kay

Hi 4wd! It's not quite that bad in Bergen, your dish probably just needs some adjustment. It's possible to receive to 2F with an 80cm dish for most of the day with between 60 and 70% quality. However, the footprint's movement during the evening results in a strong loss of signal in the...

Probably totally co-incidental, but 11023 is now much better here. Been able to pick it up at pretty much all times of the day with reasonably stable signal. Haven't made any more dish adjustments.

11023H coming in right now (1631 CET) at 80% strength/50% quality. Have never seen 2F outside the 1140am-1230pm time-window previously. 50% is borderline quality, but it's stable at the moment.

Thanks! Wonder what 85/86 looks like 340km further north. 300km east of Shetland it's very weak!

Don't recall seeing anything from north of Edinburgh. It's speculation on our part, which is why a report from Orkney or Shetland would be interesting. Shetland has always "saved" us in Bergen and Stavanger, for example. It's "only" 300km from Lerwick to Bergen. If Shetland is now getting a...

Shetland is part of the UK, and is defined as being in Zone 2 by Sky - i.e. bigger dish, just like northern Scotland. Reception on 60cm has been troublesome there, and 60cm is considered a minimum. I didn't notice the majority of dishes being in the 70-80cm range, though, last time I was...

I'd have thought a DTH problem would have been related to transmission from the satellite, rather than to it. Wild speculation, but a DTH Platform problem could be insufficient coverage in Shetland (which is on the edge of the 60cm footprint on the official map, whereas the Faroes (not part of...

10994H coming in at Strength 85% 100% Quality, but was unstable on Humax PVR after I'd adjusted LNB skew to strengthen 2A (and bring in 2F). Picture kept breaking up and claiming "no signal" before hopping back to 85%/100%. 10803H BBC1 Yorkshire was fine, same strength and quality readings.

11023H is receivable again (just, borderline 50% quality) here, after adjusting LNB skew. This gives me better quality on the 2A channels and brings in 2F, but gives me trouble with the horizontal transponders on 1N later in the day.

Checking those transponders on Humax PVR (don't have Sky): 11720H: 90% Strength 90% Quality 11798H: 90% Strength 40% Quality (!)

Have tuned it in here; no picture (also no "No or Bad Signal" error). Signal strength is the same as usual for that transponder on 2A South. There's also a channel "8039" which is Sky News.

Lost 2F earlier this afternoon; clouded over and light rain so there's obviously very little margin at the moment. Also just had to go out and adjust the skew on the LNB... the optimised settings for 2A Southern Beam (which brought in 2F) led to the Horizontal transponders on 1N breaking up...

First signs of success here in Radøy outside Bergen. Following Hiach's procedure, I tried fine tuning the dish using the Southern Beam of Astra 2A. Managed to get upto 85% Strength and 90-100% Quality on 2A (CNN). My elevation is slightly off, and at the moment I've got one rusty nut which...

Thanks for another interesting report! Drastic how the signal suddenly dies around 1800 hrs. I wonder if the Humax boxes just report 0% when the signal drops below a certain level? Have seen weakish signals fluctuate between showing around 50% then immediately 0% on the Humax before. I see...

Any reports from North Scotland, or preferably the Northern Isles?