Saw this old doc about the closure of AM Radio Luxembourg in 1992.. they announced that they would now broadcast in digital stereo from the Astra satellite. Was it actually digital then?
With skywaves can a signal be stronger further away than nearer the source? I understand that Radio Luxembourg had a stronger night-time signal in northern England than the south
I was imagining that the inclined orbit was a cycle and at some point the satellite would naturally return to geostationary, but it actually continually drifts away and would need to expend fuel to return to geostationary? Is that right? Sorry for being so ignorant on this!
Seeing as 28.2 is quite underutilised, could SES move everything to 2 satellites and allow one to drift into inclined orbit to save fuel? (with a view to brining it back in service for a kind of bare bones freesat offering when the fuel on the others runs out)
would a perfectly aligned dish on 28.2 still face some interference from 26e? i.e. if all the 26E sats disappeared one day, would the signal improve (even if very marginally)?
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