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<blockquote data-quote="BarMoo" data-source="post: 18758" data-attributes="member: 175089">First, @ T_G &quot;why be negative?&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Negative&quot; is not having the ability to receive televisual delights from the land I last came and from a land which I have little desire to return to presently.&nbsp; I want everything and nothing and will soon have the latter.&nbsp; F'rump.&nbsp; Oh, and I hate German TV ;)&nbsp; Holland beckons!Onwards!An article in a trade rag more or less revealled Astra's desire for 'localised footprints' or 'market specific' satellites.&nbsp; Yet, if Astra 2D was destined for the UK market from the offset - what happened about 2C; why is that still at 19.2°?&nbsp; Astra's frquency plan speaks of the three main (eu) orbital positions; i.e., 1, 2 and 3 so it makes a mockery of the system to have birds siting on the wrong branch (nicht in ordnung).&nbsp; Accepted that they have to re-locate on ocassions.Covering old ground:-More than any other broadcaster, I imagine that Disney and Hallmark lobbied heavily for Astra 2D; given that they have most of the EU sown up with local language packages.&nbsp; ITV and the BBC don't: i.e., they offer no real territorial threat to the dominant american's selling content for their own ends.And, so, the problem ends where it started.&nbsp; Lack of capacity at 28.2°.&nbsp; The good news is that 2C is beaming down so-to-be-redundant PAL signals.&nbsp; Marvellous!&nbsp; when they've stopped it can then move over to us.As for the lengthier discussion about frequencies - I'm confused.The two Astra slots (19 and 28) already use the same frequencies, how would this cause interference/swamping?&nbsp; Techy explanation required.Have Fun,Mark.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BarMoo, post: 18758, member: 175089"] First, @ T_G "why be negative?" "Negative" is not having the ability to receive televisual delights from the land I last came and from a land which I have little desire to return to presently. I want everything and nothing and will soon have the latter. F'rump. Oh, and I hate German TV ;) Holland beckons! Onwards! An article in a trade rag more or less revealled Astra's desire for 'localised footprints' or 'market specific' satellites. Yet, if Astra 2D was destined for the UK market from the offset - what happened about 2C; why is that still at 19.2°? Astra's frquency plan speaks of the three main (eu) orbital positions; i.e., 1, 2 and 3 so it makes a mockery of the system to have birds siting on the wrong branch (nicht in ordnung). Accepted that they have to re-locate on ocassions. Covering old ground:- More than any other broadcaster, I imagine that Disney and Hallmark lobbied heavily for Astra 2D; given that they have most of the EU sown up with local language packages. ITV and the BBC don't: i.e., they offer no real territorial threat to the dominant american's selling content for their own ends. And, so, the problem ends where it started. Lack of capacity at 28.2°. The good news is that 2C is beaming down so-to-be-redundant PAL signals. Marvellous! when they've stopped it can then move over to us. As for the lengthier discussion about frequencies - I'm confused. The two Astra slots (19 and 28) already use the same frequencies, how would this cause interference/swamping? Techy explanation required. Have Fun, Mark. [/QUOTE]

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