Astra 2E: Iberia & Balearics Reports

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solarboy said:
Apparantly so. I've heard anecdotally that Val de Lobo's 4m dish gets zilch, and I'm getting Zilch with 2m which used to pull in 2D spot beam no problem. Would love to hear that 3m is possible here.
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'Fraid not. A customer of mine has a 3m in Moncarapacho, and getting nothing on a Pace 2600C1. Haven't been round yet to try the speccy & a tweak, but it's not looking good :(
 
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woborny said:
Works fine according to the reports fed to me have seen. No been to one today, but maybe tomorrow.

A selection of reports from my area...a few inconsistencies but perhaps that is due to recent heavy winds misaligning the dishes that have not been realigned...?

My 80cm dish in Gandia is NOT receiving the BBC channels on Astra 2E. (note this was was at 7am not receiving the 2E uk beam signals - but at 9am it is, indicating an increase in signal levels - been fine and pretty even all day even now at 2128!)

A 90x100cm dish (1m) in Gandia is NOT receiving the BBC channels on Astra 2E.
A 90x100cm dish (1m) in Oliva is receiving the BBC channels on Astra 2E. (Thanks Richard)
A 90x100cm dish (1m) in Denia (Els Poblets)is receiving the BBC channels on Astra 2E. (Thanks Nigel)
A 90x100cm dish (1m) in Moraira is NOT receiving the BBC channels on Astra 2E.
A 90x100cm (1m) dish in Callosa den Sarria is NOT receiving the BBC channels on Astra 2E. "Breaking up heavily")
A 90x100cm (1m) dish in Altea is receiving the BBC channels on Astra 2E.
A 90x100cm (1m) dish in Javea is receiving the BBC channels on Astra 2E. (Thanks Geoffery)
A 90x100cm (1m) dish in Denia is receiving the BBC channels on Astra 2E. (Thanks Roger)
A 100x110cm dish in Polop is receiving the BBC channels on Astra 2E. (Thank you Jackie!)
A 100x110cm dish in Finistrat is receiving the BBC channels on Astra 2E- with break up. (Thank you Craig!)
A "1.2m" dish in Jalon is receiving the BBC channels on Astra 2E.
A 1.25x1.4mm dish in Benitachell is receiving the BBC channels on Astra 2E. (Thank you Steve!)
A 1.25x1.4mm dish in Moraira is receiving the BBC channels on Astra 2E. (Thank you James!)
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Top man !!..thanx alot m8,,this is to confirm if we want a decent signal from astra 2 all day , 1.30-140 min is the defo size for costablanca
 
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pipino said:
Top man !!..thanx alot m8,,this is to confirm if we want a decent signal from astra 2 all day , 1.30-140 min is the defo size for costablanca
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Just spotted an error "A 1.25x1.4mm dish" !!! a very small dish indeed!
 
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'Fraid not. A customer of mine has a 3m in Moncarapacho, and getting nothing on a Pace 2600C1. Haven't been round yet to try the speccy & a tweak, but it's not looking good :(
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So far nothing at all spot beam on any size dish whatsoever in the Algarve. Truly sad to say goodbye to my setup of 12 years and downgrade to Filmon. Only 2Mb net also so no chance of IPTV and the "other" solution probably too buggy to risk 200€ on. Anyone want to buy a HTPC 2TB low power AMD/Radeon 5450 Hauppauge WinNovaS2 with a 1.5m prime focus with quad LNB? Certainly no one within 500km.
 
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I'm getting interrupted recordings (due to signal) from earlier this evening on BBC HD channels 10847. According to Heuvos's signal report http://satellites-xml.org/28E-SNR.php this is one of the weakest transponders - is this because its DVB s2?

Also, what time of day can i expect strongest and weakest signals? Muchos Gracias mis amigos
 
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DeadHorse800 said:
I'm getting interrupted recordings (due to signal) from earlier this evening on BBC HD channels 10847. According to Heuvos's signal report http://satellites-xml.org/28E-SNR.php this is one of the weakest transponders - is this because its DVB s2?
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I suspect it'll be because of the 8PSK mode which needs more signal to successfully decode it.
 
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DeadHorse800 said:
I'm getting interrupted recordings (due to signal) from earlier this evening on BBC HD channels 10847. According to Heuvos's signal report http://satellites-xml.org/28E-SNR.php this is one of the weakest transponders - is this because its DVB s2?

Also, what time of day can i expect strongest and weakest signals? Muchos Gracias mis amigos
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Stable signal on my 80cm dish - no pixilation at all.

As for times of days, this 80cm dish had no signals at all at 7am, but by 9am signals were all there.
Was stable until I noticed a small drop around 5pm, and been stable since. So it is now a question of when (or if) does it drop out again for a "No signal" at 7am tomorrow am.......
 
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Hi from central portugal, 20 kms north of Tomar.
2.3 mt prime with sky HD box
7 this morning all BBC OK , dropped out in the rain during early afternoon.been OK all evening apart from heavy rain, seems to cope with most showers. BBC HD defo the weakest.
Looks like its going to follow the same pattern as 2F , which signal drops off during day and picks up at night..... time will tell.....
 
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here in Portugal in the central zone plate with 1.25 I see

itv hd 10832
itv 10758
itv + 1 10891
itv border 10891
itv wales 10832
itv 2 hd 11758
itv 2 +1 10891
3 itv hd 11758
itv 3 10906
itv 3 +1 10906
itv 4 hd 11758
itv 4 +1 10832
stv 10906
stv + 1 10906
utv 10906
film 4 10714
film 4 +1 10714
Channel 4 10714
Channel 4 + 1 10729
4 and HD 11856
and 4 10729
1 and 4 10729 +
more 4 10729
more 4 + 1 10714
Channel 5 HD 11797

not catch any channel is the BBC
 
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here in Portugal in the central zone plate with 1.25 I see

itv hd 10832
itv 10758
itv + 1 10891
itv border 10891
itv wales 10832
itv 2 hd 11758
itv 2 +1 10891
3 itv hd 11758
itv 3 10906
itv 3 +1 10906
itv 4 hd 11758
itv 4 +1 10832
stv 10906
stv + 1 10906
utv 10906
film 4 10714
film 4 +1 10714
Channel 4 10714
Channel 4 + 1 10729
4 and HD 11856
and 4 10729
1 and 4 10729 +
more 4 10729
more 4 + 1 10714
Channel 5 HD 11797

not catch any channel is the BBC
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Ola Maximus
I don't think any of those channels have moved yet and you'll probably lose them over the next day or 2.

(acho amanha ou depois vais perder os tais canais porque apenas a BBC ja mudou para Astra2e, raio restrito ao reino Unido, o ITV e Channel4 ainda ficam na velha maquina)
 
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1.4m Obidos Portugal, no BBC, still ok on itv C4, heartened by expatsat with 2.3m ok at 20km north of Tomar. Now I'm wondering if investing in a bigger dish is worth doing here in Obidos. And if so how big?

Analoguesat edit - map updated to here - time for a break
 
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The 80cm dish still has signals at midnight.
Woke up and checked at 630 - no signals.
but by 730 signal started to pop in.
All 2E channel available by 750.
So there is some sort of signal variation during the night.

But 2F on this dish does not do this.

The 90x100m dish had all signals.
 
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expatsat said:
Hi from central portugal, 20 kms north of Tomar.
2.3 mt prime with sky HD box
7 this morning all BBC OK , dropped out in the rain during early afternoon.been OK all evening apart from heavy rain, seems to cope with most showers. BBC HD defo the weakest.
Looks like its going to follow the same pattern as 2F , which signal drops off during day and picks up at night..... time will tell.....
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yes
the siganl 2e much better the tonight
have signal strange betwin morning at maybe 2db
 
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Ricardo Servet said:
1.4m Obidos Portugal, no BBC, still ok on itv C4, heartened by expatsat with 2.3m ok at 20km north of Tomar. Now I'm wondering if investing in a bigger dish is worth doing here in Obidos. And if so how big?
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I think with 2.40 m Famaval, good and matched feed, and a top LNB as well, you may have a chance. You are on the "fast drop-off" zone, so I wouldn't rule out that you could still receive it. But you should wait for some reports to come in and probably arrange to see how your spectrum looks like as it is. Do you receive any of the 2F's spot transponders?
 
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At the moment I can not see the difference night / day, cloudy and overcast or raining, the sky is not clean or 30 minutes.
With the clouds I lose 3% of mean signal.
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De momento no puedo ver la diferencia noche/dia, nublado y muy nublado o lloviendo, el cielo no esta limpio ni 30 minutos.
Con las nubes pierdo un 3% de señal de media.

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7-2-2014 11:00(spain) 10:00(GMT)--11:30(spain) 10:30(GMT)
Code: 
10714 =  14.00dB Señal/SNR87% AGC99% BER 0 Channel4 (c4l)
10729 =  15.00dB Señal/SNR93% AGC99% BER 0 Channel 4 +1
10744 =   8.50dB Señal/SNR53% AGC99% BER16 RTE One
10758 =  15.00dB Señal/SNR93% AGC99% BER 0 ITV
10773 =   8.00dB Señal/SNR50% AGC99% BER54 BBC 1 London
10788 =   9.00dB Señal/SNR56% AGC99% BER 1 BBC 1 Wales
10803 =   9.00dB Señal/SNR56% AGC99% BER 4 BBC 1 Scotland
10817 =   9.00dB Señal/SNR56% AGC99% BER 4 BBC 1 Oxford
10832 =  15.00dB Señal/SNR96% AGC99% BER 0 ITV HD
10847 =   8.00dB Señal/SNR50% AGC99% BER 0 BBC One HD
10862 =   8.50dB Señal/SNR53% AGC99% BER27
10876 =   9.00dB Señal/SNR56% AGC99% BER 2 Nickelodeon
10891 =  14.00dB Señal/SNR87% AGC99% BER 0 ITV +1
10906 =  15.00dB Señal/SNR93% AGC99% BER 0 STV
10921 =   9.00dB Señal/SNR56% AGC99% BER 4 TCM
10935 =   9.50dB Señal/SNR59% AGC99% BER 0 ITV HD
10964 =  10.00dB Señal/SNR62% AGC99% BER 0 Channel 5
10994 =   9.00dB Señal/SNR56% AGC99% BER 2 ITV HD
11023 =   9.00dB Señal/SNR56% AGC99% BER 0 BBC 1 Scot HD
11053 =  10.00dB Señal/SNR62% AGC99% BER 0 ITV +1
11067 =   9.50dB Señal/SNR59% AGC99% BER 0 20800/810 y 21000 (ITV HD)
11097 =  10.00dB Señal/SNR62% AGC99% BER 0 21000/10/20/30 (ITV HD)
11126 =  10.50dB Señal/SNR65% AGC99% BER 0 Channel 4 HD
11222 =   9.50dB Señal/SNR59% AGC99% BER 0 Greatest Hits
11224 =  11.50dB Señal/SNR71% AGC99% BER 0 RT HD
11260 =  10.50dB Señal/SNR65% AGC99% BER 0 B4U Music
11261 =  10.00dB Señal/SNR62% AGC99% BER 0 horror channel
11307 =  11.50dB Señal/SNR71% AGC99% BER 0 Flava Bliss Scuzz
11343 =  11.00dB Señal/SNR68% AGC99% BER 0 CBS Reality
11344 =  11.00dB Señal/SNR68% AGC99% BER 0 CBS Drama
11426 =  10.00dB Señal/SNR62% AGC99% BER 0 FRANCE 24 eng
11428 =   9.00dB Señal/SNR56% AGC99% BER 0 Fashion One/LBP TV
11719 =  18.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0 Lifetime HD
11739 =  18.00dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
11758 =  19.00dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0 Animal Plnt HD
11778 =  18.00dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
11797 =  18.00dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
11817 =  17.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
11836 =  18.00dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0 Sky Action
11856 =  17.00dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0 E4 HD
11875 =  18.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
11895 =  17.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
11914 =  17.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0 Pick, cambio=>Disney
11934 =  17.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0 Sky Intro
11992 =   9.00dB Señal/SNR56% AGC99% BER 0 Dave
12012 =  18.00dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0 Sky Family HD
12031 =  19.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
12051 =  17.00dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
12070 =   8.50dB Señal/SNR53% AGC99% BER 0
12090 =   6.50dB Señal/SNR40% AGC99% BER 0
12109 =  18.00dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
12148 =   9.00dB Señal/SNR56% AGC99% BER 0
12168 =   7.00dB Señal/SNR43% AGC99% BER 0
12187 =  19.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
12207 =  17.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0 Pick/Sky News
12226 =   9.00dB Señal/SNR56% AGC99% BER 0
12246 =   6.50dB Señal/SNR40% AGC99% BER 0
12265 =  19.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
12285 =  18.00dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
12304 =   9.00dB Señal/SNR56% AGC99% BER 0
12324 =   9.50dB Señal/SNR59% AGC99% BER 0
12343 =  19.00dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
12363 =  18.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
12382 =  18.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0 Dave HD
12460 =  18.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0 Sky 3D
12480 =   6.50dB Señal/SNR40% AGC99% BER17 The Box/Kiss/Kerrang
12515 =  18.00dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0 MOTORS TV UK
12520 =  18.00dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0 Heart Capital Clubland PlanetPop
12545 =  18.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
12551 =  17.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
12574 =  17.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
12580 =  17.00dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
12604 =  16.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
12610 =  17.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0 Kiss Magic RT
12633 =  17.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0 Al Jazeera
12640 =  17.50dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0
12663 =  15.50dB Señal/SNR96% AGC99% BER 0 Euronews
12669 =  16.00dB Señal/SNR100 AGC99% BER 0 CH NINE UK

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This may be a dumb question but is 2F staying or will the channels from there be transfering to 2E as well?
 
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