IRIB

[Lazarus]

I'm not sure if this is right but I think it's a "TM 3000 D"

That's for Standard Definition only, sadly.

 

[moein]

hmm, well the receiver and dish aren't really a problem, I'm willing to spend as much as it takes on a receiver, dish and anything else I need to receive IRIB channels 1-5 as long it's a little stable and the channels aren't off for too long.

 

[moein]

btw aren't these channels available on Badr 5?

 

[Analoguesat]

btw aren't these channels available on Badr 5?

Yes - but transmitting on a Central Asian beam. No chance at all in the UK.

 

[Analoguesat]

hmm, well the receiver and dish aren't really a problem, I'm willing to spend as much as it takes on a receiver, dish and anything else I need to receive IRIB channels 1-5 as long it's a little stable and the channels aren't off for too long.

You could spend hundreds - and find the channels disappear the day after you get set up. there are no guarantees in satellite tv reception.

 

[moein]

ah I see, Pontiend how did you receive those channels? What satellite do I need to search?

 

[Analoguesat]

It'll be the new DVB-S2 channels we were discussing earlier on Yamal.

 

[moein]

Oh alright, atm when I go to "Satellite Setup" all of the satellites are just blank because of the rain I'm guessing, I'll try and search for it again soon.

 

[Analoguesat]

Lets go back to first principles.

Are you motorised or using a fixed dish

 

[moein]

Fixed dish

 

[Kveys]

You can find also many Iranian channels including IRIB 1-5 from 20E (C-band). Surely it needs little bit of bigger dish (dvb-s2 rec. also). Its strong satellite here far north and UK guys maybe tells what size of dish it needs there..?

 

[Analoguesat]

Fixed dish

You wont get multiple satellites on a fixed dish.

Its a common mistake to make, but all the satellites use roughly the same frequency bands. Therefore if you scan satellite A you will get all the channels on satellite A.

If you then scan satellite B you will get some of the same channels appearing - where the frequencies in use coincide.

If you are using a Sky dish for example then you will only ever get the channels from the satellite cluster at 28E. You need to slew the dish around to get anything else.

 

[moein]

ah right

 

[Analoguesat]

Your not the first person to get caught out, and you certainly wont be the last!

The receiver doesn't know what the satellite is transmitting. Its just accessing a data table inside the gubbins of the box.

All Ku band satellites in Europe use frequencies between 10700MHz & 12750MHz. This can be explained best by looking at these two frequency charts.

1) "Sky UK" Astra 28E http://www.flysat.com/28east.php

2) "German TV" Astra 19E http://www.flysat.com/astra19.php

 

[moein]

I searched for 20E C-band 11002 H 21500 3/4 and I got 6 "Rai" channels, there are also a few other options on the search thing that I don't really understand :/

LNB Frequency
DisEQC 1.0
DisEQC 1.1
0/12V
LNB Power

 

[Analoguesat]

Your dish is aligned onto Hotbird 13E.

You cant get C-band without a new lnb, & a bigger dish - it uses frequencies below 4500MHz, instead of above 10700MHz used in Ku band.

 

[moein]

so I need a bigger dish, and what is an lnb?

 

[Analoguesat]

LNB = the bit on the end of the dish arm that collects the signals.

Now hold your horses - very few people in the UK have C-band reception kit, in fact on this entire forum there are maybe only a dozen C-band enthusiasts active. I havent seen any reports at all of reception of the IRIB stuff on 20E here in the UK as its a reasonably new set of signals.

 

[moein]

Ah this is all so confusing haha I'll have to look into it a lot more once I've moved house

 

[Analoguesat]

Ive managed to scan the IRIBs on 55E on my 1.1m dish.

Its VERY marginal though, no chance of getting it when it is raining.