Listed below are reception reports for the Astra 2E satellite positioned at 28.2° East. The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 all use this satellite to broadcast their channels.
Please remember these are localised reports, reception may vary at your location.
The Astra 2E satellite is copositioned at 28.2° East along with Astra 2F, the satellite is used by the main British public service broadcasters, the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.
Channel 5 uses the Astra 2F satellite, as do some services from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.
All of the BBC’s domestic radio stations which are on satellite, use Astra 2E.
The UK Spot beam provides maximum signal (for 45 cm dishes) over the UK and Ireland with a sharp roll-off of signal level outside this region. This enables channels to be broadcast free-to-air, with reception effectively constrained to the British Isles, it is used to provide channels to both the Freesat and Sky satellite platforms.
See the Astra 2E Reception Reports Map
See the Astra 2F Reception Reports Map
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| Location: Graz (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 3.9 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0%Report submitted by: bbcfan |
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| Location: Kufstein Dish: Gibertini OP 150 LNB: MTI ? Receiver: Not known Signal: C/N maximum of 8.5 around 11.30h CET on 10803H (Horizontals are marginally stronger here) but decrease gradually until finally disappeared around 17.00h yesterday, 16.00h today Reception: Limited reception Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE Astra 2E: C/N maximum of 8.5 around 11.30h CET on 10803H (Horizontals are marginally stronger here) but decrease gradually until finally disappeared around 17.00h yesterday, 16.00h today.I read on a German DX forum that the strength of the transmission had been reduced yesterday around midday and that certainly corresponds with the C/N levels I was picking up today, about 0.7dB lower than yesterday. Other reports I’ve read for our area indicate that nothing less than 2.4 will improve chances of 24/7 reception. |
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| Location: Landeck, Tyrol Dish: Gibertini 1.0 m LNB: Not known Receiver: NanoXX 9800 HD & Octagon SF 380 Receiver Signal: BBC London Signal 89% and 77% quality – all other BBC Channels Quality between 84-87%. Channel 5 (Astra 2F), all signals 88% strength and 83-85% quality. Reception: Astra 2E reception 24/7 Report submitted by: Tyrolean NOTE Reception on all BBC channels, the weakest on BBC is BBC London 93% signal and 60% quality – all other BBC Signal above 90 and quality 70-74%NOTE: These with my old Octagon SF 380 Receiver I went to a mate who runs a Sat Shop here and borrowed one of his receivers which he said has a very good tuner -a nanoXX 9800 HDMUCH BETTER RESULTS in quality : I will compare it directly with the results above :BBC London Signal 89% and 77% quality – all other BBC Channels Quality between 84-87%. Channel 5 (Astra 2F), all signals 88% strength and 83-85% quality. |
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| Location: Salzburg (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.9 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Report submitted by: Josef Hauer NOTE All BBC, ITV, Channel 4 gone i Salzburg with a 1.9 m dish since the switchover. |
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| Location: Vienna (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.2 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Report submitted by: Unknon |
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| Belgium |
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| Belgium is inside the official Astra 2E footprint. There should be no reception issues. Recommended dish size: 60 cm (45 cm may also be used in some areas of the country). |
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| Croatia |
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| Location: Kunina Dish: 2.4 m LNB: Invacom QDF031 Receiver: Dreambox 8000 Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Lambda NOTE: This is the current situation in my area with antenna Prodelin 2.4 m (model 1244), the original feed and QDF031 Invacom LNB… Astra 2E works 24/7. The signal on my Dreambox 8000 is +0.5 dB stronger than TBS5925 card. |
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| Location: Island of Cyprus (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 4.2 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Report submitted by: Unknown |
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| Location: Limassol (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 3.0 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Report submitted by: Unknown |
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| Czech Republic |
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| Location: Prague (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.9 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Report submitted by: Unknown |
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| Location: Prague Dish: 1.05 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Not given Reception: Intermittent reception. Report submitted by: Unknown |
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| Location: Copenhagen (Rødovre) Dish: Gibertini OP150 1.5 m LNB: Invacom Quad C120 with ChannelMaster Feedhorn Receiver: Humax FOXSAT-HDR Signal: Strength 85%, Quality 60% Reception: 24/7 (Reception issues with BBC DSAT5 on TP 50, 10.847 V between 09.30 – 11.00 GMT) Report submitted by: Expat NOTE: In Copenhagen, all Astra 2E transponders coming in strong. With the exception of 10.847 v (strength of 85%, quality 60%), all transponders have a signal strength of 90%, signal quality 71-72%. Slightly lower than on Astra 1N, which gave a signal strength of 90%, signal quality between 76-77%. A detailed reception report can be viewed at Astra 2E Reception Overseas. |
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| Location: Espergærde Dish: 1.5 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Not known Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: DonaldNOTE: We now have a perfect HD picture for BBC, ITV, Channel 4 & Channel 5 and all other free to air channels. We have discontinued our SKY subscription. 1.5m dish. |
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| Location: Faroe Island NOTE: The Faroe Islands are inside the official Astra 2E UK Spotbeam coverage area. There should be no reception problems at this location. |
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| Location: Hillerød Dish: 1.5 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Not known Reception: Intermittent reception Report submitted by: Unknown |
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| Location: Kolding Dish: 80 cm Triax LNB: Maximum XO 14 quad lnb Receiver: Not known Signal: Not known Reception: Intermittent reception Report submitted by: George F NOTE: Had BBC this morning on my Triax 80 cm dish and Maximum XO 14 quad lnb. All gone now, but hope my new gib 125 will do the job. Need to upgrade my wall mount first. |
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| Location: Randers (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.1 mLNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown |
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| Location: Roskilde (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.2 m ChannelMaster LNB: Not known Receiver: Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Atenza NOTE: BBC is gone in Roskilde, I can see channel 5, 5 USA, 5*, 4HD, 47, and all from Astra 2F but not BBC not one of them, it a bit strange. I have tried to punch them in manually but nothing. |
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| Location: Tune Dish: Prodelin 1.8 offset dish LNB: Invacom QDF-031 Universal Quad LNB 0.3dB C120 with ChannelMaster Feed Horn Receiver: SKY DRX895 1TB Signal: Signal Strength: 90%, Signal Quality 90% Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Steve S NOTE: Just a little info from 4030 Tune SW of Copenhagen roughly 35 km. I am using a Prodelin 1.8 offset dish, Invacom QDF-031 Universal Quad LNB 0.3dB C120 with the Andrews Channel Master Feed Horn and SKY DRX895 1TB 3D Anytime+HD Sky+HD digibox. I would like to pass this positive information about the BBC/ITV which l am receiving loud and clear 🙂 |
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| Location: Varde Dish: 90 cm LNB: Quad LNB Receiver: Sky Pace (SD) & Samsung Smart TV with built-in receiver Signal: 0% – 12% Reception: Intermittent (11am to 6pm only) Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: This info is based on UK spotbeam Astra 2E BBC migrated today – All other channels remain unchanged to date, and are perfect) Samsung Smart TV with inbuilt decoder signal strength 0% quality 12%. Picture ok – 11am to 6pm only, signal lost at other times, very long cable run. |
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| Location: Aarhus (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.2 mLNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown |
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| Finland |
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| Location: Helsinki (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.8 m LNB: Invacom QDF-031 Quad LNB Receiver: Dr. HD F15 Signal: Quality reading flickers between 0.1-0.2 dB, mostly 0.0 dB Reception: None Report submitted by: timo_w2s NOTE: No reception of any kind on any Astra 2E UK spot transponders. DrHD F15 receiver quality reading flickers between 0.1-0.2dB on some frequencies but most read 0.0dB. Astra 2E Europe beam is similar strength to the Astra 2A South at about 10-14dB, so reception is OK. |
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| Location: Huittinen Dish: 5.0 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Variable Reception: Intermittent Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Reception ok, horizontals weaker than verticals and not much rain margin on the Horizontals. |
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| France |
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| Location: Amiens Dish: 45 cm LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Good Reception: Stable Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Amiens is inside the official Astra 2E UK Spotbeam coverage area. There should be no reception problems at this location. |
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| Location: Avignon Dish: 75 cm LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Unknown Reception: Intermittent Report submitted by: UnknowNOTE: Good reception in fine weather, little rain margin. |
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| Location: Brest Dish: 45 cm LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Good Reception: Stable Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Brest is inside the official Astra 2E UK Spotbeam coverage area.There should be no reception problems at this location. |
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| Location: Calvisson Dish: 55 cm Selfsat Flat Panel LNB: Built in to antenna Receiver: Humax Receiver Signal: Variable Reception: Some good reception Report submitted by: DRMSGOLD NOTE: Returned to my holiday home to find I can receive some stations on my Selfsat flat panel dish equivalent to a 55 cm dish. Reconfiguring my Humax box with a south of England postcode (previously London). I can receive BBC News, BBC 1 (south, NI, Oxford etc.), BBC2, BBC3, Sky news, CNBC,Bloomberg and loads of other non terrestrial stations when weather OK and especially at night. |
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| Location: Cannes Dish: 1.1 m Triax LNB: Titanium single Receiver: TS and a Humax Foxsat HD receiver for Freesat Signal: Variable Reception: Intermittent Report submitted by: Gordon NOTE: The reception of the BBC channels is on the edge now. I have got some good pictures but most of the time I have no signal. Perhaps it is the bad weather, but I feel that I need to increase the dish size. |
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| Location: Castelnaudary (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 90 cm Sedea LNB: Old no-name LNBReceiver: Humax Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Paul L NOTE: Castelnaudary (between Toulouse and Carcassonne).Following changeover, BBC channels zero on strength and quality. Channels still on old beam at 90%/80%. It’s quite a dramatic difference. The fact that strength is zero makes me think I will need more than a better LNB properly aligned with new cable. Thinking about a 1.5m dish, poor quality cable. |
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| Location: Cherbourg Dish: 45 cm LNB:Receiver: Signal: Good Reception: Stable Report submitted by: N/A NOTE: Cherbourg is inside the official Astra 2E UK Spotbeam coverage area.There should be no reception problems at this location. |
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| Location: La Fare-les-Oliviers Dish: 1.3 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Christopher NOTE: Installed a 130 cm dish and now receive all BBC channels without problem once again, I have replaced a 85 cm dish. |
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| Location: Le Havre Dish: 45 cm LNB: Receiver: Signal: Reception: Report submitted by: N/A NOTE: Le Havre is inside the official Astra 2E UK Spotbeam coverage area.There should be no reception problems at this location. |
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| Location: Le Puy Sainte Reparad Dish: 80 cm LNB: 2 LNBs Receiver: Sagem HD box Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Phillip C NOTE: Back home this evening after a week away. still have good reception on all channels through same dish and equipment as before the Astra shuffle – 80 cms dish with 2 lnb’s to a Sagem HD box.We live 20 kms north of Aix-en-Provence in a village called Le Puy Sainte Reparade |
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| Location: Lot – 110 km North of Toulouse Dish: Visiosat 90 cm SMC dish LNB: Inverto Black Ultra single Receiver: Technomate TM6800 HD Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Dogface NOTE: All channels on all transponders received full and clear at present, with no apparent problems, much the same as from Astra 1N.Reception is full and clear, with no fading or pixellation. |
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| Location: Montpellier Dish: 1.2 m Offset LNB: 0.1 dB Tn LNB Receiver: Not known Signal: Strength 65% to 98%. Reception: Stable Report submitted by: UnknownNOTE: All channels recovered, more or less at Montpellier, as the channels re-appeared through last week I was also adjusting everything. New LNB, 0.6 to 0.1 dB no real difference. Test box showed no real skew change. The big clue, may not apply long term, was to angle for the AZ 28.35 degrees. Now this was not as easy as it sounds, since a year ago I literally glued the dish to the house wall. Following the growth of a neighbours pine tree I abandoned the motorised mount. Using mastic and a suitable wall-chimney alcove it has been well fixed at four points, I should add that this was meant to be temporary in anticipation of moving house. So I could have :
1) broken the joints, messy and VERY difficult to re-align.
2) rotate the house by 0.15 degrees anti-clockwise. 3) use a stiff, thermally stable, rod to push the LNB off to one side, wedged against a suitable fixed point just below on the ground to see the slightly offset beam.The third option proved the theory and will remain for the moment. All channels recovered at strengths between 65% to 98%. The signals are definitely down on what they were, previously all were about 97 to 100%, even though the dish was probably not set up perfectly (but good enough). |
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| Location: Paris Dish: 60 cm Paris is inside the official Astra 2E UK Spotbeam coverage area. There should be no reception problems at this location. |
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| Location: Perchede Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Inverto black ultra Receiver: Not known Signal: Good signal strength & quality Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: REPASSAC NOTE: Perchede (32460) France. 1 meter dish, cloudy, no rain. Inverto black ultra LNB. BBC1 HD, BBC2 HD etc – all good signal and quality. |
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| Location: Precilhon Dish: 1.2 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Humax FOXSAT Signal: Strength 80%, Quality 70% Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Roger P NOTE: Location Precilhon 2 km from Oloron ste. Marie. Just installed a 1.20 m dish. Use Humax Freesat. Reception is very good – Strength 80%, Quality 70%. but cannot receive ITV HD only exception. |
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| Location: Savoie Dish: Not known LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: No reception problems at this location. |
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| Location: St Gaudens Dish: 1.2 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Humax FOXSAT Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 (No HD) Report submitted by: MikeinFrance NOTE: Adjusted the dish slightly and BBC Channels now back except HD ones. |
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| Location: Tonneins Dish: 80 cm LNB: Quad Receiver: Sky+ HD Signal: Variable Reception: Intermittent Report submitted by: WGH NOTE: We live just north of Tonneins in the Lot & Garonne. We have a WMC 80cm dish and 4 channel LNB. Over the past week reception has gradually improved. Last week BBC1/2 SD were intermittent in their quality with no HD. Today (13Feb2014) we have normal HD & SD performance via our Humax. We also have another dish stuck on the roof which I’m not going to attempt to measure with 4 channel LNB into a Sky+ box which is also behaving itself. We suspect any number of senior execs at the BEEB with second homes hereabout have been whinging to the Techies. Something’s changed and it’s not the weather. |
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| Germany |
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| Location: Aachen Dish: 60 cm NOTE: Aachen is inside the official Astra 2E UK Spotbeam coverage area. There should be no reception problems at this location. |
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| Location: Detmold Dish: 80 cm LNB: Quad Receiver: Not known Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Chris H NOTE: Here is my report for the Astra 2E satellite. No loss of Channel 5 (Astra 2F) at all ever, BBC no loss of signal. |
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| Location: Elmshorn Dish: 1.5 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Variable Reception: Limited Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Reasonable reception in good weather, loss of signal in bad weather, no rain margin. |
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| Location: Essen Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Good unchanged reception of all channels including HD even in bad weather. |
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| Location: Garmisch-Partenkirchen (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 90 cm LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Wolfman NOTE: All BBC’s gone, no signal whatsoever. My friend has a 1.2M dish and he is getting the BBC with a Sky HD box at 70 over 50 (estimated because it is a Sky box) with clear skies and no cloud!. He will let me know if he loses the signal later this evening. |
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| Location: Hanover Dish: 80 cm LNB: Not known Receiver: Nokia Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Stephen NOTE: I bought a Dishpointer satellite finder for 8€ and fine tuned my alignment. Now receiving without any problems with a 80cm dish and an old Nokia receiver. No issue with BBC or ITV. |
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| Location: Hanover Dish: 80 cm LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Anja F NOTE: Hanover, Germany: excellent news. An adjustment of my 80 cm dish did the trick. All channels are back. |
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| Location: Kassel Dish: 60 cm LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Variable Reception: Intermittent Report submitted by: Tom A NOTE: 60cm dish and had it realigned a few weeks ago. Get all channels in the day but then slowly disappears about 19.30. An 80 cm dish would probably be needed for reliable reception at this location. |
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| Location: Munich Dish: 1.5 m Gibertini OP150 LNB: Invacom Quad Receiver: Unknown Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Invacom quad lnb, signals ok. |
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| Location: Munich (Truderinger) Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Not known Signal: Weak Reception: Intermittent Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Signals very poor. A 1.5 – 1.8 m dish is required for reliable reception. |
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| Location: Neuburg Dish: 1.25 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Variable Reception: Intermittent Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: SD channels ok, HD reception 07-20 local time. |
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| Location: Pottenstein Dish: 2.4 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Reception ok. |
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| Location: Rosenheim Dish: 1.5 m Gilbertini OP 150 LNB: MTI (?) (no Inverto or Invacom, but good) Receiver: Unknown Signal: Variable Reception: Intermittent Report submitted by: Mandy NOTE: Astra 2E: C/N maximum of 8.5 around 11.30h CET on 10803H (Horizontals are marginally stronger here) but decrease gradually until finally disappeared around 17.00h yesterday, 16.00h today. I read on a German DX forum that the strength of the transmission had been reduced yesterday around midday and that certainly corresponds with the C/N levels I was picking up today, about 0.7dB lower than yesterday. Other reports I’ve read for our area indicate that nothing less than 2.4 will improve chances of 24/7 reception |
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| Location: Schwantalerhöhe Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Variable Reception: Intermittent Report submitted by: Pascal Van Der Kuschnavov NOTE: In Schwantalerhöhe, managed to get all channels, then they went around 7 ish last night. I have a 1mtr dish, am just waiting for every thing to settle down before deciding on a possible upgrade, also have been following the thread on Toytown. |
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| Location: Undemheim Dish: 85 cm LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Reception of Astra 2E ok. |
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| Location: Unterschleissheim Dish: 88 cm LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Variable Reception: Intermittent Report submitted by: Daryl W NOTE: In Unterschleissheim I got all but HD channels back yesterday till 6pm on an 88cm dish by tweaking the LNB slightly. Gives me at least some hope things may not be as bad as I thought. |
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| Location: Velburg (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 80 cm LNB: Not known Receiver: Sky (no subscription) Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown |
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| Location: Wedemark (near Hanover) Dish: 85 cm LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Friederike H NOTE: All I can say is that fine tuning can do so much! I had the dish fitted two and a half years ago by a local seller who does lots of things and is not a satellite specialist. Last week I got a specialist who does nothing else, and they used one of those measuring devices. They told me that my setup had been working at only 22% of its capacity before they fixed it, and now it’s at 100%, meaning that it gets as much out of the reception (about 80 per cent or so) as it possibly can and where before I had a blackout, I’ve now got all the Astra 2E channels back. |
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| Location: Wrohm (Schleswig-Holstein) Dish: 90 cm LNB: Unknown Receiver: Dreambox 500HD v2 Signal: Variable Reception: Intermittent Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Here in Schleswig-Holstein (20 kms east of Heide) I have a good reception during the daytime (did not check the morning hours sice I’m at work then), which unfortunately vanishes soon after 18:00 h (signals go down to about 3-4db, apparently I need at least about 6 for a clear picture). After the switch to Astra 2E, I had no signal whatsoever; only after adjusting the Astra2 LNB (we have a multifeed for Astra1 & Astra2), I got the signal back. I’m waiting until the end of the month to maybe have a technician doing some more precise adjustment (had the feeling that I could get a stronger signal on Astra2 LNB at the cost of losing Astra1 signal…). Dish is a 90cm Kathrein (X-mas present… …), receiver is a Dreambox 500HD v2. |
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| Greece |
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| Location: Crete – West (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.2 m ChannelMaster LNB: Invacom Quad Receiver: EyeTV tuner Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Trelos |
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| Location: Iraklion (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.8 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: No Astra 2E UK Spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Rhodes Island Dish: Famaval 2.4 + extension total surface of 3.15 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Vangelis M NOTE: Hello from Rhodes Island Greece, I have clear picture on the following frequencies Astra 2E UK Beam 10773 H10788 V 10803 H 10818 V 10847 V 10936 V All other frequencies on Europe 2E beam clear reception also strong signal. All test have been performed with Famaval 2.4 + extension total surface of 3.15 m.Havent checked yet if signal drops during the day will do that soon. Quite happy with the results. |
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| Hungary |
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| Location: Prietrzka Dish: 2.4 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Variable Reception: Intermittent Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Limited reception of the Astra 2E UK spotbeam. |
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| Italy |
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| Location: Anzio (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.5 m Gibertini OP 150 LNB: Inverto black ultra twin Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown |
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| Location: Bologna Dish: 1.5 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Weak Reception: Very weak Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Very weak signal, not watchable. |
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| Location: Dalmine Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Inverto Black Ultra Receiver: Unknown Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: GP NOTE: Just upgraded to a new 1 metre dish and Inverto Black Ultra LNB and good tuning. The signal is strong and steady even in the night and quality is around 50-60% for BBC and ITV. |
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| Location: Genoa Dish: 1.8 mNOTE: Unconfirmed reports that reception of Astra 2E is possible with a 1.8 m dish. |
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| Location: Lunigiana (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.2 m Fraccaro LNB: Opticum Quad Receiver: Humax HD Foxsat Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: No UK spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Pistoia (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.8 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: No UK spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Rimini (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.8 m ChannelMaster LNB: Inviacom C120 Quad Receiver: Humax 5100 Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Remo Massari NOTE: Unfortunately no signal at all for any UK beam on 2E and 2F. |
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| Location: San Marcello (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.2 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown |
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| Location: Santa Margherita Ligure (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 85 cm FR ACARRO Penta Digit LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Richard H NOTE: I discovered yesterday ( Thursday 6 February ) early evening that I had lost reception of ALL BBC channels. ITV , Channel 4, CNBC, Al Jazeerah etc are fine. |
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| Location: Savona (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 85 cm LNB: Not known Receiver: Ariva Combo 120 (made in Poland) Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Aldo Vassallo NOTE: All BBC transponders lost after migration to Astra 2E |
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| Luxembourg |
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| Location: Luxembourg Dish: 60 cm NOTE: Luxembourg is inside the official Astra 2E UK Spotbeam coverage area. There should be no reception problems at this location. |
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| Malta |
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| Location: Malta (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.8 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Liverkop NOTE: Lost all BBC and ITV channels with a 1.8 mtr dish. Though on some frequencies signal goes from 0 to 60%-80%. |
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| Netherlands |
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| Location: Amsterdam Dish: 60 cm NOTE: Amsterdam is inside the official Astra 2E UK Spotbeam coverage area. There should be no reception problems at this location. |
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| Location: Eindhoven Dish: 60 cm NOTE: Eindhoven is inside the official Astra 2E UK Spotbeam coverage area. There should be no reception problems at this location. |
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| Location: Gelderland Dish: 45 cm Technisat Multitenne LNB: Built in Receiver: Not known Signal: Good Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Gelderland is inside the official Astra 2E UK Spotbeam coverage area. There should be no reception problems at this location |
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| Location: Rotterdam Dish: 60 cm NOTE: Rotterdam is inside the official Astra 2E UK Spotbeam coverage are. There should be no reception problems at this location. |
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| Norway |
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| Location: Bergen Dish: 90 cm LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Variable Reception: Limited reception Report submitted by: NOTE: Daytime BBC ok but not much rain fade allowance. Loss of channels in the evening. A larger dish is required at this location for reliable reception. |
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| Location: Drammen Dish: 90 cm LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: No UK spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Oslo Dish: 1.2 m Fibo LNB: Invacom C120 flange type quad LNB Receiver: TBS 5925 DVB card Signal: Variable Reception: Good, lower than Astra 2F Report submitted by: Bobben NOTE: ASTRA 2E uk spot beam has less EIRP over OSLO compared to ASTRA 2F uk spot beam. SNR figures seems to be 1-1.5dB less on 2E UK spot beam. SNR for all txp’s on 28.5/28.2E |
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| Location: Roa Dish: 1.2 m Fibo LNB: Invacom C120 flange type quad LNB Receiver: TBS 5925 DVB card & ClarkeTec Signal: Variable Reception: Good Report submitted by: Bobben NOTE: This morning ASTRA 2E uk spot beam gives all time high north of OSLO.We have blue sky here. 60.3N,10.61E (40km North of Oslo,Norway) SNR varies for 10.847V vary from threshold (6.5-6.6dB) to 9.5dB. My ClarkeTec receiver shows 0.5dB higher but TBS 5925 probably measure SNR more correct.TBS 5925 SNR measurements (CET time): 10714 MHz H DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 08.9 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 2.4 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:43 10729 MHz V DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 09.5 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 3.0 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:44 10744 MHz H DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 09.6 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 3.1 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:44 10758 MHz V DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 09.6 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 3.1 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:45 10773 MHz H DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 09.6 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 3.1 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:47 10788 MHz V DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 09.5 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 3.0 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:47 10803 MHz H DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 09.6 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 3.1 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:48 10818 MHz V DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 09.5 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 3.0 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:49 10832 MHz H DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 09.6 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 3.1 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:50 10847 MHz V DVB-S2 23000 kS/s 8PSK 2/3 SNR: 09.5 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.6 [dB] Reception margin: 2.9 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:51 10862 MHz H DVB-S2 23000 kS/s 8PSK 2/3 SNR: 09.4 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.6 [dB] Reception margin: 2.8 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:52 10891 MHz H DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 10.0 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 3.5 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:53 10906 MHz V DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 09.9 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 3.4 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:54 10921 MHz H DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 10.1 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 3.6 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:55 10936 MHz V DVB-S2 23000 kS/s 8PSK 2/3 SNR: 09.6 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.6 [dB] Reception margin: 3.0 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:56 10964 MHz H DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 10.3 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 3.8 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:57 10994 MHz H DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 10.0 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 3.5 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:58 11023 MHz H DVB-S2 23000 kS/s 8PSK 2/3 SNR: 10.2 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.6 [dB] Reception margin: 3.6 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:28:59 11053 MHz H DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 10.3 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 3.8 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:29:00 11068 MHz V DVB-S2 23000 kS/s 8PSK 2/3 SNR: 09.6 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.6 [dB] Reception margin: 3.0 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:29:01 11097 MHz V DVB-S2 23000 kS/s 8PSK 2/3 SNR: 09.6 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.6 [dB] Reception margin: 3.0 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:29:02 11126 MHz V DVB-S 22000 kS/s QPSK 5/6 SNR: 09.2 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 6.5 [dB] Reception margin: 2.7 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:29:03 11222 MHz H DVB-S 27500 kS/s QPSK 2/3 SNR: 13.0 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 4.4 [dB] Reception margin: 8.6 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:29:04 11224 MHz V DVB-S 27500 kS/s QPSK 2/3 SNR: 12.8 [dB] DVB threshold/failure: 4.4 [dB] Reception margin: 8.4 [dB] 18.02.2014 07:29:05 |
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| Location: Steinsland, Sotra Dish: 1.1 m LNB: Inverto Black Ultra (single) Receiver: Triax 110, Humax Foxsat-HD Signal: Strength 90 – 100%, Quality 80 – 100% Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Arne NOTE: TIME 1600 POSITION 60,12,25 NORTH – 5,4,33 EAST (Steinsland, Sotra)BBC 1,BBC 2 – S 90%, Q 100% BBC3 – S 90%, Q 80% BBC4 – S 90%, Q 100% BBC2 HD – S 100%, Q 80% BBC3 HD – S 100%, Q 80% BBC News – S 90%, Q 80%Steady signal all day.But what about tonight??? |
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| Location: Steinsland, Sotra Dish: 1.25 m Gibertini OP 125 LNB: Inverto Black Ultra Receiver: Xtrend ET 9500 Signal: 8.5 dB Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Sunco NOTE: ASTRA 2E UK Spot Beam 8,5 dB ASTRA 2F UK Spot Beam 6,2 dB Latitude: 61.1636° Longitude: 5.8998° |
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| Location: Tønsberg Dish: 1.8 m LNB: Inverto White Quad LNB, C120 Inverto Black Ultra Receiver: EchoStar HDS-600RS Signal: Signal 75%, Quality 75% Reception: Good Report submitted by: Hokksund NOTE: Realignment did the trick. Yesterday evening i had all channels with ca. 75/75 Strength/Quality. WEATHER – CLEAR -5c I checked at 0800 CET today and BBC One HD was not available, but BBC1 London was okay with 65/70 Strength/Quality. WEATHER – GREY, Rain/Snow -2.5c Funny thing is the Channel 5 channels are now available, i had lost these until now. All these reading as done with a Inverto White Quad LNB , which has been chopped and glued to a C120. I have a similar Inverto Black Ultra, again chopped and glued for C120, this gives 5% better results. I have a 1.8m dish & 2 x EchoStar HDS-600RS, which are probably not the best receivers for fringe areas but are excellent boxes for day to day use. |
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| Location: Ålesund (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 90 cm Torodial T90 LNB: 0.1db 1/16 switch EMP Centrauri Receiver: VU Plus Duo Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Lakromani NOTE: All BBC is gone, so no Astra 2E Spot beam. 28.2E is on the side of the T90, mot focused directly on 28.2 30 meter coaxial cable run. |
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| Poland |
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| Location: Malapolska (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.0 m Gibertini motorised LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: No Astra 2E UK spot beam reception |
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| Portugal |
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| Location: Estoril (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 2.4 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: No UK spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Estoril (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 3.0 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: |
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| Location: Lisbon (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 3.0 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: No UK spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Moncarapacho (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 3.0 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: No UK spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Obidos (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.5 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: No UK spotbeam reception. |
| Location: Porto Dish: 1.8 m LNB: Receiver: Signal: Variable Reception: Marginal Report submitted by: NOTE: Marginal, no rain fade allowance. |
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| Location: Sintra (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.8 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: No UK spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Tabua Dish: 1.4 metre offset LNB: Not known Receiver: Sky & FTA Receiver Signal: Variable Reception: Good Report submitted by: Wayne NOTE: All BBC channels on fta receiver but not on Sky box OK in light rain, with rain cover. |
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| Location: Tavira (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: Not known Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: No UK spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Tomar Area Dish: 2.4 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Variable Reception: Intermittent Report submitted by: NOTE: Intermittent reception |
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| Location: Viseu Dish: 1.25 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Variable Reception: Marginal Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Marginal reception, may be some improvement with dish tweaking. A larger dish is required for reliable reception at this location. |
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| Slovenia |
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| Location: Kamnik (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.1 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: No reception of Astra 2E UK Spotbeam. |
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| Spain |
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| Location: Altea Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: All channels ok. |
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| Location: Calafat Dish: 2.4 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: All channels ok. |
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| Location: Canary Islands, Adeje Tenerife Dish: 3.1 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Echostar HD box Signal: Variable Reception: OK, limited Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: 3.1 mtr dish, Echostar HD box getting most channels including BBC1 London, but having to use regional variations for others, signals are from both Astra 2E and 2F. Lost BBC News and all HD channels except Channel 4 and BBC News, also can get some plus 1s but not the original channel. |
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| Location: Canary Islands, Chio Tenerife Dish: 3.1 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Variable Reception: Good Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: BBC 1 West Midlands & BBC2 Wales work ok. Most of others not available, some ITV’s working. |
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| Location: Canary Islands Maspalomas, Gran Canaria Dish: 2.4 m Offset ChannelMaster LNB: Inverto Black Ultra Receiver: Amstrad DRX-890 Signal: Variable Reception: Good Report submitted by: Blueplatinum NOTE Last Updated by Andre on Feb 7 This morning I woke to a loss of BBC (ex 1N) Verticals but Horizontals (except HD) were OK. Channel 5 from Astra 2F was also OK. Since then I am getting a little pixelation on the BBC horizontals, but have lost Channel 5 completely (which is normal). So an initial impression is that 2E is coming in more consistently than 2F. It is a Channel Master 2.4m offset dish with Inverto Black Ultra LNB and Amstrad DRX-890 receiver. Later today I am going to setup the Technomate 5402 HD with a TV on the roof and see if I can tweak a bit more signal quality out of the scew and “long neck” adjustment. I think the dish alignment is probably OK (and I wouldn’t tackle that anyway). Many people with 3m prime focus dishes here are reporting total loss of BBC. I think most of them have Invacom LNBs as these were commonly installed back in the 2D days. |
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| Location: Callosa d’en Sarria Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Weak Reception: Limited Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: BBC breaking up heavily, a larger dish is required at this location. |
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| Location: Costa Blanca Area Dish: 1.8 m LNB: Unk Receiver: Unknown Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: N/A NOTE: Reports suggest that a 1.8 m dish gives reception of the Astra 2E UK spotbeam 24/7 (NOT CONFIRMED). |
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| Location: Dénia Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: All channels ok. |
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| Location: El Poble nou de Benitatxell Dish: 1.2 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: All channels ok |
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| Location: Els Poblets Denia Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: All channel fine. |
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| Location: Finestat Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Variable Reception: Limited Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Marginal reception, some breakup. A larger dish is required for reliable reception. |
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| Location: Gandia Dish: 1.8 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: Reception of all Astra 2E UK spotbeam channels. |
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| Location: Gandia Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Unstable Reception: Very limited reception Report submitted by: NOTE: Poor signal, a larger dish is required at this location. |
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| Location: Gaucin (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.3 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE: No UK spotbeam reception. |
| Location: Ginestar (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.9 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE No UK spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Granada (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.3 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Humax HD receiver Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE No UK spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Ibiza Dish: 1.2 m Channel Master LNB: Inverto Quad, ChannelMaster feed horn Receiver: Sky HD + DRX890. Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE All BBC working fine no loss as of yet. Signal levels pretty much unchanged. |
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| Location: La Nucia, Costa Blanca Dish: 2.4 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Sky Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE Hi, to let you know that I have 2.4m dish and have not lost any channels. If anything it has improved, as I can now can use Planner at all times, where as before only in the morning for about 1 hour. |
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| Location: L’Ametlla de Mar Dish: 1.9 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Variable Reception: Intermittent reception and breakup Report submitted by: NOTE Intermittent reception and breakup. A larger dish is required at this location for reliable reception. |
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| Location: L’Ampolla Dish: 1.9 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE Astra 2E reception ok. |
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| Location: Los Alcazares, Murcia Dish: 1.6 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: S Drake NOTE Report from Los Alcazares, Murcia – 3 dishes 1.1 x1.2m offset dish – no Astra 2E 1.25 x 1.37 offset dish – Most SD channels, No E4, no BBC 1 & 2 HD 1.6 x 1.5m offset dish – All channels SD & HD 24/7 |
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| Location: Madrid Dish: 1.2 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Variable Reception: OK Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE Reasonable reception, a larger dish would give better reception at this location. |
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| Location: Moraira (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE No UK spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Mula Dish: 1.4 m LNB: Invacom Receiver: Unknown Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE Channels ok |
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| Location: Olivia (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.O m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE No UK spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Pamplona (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 80 cm LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: NOTE No UK spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Polop Dish: 1.1 m LNB: Unknown Receiver: Unknown Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE All channels working fine from Astra 2E. |
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| Location: Rasquera – 1.9 m (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.9 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE No UK spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Salamanca (city) Dish: 1.2 m ChannelMaster LNB: Inverto Black Ultra 0.2 single LNB Receiver: Unknown Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Jacobo40 NOTE With a motorized 120cm ChannelMaster dish/Inverto Black Ultra 0.2 single LNB , reception is good on all channels as of today and in fact has improved a notch. Hoping things remain this way. |
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| Location: Santiago de Compostela Dish: 2.4 m LNB: Televes Twin Universal Receiver: Humax FOXSAT-HD & Bush BFSAT02SD Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Emmet H NOTE Location Santiago de Compostela, Nortside of city with uninterupted view to horizon. Reception Quality – Freesat Channels all: Very good, some deterioration in heavy rain. Reception is slightly improved over Astra 1N Adjustment of alignment, very very slight adjustment of dish to North was required with new satellite. |
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| Location: Tordera (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 80 cm LNB: Receiver: Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE No UK spotbeam reception. |
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| Location: Totana Dish: 1.2 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Variable Reception: Intermittent Report submitted by: NOTE Receiving BBC1 on 2E on a 1.2m dish but pixalating in the afternoon but ok in the evening. |
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| Location: Tortosa Dish: 1.9 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE Astra 2E reception ok. |
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| Location: Valencia Dish: 2.4 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE All channels working fine. |
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| Location: Xàbia Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE All channels ok. |
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| Location: Xaló Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE All channels ok. |
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| Location: Xerta Dish: 1.9 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE Astra 2E 1.9 m reception ok. |
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| Sweden |
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| Location: Borlänge Dish: 1.5 m Gibertini OP 150 LNB: Inverto Black Ultra Receiver: Pace 2600 Signal: Reception: Report submitted by: Puffin NOTE BBC1 Yorkshire seems now to have migrated to 2E. Reception is a tiny bit weaker as 2F here some 20 km southeast of Falun with a signal quality of 20-30%. My current setup is a Gibertini 150, Inverto Black Ultra and a Pace 2600. The result is therefore a slightly pixelating picture that probably is going to get worse in the day with the normal pattern of the footprint. What I now have to decide is to go straight for a Channelmaster 180 or give a Invacom quad with a Channelmaster feedhorn a try first. |
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| Location: Borås (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 90 cm LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: 0% Reception: Npne Report submitted by: franny66 NOTE No lock at all, before I had 60% on 2F with my 80cm dish. It seems 150cm to 180cm is the minimum size of dish required as was the case in Astra 2D days here in west Sweden. It will be interesting to see how Stockholm fairs out this time round. Peter should soon fill us in anyway and his usually very accurate. |
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| Location: Dalarna Area Dish: 1.5 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Variable Reception: Marginal – some pixellation Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE A larger dish is required at this location for reliable reception. |
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| Location: Falkenberg Dish: 1.8 m Luxor Prime focus LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE I have stable reception of all Astra 2E transponders here in Falkenberg on the Swedish west coast with my old 180 cm Luxor primefocus dish. The signal is a lot weaker compared to Astra 1N transponders but more powerful compared to old Astra 2D. I’ve also tested to receive Astra 2E with a 100 cm Nokia offset dish which works fine for the horizontal transponders but not for the vertical ones. With my 180 cm dish I get a good reception margin that can handle poor weather conditions. The Astra 2E transponders are weaker compared to Astra 2F transponders. I can receive all Astra 2F transponders both horizontal and vertical with a 100 cm dish. But when it comes to Astra 2E I can only receive horizontal transponders with a 100 cm dish, to get stable reception of the vertical Astra 2E transponders a 120 – 150 cm dish is needed in Falkenberg. |
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| Location: Gothenburg Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Variable Reception: Intermittent reception Report submitted by: NOTE A larger dish is required at this location for reliable reception. |
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| Location: Gothenburg Dish: 1.0 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE Steady signals. |
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| Location: Gothenburg Dish: 1.8 m SMW OA 1400 polar mount & Prime Focus 1.8 m LNB: Inverto Black Pro 0.2 dB & Digiality SC-1 0.4 dB Receiver: DM 7020HD & Moteck V Box II 36V Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Stars NOTE The PF 1.8 m dish is optimized towards Astra 2F so maybe I could get a little stronger signal if I fine tune the dish towards Astra 2E. Over all seams Astra 2E signal about 2 dB weaker than Astra 2F UK Spot beam. Dish No.1 SMW OA 1400 polarmount FEEDHORN: SMW XM-140 LNB: Inverto Black Pro nf 0.2 Dish No.2 Prime Focus 1.8 m FEEDHORN: ADF-120 LNB: Digiality SC-1 nf 0.4 RECEIVER: DM 7020HD & Moteck V Box II 36V |
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| Location: Helsingborg Dish: 1.8 m ChannelMaster LNB: Inverto Black Ultra Receiver: Humax Foxsat HD & MegaSat HD500 Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Anglophile NOTE I get 24h reception of 2E on a 1.8m Channel Master and Inverto Black Ultra LNB. BBC 1 London is 90/90% on the Humax Foxsat HD in the evening here, 90/80 in the afternoon. BBC 1 HD is 90/80 evenings and 90/70 for a few hours in the afternoon. |
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| Location: Hässelby (NO ASTRA 2E) Dish: 1.2 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not Known Signal: 0% Reception: None Report submitted by: MrWeah NOTE All BBC, ITV & all C4 gone as of this morning. Have fine tuned dish but to no avail, cannot get slightest signal when trying to tune to a BBC or ITV channel. All Sky channels still giving at least 80% signal strength & 90 quality. Still got cloud cover but it is not looking good. To Sky or not to Sky at 60 odd quid a month, that is the question. Bigger dish not an option. |
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| Location: Jönköping Dish: 1.1 m TD110 LNB: Universal 0.7dB Receiver: Not known Signal: Strength 73-77% Quality 35-36% Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Chrisradio4 NOTE Weather quite gusty with light clouds and light rain/drizzle, not perfect for standing about too long with unstable mechanical “installation”. shock. Brief SD trial with temporarily ground mounted TD110 110cm dish and standard 0.7db LNB into a WS-6906 Satlink Digital Meter: Channel 5 2F and BBC Channels (2E) Strength 73-77% Quality 35-36%; Lock quickly found with good to reasonable reception. :DSimilar trial in October 2013 in same location but better weather for historical comparison purposes: Channel 5 (Astra 2F) and BBC (Astra 1N) Channels Strength 51-80% Quality 51-28%; Lock quickly found with good reception.Using same dish 100km further east into 2x digiboxes, again in October 2013, yielded: BBC (1N) Strength 78-70% Quality 25-90% with lock and good reception Ch 5 (2F) Strength 25-61% Quality 4-17%, no lock / reception in both cases. |
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| Location: Linköping Dish: 1.5 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE All channels ok. |
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| Location: Kungsbacka Dish: 1.1 m Triax TD110 LNB: Inverto Black Ultra Quad Receiver: TBS6925 (Single DVB-S/S2) & TBS6985 (Quad DVB-S/S2) Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Bema NOTE Added 10818V yesterday. Did a skew adjustment today. It’s not an catastrophic situation …Changes in my receiver: BBC 1 HD -> BBC 1 HD Scotland BBC 2 HD -> BBC 2 Scotland (SD) BBC Three HD -> BBC Three (SD) Very close to the receiver threshold.I have confirmed that my LNB is less sensitive for the verticals (approx 1.5 dB) so I’m now consider to turn it 90 degrees. Hopefully I will hopefully get back the HD channels. Most of the (HD) channels I want have vertical polarization. I also have a slight feeling that the LNB is less sensitive when you go down in frequency. Optimum NF is probably in the middle of the band 10.7-12.75 GHz. |
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| Location: Lund Dish: 1.5 m LNB: Inverto Black Ultra Receiver: Not known Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE Reception report frtom just acrosss the water from you. Lund, Sweden 1,5 – 1,6 m dish in central Lund. Inverto black ultra LNB All channels, even HD, 24/7 |
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| Location: Motala Dish: 1.8 m ChannelMaster LNB: Inverto Black Ultra Receiver: Vantage 8000 receiver Signal: S: 85-86% and Q: 88-89% Reception: Report submitted by: Nalleman NOTE Located in Motala (between Stockholm and Gothenburg) I can say there is no big difference when I compare 2E and 2F regarding the UK beam. S: 85-86, Q: 87-88 at 2F and S: 85-86 and Q: 88-89 at 2E. When it comes to the PE beam 2E is a little bit stronger than 2F. |
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| Location: Rydsgård Dish: 1.5 m LNB: GT Sat single LNB Receiver: Panasonic 55GT30 (TV) Signal: S 83&/Q 33% on SD and S 83%/ Q23% on HD Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE Checked out the reception on BBC channels at 7.30 this morning, seems that was just when they started to switch to 2E! First the HD channels disappeared, then the standard channels became marginal. Check the signal strength/quality on my Panasonic 55GT30 TV and it was 0/0 0n HD, 70/12 on SD. Went out with my sat meter and checked dish alignment ( we’ve had some pretty strong winds this winter) but it was OK. Then tried adjusting the LNB position and skew. The satmeter shows no response to this, so I had contact with daughter next to the TV via mobile phone and hey presto, I got the signal up to 83/33 on SD and 83/23 on HD. All channels now watchable without any drop outs, even in the light rain and heavy cloud we had today.My position is in S Villie, Rydsgård, about 15 km from the south Swedish coast and about 50 km east of Malmö. 1.5 m prime focus ally dish with a few buckles in it, GT Sat single LNB ( 5 years old) and about 35m feed cable to the TV. Very happy I’m not going to need the 1.8 m glassfibre dish I had waiting as a possible replacement if the signal was not strong enough! |
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| Location: Simrishamn Dish: 1.8 m ChannelMaster LNB: Titanium quad LNB ca 45m cable run Receiver: VU+ Duo Signal: BBC 1 HD 10847 V S 55%, 8.62 dB / BBC1 London 10.773H 61%, 9.38 dB Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Unknown NOTE BBC 1 HD 10847 V on 1N snr 73% dB 11.38 now on 2E snr 55% dB 8.62 BBC1 London 10.773H snr 61% dB 9.38 |
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| Location: Östersund Dish: 3.7 m LNB: Not known Receiver: Not known Signal: Stable Reception: 24/7 Report submitted by: Bosse Parabol NOTE All channels Astra 2 E good signal north Sweden Östersund no problem 3.70m Dish. Previously good signal at 1.80m See: www.satwall.se |
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