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Jako

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  1. @Martin963: Moving the entire satellite to 28.5 just to tweak 1 beam seems unlikely. This would have an averse effect on the three other beams: pan-europe, middle-east and the KA band service (internet) for Germany.
  2. Create a VPN between both routers (if supported) can do this trick, but that is not simple. If possible and properly configured the 'French' side of the VPN will get the IP address from your British router and you connect to the internet through the British router. A livebox can do this, but the standard setup is with another livebox.
  3. I think the new UK spotbeam is state-of-the-art for KU band transmissions stemming from a satellite that is more than 28 degrees to far to the east for the desired country. The next step will be a cluster of very small footprints the size of a city, so in London you will receive BBC London and in Edinburgh they will receive SBC Edinburgh from the same satellite and frequency.[:)] But that is 15 years away...
  4. It is not the BBC that has the influence, it is 'Hollywood' . Why do you think the published Astra1N 'spotbeam' is so far off the truth? European broadcasters pay 'Hollywood' for exclusive rights and yet the same programs could still be watched by almost all 500 million Europeans on the BBC.
  5. @Martin963: I think both reasons are valid. According to rumours the BBC have been very keen on tightening the spotbeam because of the rights issue and the birds also carry transponders for west Africa and the Middle east that make reusing the same frequencies possible.
  6. @Quillian: Astra2G will probably take on the Astra2A transponders and provide extra capacity. We do not yet know when and where the Eutelsat transponders move to. Assuming spotbeam transponders are cheaper to lease than pan-european transponders , anything is possible especially when profit margins drop. The thee satellites combined are able to provide any solution a UK provider might need for the next 15 years.
  7. [quote user="Daft Doctor"]Hi, can either Martin or Jako help me with my question earlier in the thread.  If I have decent signal strength and quality on all channels with a 60cm dish, would an 80cm dish make the signal significantly more stable in bad weather or adverse atmospheric conditions?  Instinct says yes it would, but my instinct isn't always right!  Many thanks  [:)][/quote] Yes, but what we do not yet know is whether 80 cm will be enough because reception of Astra2E outside the spotbeam is not stable over time. Having a decent signal now is no guarantee the signal will be decent in three months from today under the same conditions.
  8. We know nothing about the longer term effects yet. Reception of 2F has proven to be very unstable outside the footprint, 2E will have the same problem. And SES are supposed to be able to finetune the 2E footprint in-orbit. If the current signal is to low, the only thing certain is that the current dish is too small, but nothing is known yet regarding the necessary minimum dish size.
  9. The LO is the frequency of the Local Oscillator of your LNB, check your LNB specs.  For a 'universal LNB' this is 9750 (low band) or 10600 (high band) High band=22 kHz oscillator ON ,low band=22kHZ oscillator OFF. Try BBC One London: 10773 MHz ,polarity= horizontal, symbol rate=22000,Fec =5/6, DVBS , QPSK.
  10. No, a signal amplifier will amplify both the noise and the signal. That might only help in case of a very long cable (>50 meter) , but the amplifier in the current LNB's is already very strong (>60 dB) . There is only one solution to improve the signal: a bigger dish. Up to 1 meter is ok, no permission needed, unless you are in some protected zone.
  11. Someone close to Mont-de-Marsan , 100 cm dish: no signal, will try to realign later..
  12. That will be the signal strength of the EPG home transponder. In the Algarve there seems to be a 'BBC Switch-Off party', probably just boozing until the picture disappears.. [:D]
  13. Does the BBC read this forum? The sentence "The effect on coverage within Europe: Northern France and Belgium may see an improvement, outside of this area there may be a slight reduction in coverage with the need for a larger receive antenna." has been removed from their website...[:D]
  14. It is exactly that ruling that was the trigger to find a solution. Personally I do not think the BBC would ever want the huge extra cost of encryption an viewing cards back as the spotbeam provides a better solution: More signal at a lower cost for the UK.
  15. This night many transponders were moved from 1N to the old 2A. It seems they now want to prioritise moving Astra1N  to 19.2  and use the Astra2A as Astra2G's temporary stand-in. Regarding the rights issue, that is actually in the process of being resolved on a EU scale and involves paying for the actual amount of subscriptions in Europe  instead of the number of 'potential viewers' per area.  This would however only be a solution for subscription viewers and not the BBC unless they would start to encrypt again and issue viewing cards , but a EU solution is still many years away.
  16. "The effect on coverage within Europe: Northern France and Belgium may see an improvement, outside of this area there may be a slight reduction in coverage with the need for a larger receive antenna." For some in the south of Europe this is the understatement of the year: from good reception with a 80 cm dish to no reception at all regardless of dish size.
  17. That is a list of transponders with their respective S/N ratio daily measurements in dB in southern Europe. As soon as a transponder moves from Astra1N to Astra2E/F that signal will drop sharply. As the BBC is not allowed to broadcast the Olympics outside Britain we might assume that transponders carrying BBC2 will move soon:10773,10788,10803,10818,10847
  18. SES also won the dispute with Eutelsat. The remaining Eutelsat frequencies will also move to Astra2E/F/G but Eutelsat will still commercialise these frequencies. http://www.ses.com/4233325/news/2014/16846982
  19. Astra2e will be in position and expected to be operational this weekend. Moving transponders could start on Monday, should they wish to do so.
  20. The long waiting is over, they have pressed the 'fire' button.[B] Astra2E is now moving towards its final destination at 28.2E.[:D]
  21. [quote] This new satellite does have ‘spot beams’ and it’s likely that some BBC and ITV channels will go on to one of those transponders, but even that is not certain yet.[/quote] Also wrong, this is certain and confirmed by the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/television/satellite/channels.html Regarding the 'other satellite' they might mean the BBC backup facility at intelsat 907 (27.5 west) . That transponder is hard to receive with standard equipment , encrypted in BISS and no subscription is possible. However, the BISS encryption is hacked and this feed is used by hobbyists to watch UK TV. The BBC will definitely change encryption as soon as this facility is used by more than a few hobbyists in Portugal , so this is no valid alternative.
  22. The simple answer is: NO Not even for watching and recording two French TNT channels. A DVD recorder is ancient history, you need a TNT/TNTSAT/CanalSat/Freesat/Sky (whatever you want to watch) decoder with at least two tuners and a harddisc recorder.
  23. That sounds more like your own wifi speed going down, not your ADSL linespeed.
  24. But what he should have done is: replace the junction box. Cleaning is just a temporary solution designed to keep more people 'working'. Once corrosion is in the box, replacement is the only good solution. What they tend to do is simply rewire the box so that someone else will have your problem now and as soon he complains they repeat the action. I had this problem and kept complaining until the 'hired help' reported back to Orange that he had already completely replaced the box and all the wiring so it must be "the client". I took photos proving otherwise and Orange then sent one of their own to check. A few days later they replaced about 100 meter cable and several new boxes with brand new wiring. Not one problem since and the guy from Orange told me "I hope they got the message"[:D]
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