Al Jazeera Sport 1 (Badr C or Eurobird 2) how do i get this?

brophy · 09-01-2007 12:50pm #1

Basically just as the title says, i am wondering is there any way for me to get these?
What type of dish would i need, would a mini dish do it if it was at the right position?

If is just that a fair few of the Premiership and other pay sports are on this.

pos satellite freq symbol
26.2e Badr C 3.800 H 27500 - 3/4
25.8e EuroBird 2 10.971 H 27500 - 3/4

Any help would be great.

Supercell · 09-01-2007 7:01pm

brophy wrote:

Basically just as the title says, i am wondering is there any way for me to get these?
What type of dish would i need, would a mini dish do it if it was at the right position?

If is just that a fair few of the Premiership and other pay sports are on this.

pos satellite freq symbol
26.2e Badr C 3.800 H 27500 - 3/4
25.8e EuroBird 2 10.971 H 27500 - 3/4

Any help would be great.

Eurobird 2 - Forget it

http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/maps/eb2.html

Badr C - Yep - but with a ~1M dish

http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/maps/badrc_h.html

Zaphod · 09-01-2007 8:14pm

Badr C transmits in the C-band (3.4-4.2 GHz) so you would need a C-band LNBF. Ordinarily dishes for C-band start at 1.8M upwards but Badr operates at high power, so even an 80cm Lidl dish works.

(3800 V instead of 3800 H because of skewed LNBF)

But you have zero rain reserve on an 80cm, so a 1.2M would be more suitable.

brophy · 10-01-2007 10:01am

Is it possible to put up a 1.2m dish and have it getting the badr c and also the Eurobird 1 & Astra 2A/2B/2D at 28.2°E or am i right in assuming that i need to have it motorised?

thanks for the help.

snaps · 10-01-2007 10:26am

Ive read that on the 15th of Jan Al Jazzera sport is moving to a new stronger transponder on the new BADR sat. 12.188 H 27500 3/4.

So there is a little hope. I can pick up quite a lot with a 1.1 in Galway.

Also MBC channels are moving to stronger beams on 15th.

Ronan|Raven · 10-01-2007 1:06pm

snaps, can you get anything from badr4?

Zaphod · 10-01-2007 7:18pm

brophy wrote:

Is it possible to put up a 1.2m dish and have it getting the badr c and also the Eurobird 1 & Astra 2A/2B/2D at 28.2°E

It might be bit difficult to get the 2 LNBFs close enough for the 2 degree spacing especially as the C-band LNBF is larger than a Ku-band LNBF. Used in conjunction with a slimline LNBF it might be OK.

http://3mzb.hr/shop/images/alps_single.jpg

snaps · 10-01-2007 11:35pm

Ronan/Raven
Not sure what transponders im recieving from 26 east. All I know some are very weak and some very strong. Its not a position I watch a lot to be honest but some are scanned in. Im not in front of my reciever tonight but 11.842 rings a bell with BBC world India on. I know 10.971????? The one with al jazzera sport on is a no no, but there is about half of the 26east I can recieve. I use a .2 titanium lnb on 1.1m motorised dish. I can sometimes in really good weather get a bit of signal on 7west nilesat (v) transponders only, but it has to be crystal clear blue skys (Very rare in these parts). I love Zaphods pictures, he is a mirror image of me. I have a simular set up in the back garden in the summer with temporary dishes, portable tv's, recievers etc. The neighbours have hours of entertainment watching me play with dishes like that!!!! Ive actually got people into satellite from them watching me play with my dishes!

watty · 11-01-2007 9:55am

It's more like 3 degree spacing. I think Badr is really 25.5E. I can't get the pair well on a 90cm dish with slimish LNBs. I use the motorised for Badr.

13E, 19E, 23E & 28E together on one large dish works. I'm going to try a Wavefrontier T90

Al Jazeera Sport 1 (Badr C or Eurobird 2) how do i get this?

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