Badr 4

mmalaka

Experts:

Can I got this Sat channels here in Ireland (kilcock)??

what is the requried Dish size for this?

Regards

watty

You'll get some on 80cm
110cm recommended

You won't get any channel on the MBC or ME beams. There are several satellites

http://www.lyngsat.com/badr.html

I certainly get some channels on this.

Zaphod

All of the BSS beams and some of the FSS beams should be OK. MBC beam will also be fine on 110/120cm. Satworld in Kimmage sells good value 120cm dishes.



See here for more info:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055037041

snaps

i have no problems with MBC channels in Galway with 1.1m and .2lnb (skew to about 5 o clock though)

watty

MBC beam is not same thing as MBC channels. I get MBC channels too.

snaps

what is the MBC beam then? I recieve MBC on 11.919 H 27500? Is this a european version of the channels? Thought this was the proper beam.

Zaphod

watty wrote: »

MBC beam is not same thing as MBC channels.

Oh, yes it is!

watty

Then the coverage map is very pessimistic or Ireland has drifted towards Casablanca.

mmalaka

there are 2 MBC channels

I recieve MBC channel on Hotbird, but it is only one channel; the Arabic main channel, I can not get the other channels

Zaphod

watty wrote: »

Then the coverage map is very pessimistic or Ireland has drifted towards Casablanca.

I reckon the MBC beam is just the standard BSS beam but with decreased output from the TP. And then they got the engineers to magic up a new footprint map to satisfy the copyright lawyers.

mmalaka wrote: »

there are 2 MBC channels

I recieve MBC channel on Hotbird, but it is only one channel; the Arabic main channel, I can not get the other channels

There are 6 MBC channels on Badr 4. Five are FTA (MBC 1, 2, 3, 4 and Action) and one is encrypted (MBC International).

snaps

Ive noticed the last month, signal seems to be a bit weaker on this position? Would it be anything to do with the time of year? Does this effect satellite reception? Is summer generally better reception months than winter?

Zaphod

Based on the amount of light hitting the solar panels, the summer is worse. But you have to add in other factors such as weather and orbital fluctuations.


http://celestrak.com/columns/v04n09/

Worth checking if the high winds have left the motor slightly misaligned.

tinofapples

Are you guys getting Dubai Sports channels on Badr4 okay ?

snaps

if you mean the hd dubai sports, yes its as strong as the mbc channels.