Ireland v Argentina (FTA on Atlantic 1)

slicedpanman

LJs site is showing that "Sport Italia 2" on Atlantic Bird 1 (12.5w) will be showing todays game free and live from Lansdowne...

However, I'm having difficulty picking up -> 12545.00 H, 17455 3/4 on 12.5w... I'm in Limerick with an 80cm dish. I'm getting about 30%-35% Quality stats and 44% BER for this freq. Is that about all I could expect that far west on an 80cm dish?
What size dish should pick up this freq reliably (i.e. most weather conditions) that far west?

MBSnr

I'm in Mayo and get similar on a 80cm dish. I don't recall the % figures off the top of my head. On a clear day I get no picture breakup but as soon as it starts raining I get breakup - (which normally happens just as the game is 10 mins in...).

Having said that I've recently changed my receiver (MVision HD300) since watching 12W last year and I am also now using a Inverto Black Ultra LNB which definitely has a better tolerance for lower quality signals. I was messing about with 7E last night and managed to bring in and watch Europe B beam channels at 36% quality which I couldn't do with my old LNB.

So if you can't get a larger dish maybe changing the LNB would help. I did a test on 12W when I 1st got the new LNB - it was raining and the picture didn't break up as much with the Inverto. Hopefully that will stay the same throughout diff weather conditions.

As for dish sizes - allowing for rain fade at least 120-150cm according to here

slicedpanman

MBSnr wrote: »

I'm in Mayo and get similar on a 80cm dish. I don't recall the % figures off the top of my head. On a clear day I get no picture breakup but as soon as it starts raining I get breakup - (which normally happens just as the game is 10 mins in...).

Having said that I've recently changed my receiver (MVision HD300) since watching 12W last year and I am also now using a Inverto Black Ultra LNB which definitely has a better tolerance for lower quality signals. I was messing about with 7E last night and managed to bring in and watch Europe B beam channels at 36% quality which I couldn't do with my old LNB.

So if you can't get a larger dish maybe changing the LNB would help. I did a test on 12W when I 1st got the new LNB - it was raining and the picture didn't break up as much with the Inverto. Hopefully that will stay the same throughout diff weather conditions.

As for dish sizes - allowing for rain fade at least 120-150cm according to here

Cheers MBSnr... happy to hear that those would be normal enough figures. Yeah my lnb is fairly old and cheap on the motorised dish and I am considering upgrading that. I may also get a 90cm or 1m dish if I spot one secondhand somewhere

snaps

Same here as well lads, picture when its clear and still but as soon as rain comes its johnny bye byes. I find the same with most feeds that pop up on this bird!!

Pyongyang

I'll have a 100% crystal clear picture in full 20:20 HD seeing as I will be at the match tonight.

Minstrel27

That should help.

downwiththatsor

slicedpanman wrote: »

LJs site is showing that "Sport Italia 2" on Atlantic Bird 1 (12.5w) will be showing todays game free and live from Lansdowne...

However, I'm having difficulty picking up -> 12545.00 H, 17455 3/4 on 12.5w... I'm in Limerick with an 80cm dish. I'm getting about 30%-35% Quality stats and 44% BER for this freq. Is that about all I could expect that far west on an 80cm dish?
What size dish should pick up this freq reliably (i.e. most weather conditions) that far west?

Does this mean transmission is delayed by 15 mins?

"(i) Sport Italia 2 coverage +15mins" from LJ's site

slicedpanman

downwiththatsor wrote: »

Does this mean transmission is delayed by 15 mins?

"(i) Sport Italia 2 coverage +15mins" from LJ's site

D'oh hadn't noticed that... :rolleyes:
I suppose it doesn't matter to me now anyway as I'm not likely to get a stable picture anyway

downwiththatsor

slicedpanman wrote: »

D'oh hadn't noticed that... :rolleyes:
I suppose it doesn't matter to me now anyway as I'm not likely to get a stable picture anyway

Still beats RTE2 highlights as not til 22.25, if you can get a stable pic that is

Manc-Red

downwiththatsor wrote: »

Does this mean transmission is delayed by 15 mins?

"(i) Sport Italia 2 coverage +15mins" from LJ's site

Usually means they'll join the game 15 mins late if memory serves me correct.

Possible official stream - http://www.sportitalia.com/SI2live.aspx

dxhound2005

Sport Italia 2 good signal in Dundalk 1.1 m dish AzBox.

For anyone who can resolve 4:2:2 this feed is on 1 West, with thanks to Satelliweb. 8PSK 5/6 on AzBox. 59% signal but some breakup, happens with HD sometimes. Stunning pictures.


Fréquence: 11514 - Pol: V - SR: 15000 - FEC: -

Catégorie: Sport - Football

Transmis en: MPEG-2 4:2:2

Infos: Ireland-Argentina(dvb-s2,hdtv)-more


Going out for the evening so wont be around for the match.

JAMM222

rookie alert!
I have a sagem box and i am trying to watch the match, what do i need to do? do i have to move the dish? i have no idea what it is pointed at but i am pickingg up all the fta channels. I can get into the menu where you can enter frequency etc. but as i start scan nothing appears?
oh by the way i am in north county dublin/ east meath
thanks

Oat23

Well it looks like it doesn't matter if they are joining the game 15 mins late because it's 15 mins late starting :pac:.

JAMM222

here is a pic of my dish if that helps

twig

slicedpanman wrote: »

LJs site is showing that "Sport Italia 2" on Atlantic Bird 1 (12.5w) will be showing todays game free and live from Lansdowne...

However, I'm having difficulty picking up -> 12545.00 H, 17455 3/4 on 12.5w... I'm in Limerick with an 80cm dish. I'm getting about 30%-35% Quality stats and 44% BER for this freq. Is that about all I could expect that far west on an 80cm dish?
What size dish should pick up this freq reliably (i.e. most weather conditions) that far west?

I dont know off hand what % signal i get but its perfect in cork on a 1.1m dish and Tm7100! picture quality is awful tho!

I tried that feed i could hear the commentators talking but box was showing up a black screen and an error saying no audio/video which i thought was very strange. Anyone know why?

Minstrel27

JAMM222 wrote: »

here is a pic of my dish if that helps

You wont get much in the line of feeds with a Sky minidish. Astra 1 and Hotbird perhaps.

dxhound2005

twig wrote: »

I dont know off hand what % signal i get but its perfect in cork on a 1.1m dish and Tm7100! picture quality is awful tho!

I tried that feed i could hear the commentators talking but box was showing up a black screen and an error saying no audio/video which i thought was very strange. Anyone know why?

It is because the transmission was in the MPEG 4:2:2 format which TM receivers cant decode. The AzBox is the only generally available receiver for 4:2:2.