Satellite Feeds

Hunter Mahan

I have 13 and 28 degees working for free to air and Hotbird, which I really enjoy as it satisfies my needs for sport and regular TV.

Looking ahead to next year with the inevitable changes I was just wondering if I had a 1m dish what options would be open to me in Cork?

I'm assuming 16 and 19 without issues, but what about 26?

Have I assumed correctly?

Any thoughts would be appreciated, or maybe a point in the right direction.

I tried checking some maps but I have java disabled so I was unable to view them.

iba

Hunter Mahan wrote: »

I have 13 and 28 degees working for free to air and Hotbird, which I really enjoy as it satisfies my needs for sport and regular TV.

Looking ahead to next year with the inevitable changes I was just wondering if I had a 1m dish what options would be open to me in Cork?

I'm assuming 16 and 19 without issues, but what about 26?

Have I assumed correctly?

Any thoughts would be appreciated, or maybe a point in the right direction.

I tried checking some maps but I have java disabled so I was unable to view them.

Hi,

I think my dish is Triax 1.1m (but it might be just 1m) and I can get 26 in Dublin.

At the moment Im getting, 28, 26, 19, 16, 13 and 7 (although there is absolutly nothing on 16 or 7)

Will be trying soon to get, 39, 28, 26, 23.5, 19 and 16

Out of curiousty, what size dish you got at the moment?

snaps

iba wrote: »

Hi,

I think my dish is Triax 1.1m (but it might be just 1m) and I can get 26 in Dublin.

At the moment Im getting, 28, 26, 19, 16, 13 and 7 (although there is absolutly nothing on 16 or 7)

Will be trying soon to get, 39, 28, 26, 23.5, 19 and 16

Out of curiousty, what size dish you got at the moment?

if you've only got it connected to 1 receiver than why not consider a motor. I had to take my motor off as my 1.1m is connected to 3 receivers. I used to get a hell of a lot with a motor.

Hunter Mahan

I have 2 60cm dishes at the minute, but I could replace one of them with a bigger one if needs be, but 1m could be the max before I get complaints from herself.

iba

Hunter Mahan wrote: »

I have 2 60cm dishes at the minute, but I could replace one of them with a bigger one if needs be, but 1m could be the max before I get complaints from herself.

Herindoors aint going to notice an extra 10cm

anyway, you could always argue, 1 dish is better than 2 and the 2 you have add up to 120cm so you are getting rid of 10cm and 1 dish

get the dish here:

http://sat-planet.ie/freeview_tv/satellite_dishes/triax_dish_110

or here if you like spending extra money:

http://www.satellitetv.ie/triax_td110

you will also need this:

http://sat-planet.ie/freeview_tv/satellite_lnb_holder/lnb_holder_triax

or here if you like to spend extra:

http://www.satellitetv.ie/40mm_satellite_lnbs/hotbird_astra1_astra2_adaptor

Hunter Mahan

With 26, is weather an issue for you?

iba

Hunter Mahan wrote: »

With 26, is weather an issue for you?

Not to bad, sometimes when it is really windy it can get a little touchy

snaps

Great price for a triax 1.1m

iba

snaps wrote: »

Great price for a triax 1.1m

Well I always find sat-planet the cheapest

dont know why other companies selling the smae thing can charge so much more

kooga

Hunter Mahan wrote: »

I have 2 60cm dishes at the minute, but I could replace one of them with a bigger one if needs be, but 1m could be the max before I get complaints from herself.

Hunter,
i'm based in Ballinlough in the city and have two 60cm dishes at the mo one doing 19 and the other 28. i see you have hotbird 13 what is the reception like? and is it worth getting. thinking about it at the mo if it was small money to get the job done. Tks and would appreciate and help or direction

Hunter Mahan

kooga wrote: »

Hunter,
i'm based in Ballinlough in the city and have two 60cm dishes at the mo one doing 19 and the other 28. i see you have hotbird 13 what is the reception like? and is it worth getting. thinking about it at the mo if it was small money to get the job done. Tks and would appreciate and help or direction

13 is perfect, crystal clear, never have a problem even in the worst weather. It's good for sport and some films. I have a Cyfra+ and Al Jazzera subscription and they are fantastic imo. (great value too)
I'm not sure what's going to happen after Christmas this year, that's why I want to increase my options if I can.

What about 19, is reception good for you and are the channels available any good? Do you have any subscriptions?

kooga

Easy question first

i have no subscriptions. Was for years an mds subscriber with UPC but packed it in last summer. Went FTA last august and finding my feet.

Re 19 perfect reception mostly german channels many in HD so for me I have champions league, europa league and formula 1. Very happy with that.

in addition I have french TNTsat box connected as well which i bought in France for €150 very little football but plenty of H Cup rugby on it.
regards

iba

Hunter Mahan wrote: »

13 is perfect, crystal clear, never have a problem even in the worst weather. It's good for sport and some films. I have a Cyfra+ and Al Jazzera subscription and they are fantastic imo. (great value too)
I'm not sure what's going to happen after Christmas this year, that's why I want to increase my options if I can.

What about 19, is reception good for you and are the channels available any good? Do you have any subscriptions?

Cyfra is the cheapest sub (and best IMO) and Im sure they will have new packages after the merger.

BTW - there is no Premiership Football on 26 (if thats what your after)

iba

kooga wrote: »

Easy question first

i have no subscriptions. Was for years an mds subscriber with UPC but packed it in last summer. Went FTA last august and finding my feet.

Re 19 perfect reception mostly german channels many in HD so for me I have champions league, europa league and formula 1. Very happy with that.

in addition I have french TNTsat box connected as well which i bought in France for €150 very little football but plenty of H Cup rugby on it.
regards

cant remember which, but one of the German stations on 19 has been showing FA CUP football this season too FTA - dont know about this weekend though, check out www.liveonsat.com

Also Kooga, it will cost you no money to change the position of your dish from 19 to 13. Or buy a bigger dish and you can have 28, 19, 16 and 13

kooga

iba wrote: »

cant remember which, but one of the German stations on 19 has been showing FA CUP football this season too FTA - dont know about this weekend though, check out www.liveonsat.com

Also Kooga, it will cost you no money to change the position of your dish from 19 to 13. Or buy a bigger dish and you can have 28, 19, 16 and 13

Sport 1 shows the FA Cup this weekend they have just have City V barnsley at 17.30 on saturday (this is the game on espn btw) Everton V Wigan is itv and man utd v chelsea is ITV as well so nothing major this weekend. The The previous rounds were well covered though

But i want to keep 19 whats the best way to get 13 on? Re bigger dish kind of missed the boat on that one!!

Hunter Mahan

I'm not too worried about Premier League TBH, the odd Saturday 3pm or an early kick off is nice to watch, but I find myself down the local watching the games I want to see in that competition.

Champions League and other European Leagues interest me especially if I can get English commentary. Not always possible I know.

On a side note I thought Abu Dhabi Sport was on 26 and they show PL I think?

GoodisonPark

Full football listings on www.liveonsat.com
I have a Triax88cm dish with a motor in Louth and I'm picking up everything except Abu Dhabi Sports.

kooga

Hunter
forgive my ignorance but what is happening at christmas this year in terms of broadcasting?

Hunter Mahan

kooga wrote: »

Hunter
forgive my ignorance but what is happening at christmas this year in terms of broadcasting?

The premier league rights are up for grabs and there are rumours about Al Jazeera for example changing their setup, some people even seem to think they will stop broadcasting on 13.

Cyfra have merged with another crowd so no one really knows if we will be able to purchase pre paid cards over here in the future.

Most of it is rumour and conjecture, I'm just looking to future proof a bit, increase viewing options and I'm looking for a new project to try.

iba

Hunter Mahan wrote: »

I'm not too worried about Premier League TBH, the odd Saturday 3pm or an early kick off is nice to watch, but I find myself down the local watching the games I want to see in that competition.

Champions League and other European Leagues interest me especially if I can get English commentary. Not always possible I know.

On a side note I thought Abu Dhabi Sport was on 26 and they show PL I think?

PL on Abu Dhabi is correct - but cannot be accessed here. Its either (cant rememer which) geoblocked or the card only works in certian boxes - I think that there might be ways to get it using a proxy server, but you will have to google that

Most people here use Cyfra, so Im sure if we could get Abu Dhabi (coz they show every single match) we would be using them

iba

GoodisonPark wrote: »

Full football listings on www.liveonsat.com
I have a Triax88cm dish with a motor in Louth and I'm picking up everything except Abu Dhabi Sports.

I dont think it can e picked up here

Hunter Mahan

iba wrote: »

PL on Abu Dhabi is correct - but cannot be accessed here. Its either (cant rememer which) geoblocked or the card only works in certian boxes - I think that there might be ways to get it using a proxy server, but you will have to google that

Most people here use Cyfra, so Im sure if we could get Abu Dhabi (coz they show every single match) we would be using them

As far as I know you have to buy a receiver with the card. But I wouldn't be interested anyway.

iba

Hunter Mahan wrote: »

The premier league rights are up for grabs and there are rumours about Al Jazeera for example changing their setup, some people even seem to think they will stop broadcasting on 13.

Cyfra have merged with another crowd so no one really knows if we will be able to purchase pre paid cards over here in the future.

Most of it is rumour and conjecture, I'm just looking to future proof a bit, increase viewing options and I'm looking for a new project to try.

Yes rumour is that Al Jazeera will leave Hotird but they are on Arabsat/Badr 26 - but Al azeera do not have PL

Cyfra, Im sure packages will still e availale here - but yes, its a wait and see - they still have the PL rights as far as I know. As do Au Dhabi in the ME and NA.

iba

Hunter Mahan wrote: »

As far as I know you have to buy a receiver with the card. But I wouldn't be interested anyway.

Yeah, and then I think its also Geoblocked

kooga

iba wrote: »

Cyfra is the cheapest sub (and best IMO) and Im sure they will have new packages after the merger.

BTW - there is no Premiership Football on 26 (if thats what your after)

As you recommend cyfra what is the package i need for premiership football?

On this thread is 26 any good ? Tks

iba

kooga wrote: »

As you recommend cyfra what is the package i need for premiership football?

On this thread is 26 any good ? Tks

most people here use www.satskelp.pl to buy cards for Cyfra - I dont know off hand what package I have (and they change all the time) look at their website/email them

on 26 I like watching movies on MBC

kooga

iba wrote: »

most people here use www.satskelp.pl to buy cards for Cyfra - I dont know off hand what package I have (and they change all the time) look at their website/email them

on 26 I like watching movies on MBC

i assume for 26 i would need a bigger dish.

Finally given that i have two 60cm dishes with 19 and 28 what else can i add bearing in mind i am in cork city.Thanks

Hibrasil

kooga wrote: »

As you recommend cyfra what is the package i need for premiership football?

It may sound like a dumb question....but.....is commentary on Cyfra packages available in english (a tongue we kind of understand)...apologies if sounding stupid.

Thanks anyway:)

snaps

Hibrasil wrote: »

It may sound like a dumb question....but.....is commentary on Cyfra packages available in english (a tongue we kind of understand)...apologies if sounding stupid.

Thanks anyway:)

no English language on any provider in Europe. Apart from Tring Albania, which by interest have been stripped of showing epl from next season (Albanian providers that is)

iba

Hibrasil wrote: »

It may sound like a dumb question....but.....is commentary on Cyfra packages available in english (a tongue we kind of understand)...apologies if sounding stupid.

Thanks anyway:)

Its not a dumb question - commentary is in Polish

iba

snaps wrote: »

no English language on any provider in Europe. Apart from Tring Albania, which by interest have been stripped of showing epl from next season (Albanian providers that is)

Who got the rights instaed of Tring?

lertsnim

snaps wrote: »

Great price for a triax 1.1m

I'm tempted to buy one now

iba

lertsnim wrote: »

I'm tempted to buy one now

You wont go wrong

lertsnim

iba wrote: »

Who got the rights instaed of Tring?

Nobody. No rights sold to Albania.

12 element

What would be the main satellites that you'd get on a 1.1m that you wouldn't get on a 80cm?

iba

12 element wrote: »

What would be the main satellites that you'd get on a 1.1m that you wouldn't get on a 80cm?

26 would be the main one I think

but the advantage of the 1.1 is you can get 6 sats with it eg 28, 26, 19, 16, 13, 9/10

or

39, 28, 26, 23.5, 19 and 16

or

39, 36, 33, 28, 26, 19

various combinations

kooga

lads as per my early post what can i add to my two 60cm dishes? given one is for 19 and one for 28?
Tks

Hunter Mahan

kooga wrote: »

lads as per my early post what can i add to my two 60cm dishes? given one is for 19 and one for 28?
Tks

I'm not sure you would have much success with a 60cm dish, I'd imagine you would have to change one dish to 80cm if you want 2 LNBs. I could be wrong.

Hunter Mahan

What do you watch on 39 Iba?

STB

I would imagine he is watching Diema and Novasports who use the old PLTV feeds for soccer games, but the commentary is Bulgarian.

iba

Hunter Mahan wrote: »

What do you watch on 39 Iba?

Nothing yet - I have not managed to tune it in

But as STB says below - that is the plan.

Hunter Mahan

So I'm thinking of going for:

13, 19, 26, 28 and 39. Am I making the right choice for films and sport do ye reckon?

Is it possible to put 5 on a 1.1 dish?

satellitetv

What no one has mentioned above is what they are picking up on each satellite, its one thing picking up the satellite signal but receiving all that is possible is a totally different thing.

On a triax TD110 or a Technomate TM100S, you will get 13, 19, 23.5 and 28.2 easy enough,,,26 east is so weak you need the satellite dish pointed directly at it, 39east is too far east with the above setup for a fixed dish with a triax lnb rail.

I suggest you motorised a 1m or 1.1m satellite dish and then all satellites will be possible apart from nordic beams and nilesat 7 west, once its set up properly you should be able to sweep from 53east along the clarke belt to 45 west and have a good strong signal from all satellites.

STB

satellitetv wrote: »

What no one has mentioned above is what they are picking up on each satellite, its one thing picking up the satellite signal but receiving all that is possible is a totally different thing.

On a triax TD110 or a Technomate TM100S, you will get 13, 19, 23.5 and 28.2 easy enough,,,26 east is so weak you need the satellite dish pointed directly at it, 39east is too far east with the above setup for a fixed dish.

I suggest you motorised a 1m or 1.1m satellite dish and then all satellites will be possible apart from nordic beams and nilesat 7 west

All that is possible is subjective.

Nobody is looking for everything, ie not all beams are available on every satellite, or may be required in any event.

42E/39E sweep to 19E (or 13e if 42 isnt required) is possible with a Triax bracket on a TD88. I know this because that is my current setup. Obviously you would need a modded and longer bracket than the standard Triax bracket on anything bigger than a TD88.

iba

Hunter Mahan wrote: »

So I'm thinking of going for:

13, 19, 26, 28 and 39. Am I making the right choice for films and sport do ye reckon?

Is it possible to put 5 on a 1.1 dish?

IMO MBC on 26 can not be beaten for movies and TV shows (as long as you dont mind Arabic sub-titles which I dont)

13 is good for Sport if you have a Cyfra card

19 - ATM Sport 19 are showing FA Cup FTA

28 - goes without saying

39 - as STB says

But if I remember correctly, its not possible to get 39 and 13 at the same time, the offset is too much - perhaps the more experienced/knowledgeable can advise here

My current set-up is 28, 26, 19, 16, 13 and 7. But Im only pulling in 30 stations on 16 and only a handful on 7

But my plan is to get 39, 28, 26, 23, 19 and 16 and put up 13 on another dish.

So Yes its possible to 5 on a single dish.

satellitetv

iba wrote: »

IMO MBC on 26 can not be beaten for movies and TV shows (as long as you dont mind Arabic sub-titles which I dont)

13 is good for Sport if you have a Cyfra card

19 - ATM Sport 19 are showing FA Cup FTA

28 - goes without saying

39 - as STB says

But if I remember correctly, its not possible to get 39 and 13 at the same time, the offset is too much - perhaps the more experienced/knowledgeable can advise here

My current set-up is 28, 26, 19, 16, 13 and 7. But Im only pulling in 30 stations on 16 and only a handful on 7

But my plan is to get 39, 28, 26, 23, 19 and 16 and put up 13 on another dish.

So Yes its possible to 5 on a single dish.

As i said above you will not get 26east unless your satellite dish is looking directly at it, signal is just too weak, 39, 28 will be strong, 26 no chance, 23 will be weak, 19 will be strong and 16 will be weak.

You simply cannot beat a diseqc motorised dish.

iba

satellitetv wrote: »

As i said above you will not get 26east unless your satellite dish is looking directly at it, signal is just too weak, 39, 28 will be strong, 26 no chance, 23 will be weak, 19 will be strong and 16 will be weak.

You simply cannot beat a diseqc motorised dish.

Dont understand the relevance of your post to mine, why are you quoting me?

A motorised dish is fine but then you have to watch the same programme on each STB that you have, but a fixed dish with a Diseqc switch, well then each STB can watch different programmes at the same time - so it all depends what your needs are.

Hunter Mahan

Confusing myself at this stage, maybe I should just be looking at:

28, 26, 19 and 13, keep it a bit simpler.

Would I be able to pick up the other 3 if I had dish pointed at 26? Or should I point at another?

A motorized dish is not an option for me.

snaps

23.5 is very strong here, not weak.

iba

Hunter Mahan wrote: »

Confusing myself at this stage, maybe I should just be looking at:

28, 26, 19 and 13, keep it a bit simpler.

Would I be able to pick up the other 3 if I had dish pointed at 26? Or should I point at another?

A motorized dish is not an option for me.

Dont be confused
28, 26, 19 and 13 is 100% possible - and yes, the prime focus is 26
If you look through some of the other threads that I have posted on, you will see my pics of that very set-up (cant find them on my laptop at the moment)

Hunter Mahan

Thanks for your time Iba.