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Minidish & Hotbird 13 degs/Astra 19.2

  • 25-06-2002 8:40pm
    #1
    Dun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,967 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm a French and Spanish grad and am currently out of practice. Our Sky sub is up now at the end of the month and I'm still wondering whether or not to continue on with it as I'm not getting as much out of it now as I did at the start. If I were able to receive French or Spanish programming I would scrap the sub and move the dish.

    So I was wondering if any of you fine people know if it is possible to receive signals from either the 13 deg or 19.2 group with the minidish. According to the Astra and Hotbird websites, the satellites in question have a nice strong footprint over where I live. Has anyone else had any luck in getting them going?

    If this topic has been brought up before and I missed it, sorry :D

    Merci beaucoup & muchas gracias

    Michael


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  • #2
    HappyDude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭HappyDude


    Yes - it is possible to receive signals from 13E and 19.2E.
    The problem lies in the fact that the digibox was only really designed for use on 28.2. The digibox does not allow you to modify all of the tuning settings.
    A list of channels on the satellites can be found here:
    http://www.lyngsat.com/

    To really get the most, you should consider a FTA receiver. Check out ebay.co.uk for second-hand ones.

    To conclude - yes, there are channels there. Your digibox may not be able to pick them all up, though!

    Happydude


  • #3
    The Gopher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭The Gopher


    The digibox will pick up all but a few on Astra.There will be slightly more unavailable on Hotbird but generally the vast majority of channels on both sats are 22000 and 27000 symbols.Check www.lyngsat.com .Also the minidish will most likely be fine for picking up Astra but might not pick up all transponders on hotbird.
    Just a mention-there aint a huge amount of french free to air channels available.Check the charts to see if its worth it.


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