SKY Budapest

muffman

Hi there,

Anyone know if i will be able to receive RTE Channels Via Sat in Budapest...? Im currently in Greece and I am told that the RTE Channels (along with some others) are not being transmitted on the south beam... Will the same apply to Budapest?

Originally posted by muffman
Hi there,

Anyone know if i will be able to receive RTE Channels Via Sat in Budapest...? Im currently in Greece and I am told that the RTE Channels (along with some others) are not being transmitted on the south beam... Will the same apply to Budapest?

I think I can remember, in the fog of drink, watching RTÉ in an Irish pub in Vienna, which is only over the road from Budapest.
So it's probably possible, don't know what the dish size was though.
mm

watty

ITV , Hallmark, Disney, Irish Channels (and soon BBC) are all on British Isles Beam (2D), I think.

You'd need a very big Dish in Austria
http://www.ses-astra.com/satellites/footprints.php?sat=15



They do get it in parts of Spain and Gibralter, so a circle at that distance does go through Austria.

Hmm.

It's gas how iceland on that map looks as close to Ireland as France.
mm

DMC

Hmmmm.

Man, These are small, but the one's out there are far away.... Small..... far away!

telecinesk

Budapest isnt too far from me at the mo, I just ordered a 0.3db LNB and a 1.5M dish to thwart BBC and their 2D jump. I let you know how I get on.
I read on a uk site somewhere 1.5-2M dish is reqd as we are well east of the stingy 2D footprint.

PM me on your location/intentions. ie are you moving to Hungary??? Its 3hrs from here.

Dathai

watty

Originally posted by Man
It's gas how iceland on that map looks as close to Ireland as France.
mm

Iceland is closer than it looks on a "flat" mercator projection map. Certainly may be no further than Spain. A traditional flat map as you go north exagerates the distances very much, esp, in horisontal direction (Like north pole is dot, not the width of the equator! ) But you all knew that

szutyok

There's a website about Astra 2D reception in Europe, the URL is: http://www.astra2d.cjb.net/ (Make sure you kill all the popup windows!!!)

Reception in Budapest is probably possible, however it would be a good idea to wait until the BBC moves to 2D (end of May), as there'll be a lot more reception reports then. Right now all I know is vertical transponders can be picked up with a 1.4m dish. Unfortunately the Irish channels are on a horizontal transponder, which are reportedly weaker in Hungary. I'm not sure whether these reports are accurate, as H TPs are stronger everywhere else in Europe.

Right now I have a 1.1m dish here in Budapest, which is small for 2D, at the end of May I will be able to give you more precise information.

muffman

Hi all,

thanks everyone for your help...;)
At least I have Playboy if I cant see Anne Doyle on the news!:p

watty

I took the covearge map image off my server as traffic uses up all my firewall connections

The astra link has it though.