satellite transponder changes

JACK LTS UPDATED MY MATES THE LAST TIME THIS OCCURED.Problem was cured then think this should be the same thing thnx Barry

Simon at Leisure technical solutions tells that recent satellite changes are effecting some systems.
He can update and check your system for £20 - 25 this is a reduced rate for Craic members.

Remember to mention you are a Craic member if you contact him.

Phone: 028 9269 8192

www.leisuretechnicalsolutions.co.uk

Leisure Technical Solutions
5 Moss Lane
Dromore Co.Down
BT25 1AX

It's when you head into Europe that the problems occur, I have been told that I might have to increase the size of my dish from 1.5m to 1.9 to get all the uk channels and that is only as far as Catalonia.

There have been changes with channels moving to different satellites, I will let everyone know what I find in Spain when I get there later.

Right it looks as though the days of using a satellite system in Spain May be over if you want the sky type of service, I have a 1.5m dish on the hacienda but will have to move to a 2.1m dish to keep getting all the uk channels on the Astra satellites which will involve a concrete base and ground mounted. I am around 200 miles from the Spain/France border so not as south as some. So if a house needs a dish of that size I don't think the Motorhomes have a chance. The channels are moving over the next 6weeks so everything has still to settle down but with a cost of around 1000euro I will be trying to find alternatives.

FC it looks like you will have to buy monoply and scrabble to keep you amused much cheaper

There is a lot of wisdom in what you say, Jack!

It should benefit us at home with a stronger signal, I have monopoly and kerplunk but no scrabble here the main problem is I have internet

If I were you I would sit tight as all this new reck has a habit of sorting itself out.

Thanks folks.
So I.ll just sit it out for the moment. Anybody aware as to date when all the changes will be finalised?
Tks again.
Frank

Tks for info.
Frank

Give Simon at TLS who advertises here a ring and he will tell you.

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Updated Thursday, 6 Feb, 2014. This page will be updated with Astra 2E reports shortly. FEB 06

Most free UK channels, including those from the BBC, have been moved from Astra 1N to the Astra 2E and Astra 2F satellites.
Astra 2E, launched on 29th. September 2013, has a similar, but not identical reception pattern to Astra 2F. Astra 1N will be completely replaced by Astra 2E and 2F soon. Many of Eurobird's channels were moved to the Astra satellites on 10th. October after a legal dispute between SES Astra and Eutelsat was settled.

In Madrid Astra 2F can be received on a 120 cm dish in the north of the city. To the south of the capital, a 150 cm is needed.
In the north of Spain, dishes of 120 cm and 150 cm are receiving Astra 2F. There are no reports of dishes of ANY size working on Astra 2F in Catalunya, Zaragoza and a large part of southern Spain including most of Portugal.
Dishes of 1.8 metres will receive Astra 2F in Menorca, but with no rain margin. For all-weather reception, the size increases to 2.4 metres. This assumes a good quality fibreglass dish such as those made by Skyware or Prodelin. Cheaper steel and aluminium dishes will not fare so well.
In the Costa Blanca, dishes as small as 90cm are reported as receiving Astra 2F. Most of Murcia needs 150 to 2 metres, the same as the old 2D. Dishes that could receive Astra 2D in Ibiza and Mallorca are reported OK on Astra 2F.
In the Canaries, dishes of 3 metres and up are needed for Astra 2F UK beam.

In southern Spain, the Algarve and Gibraltar the outlook is bleak. Most of the southern third of Spain and Portugal will lose BBC, ITV, Channel Four and Channel Five by Friday 7th. February 2014. The footprint is the same as Astra 2F, which cannot be received in this part of the country.


Remember: The Astra 2E and 2F switch will not affect Sky's pay channels, which are likely to remain on widebeam. As an estimated one million of Sky's 10 million subscribers are living in mainland Europe, it is highly unlikely that Sky will deliberately cut off 10% of its revenue.
BBC services will be limited to roughly the northern two thirds of the country from February 2014.
A Prodelin 3.2 metre dish

3.2 metre dishes like this one
(right, to scale) may be needed to receive BBC services in the south of Spain from February 2014. The cost might start at €3,000 to € 4,000 euros, not including mount, cable and installation. In the very far south, it's possible no signal may be received with any size dish.

1.2 meter dish will do north of Alicante. Had a email from a friend how is there. This weekend.

1.2 meter. So the bigger 85cm won't work no more. If the wind catches it will blow a van over. 4 ft

We and friends have 1.5m dishes in catalunia and they can't get anything, we will be checking when we are out at Easter

Hence checking out a droidbox to resolve the problem

Well I have arrived in Cataluña and tried the satellite and no main uk channels, we can get qvc, true, sky news and loads of religious (Christian and Muslim) ones and a few others of lets say dubious nature. It is receiving the station ID as I did a fresh scan but not getting a signal to receive them. So as has been reported in the various publications, no decent tv.

This is all from a 1.2m dish and a FTA sat box.

However on the plus side I brought the droidbox out and I can get uk tv on it, it seems to be working well, I will give it a better road test later as I have 28deg and wall to wall sunshine at the moment.

It is TV over internet Pat.
So in short using it in the Motorhome would require a good internet speed.

I looked into it but the house internet may not have been up to it. I went for a skybox f5s which still requires internet but only for codes not picture.