Satellite footprint (2 Viewers)

[Just smiffy]

ive got a oyster 85cm.... surly I should be able to get some English tv...? I’m just left of Munich ....

2 years ago I was getting all the channels in a lot of Spain, looking at the foot print of Astra 2 it looks like the only chance of anything is mainly France and not even the south of France..

I’m beginning to think of @hilldweller and take it off and put another solar panel up, flog it and put the money towards wifi data and watch tv on our iPad like we are now.......

 

[Silver-Fox]

They’ve finally found you out and blocked you
What ever do you want tv for when you have the lovely Sue to entertain you

 

[Just smiffy]

They’ve finally found you out and blocked you
What ever do you want tv for when you have the lovely Sue to entertain you

It’s her with the tv, I just don’t need the grief I get when she can’t get bloody easterners...

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Silver-Fox]

It’s her with the tv, I just don’t need the grief I get when she can’t get bloody easterners...

You need to take acting lessons and start talking like a cockney geezer mayte

Or More

 

[Just smiffy]

Think I’ll just leave her at home next time.....

 

[pappajohn]

On All the Astra footprints I've seen the yellow band on the one above is actually the outer band and the inner band is closer to Paris.
Germany doesn't enter the footprint at all but Belgium and a bit of Holland do.

The UK spot beam is even smaller, barely crossing the channel and misses off the very top of Scotland.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Stealaway]

I think this one is the most accepted coverage. Definitely not Munich

 

[pappajohn]

The footprint was changed in anticipation of Brexit.

 

[Just smiffy]

Looks like I’m going to save some weight then, dumping the satellite and leaving Sharp at home...

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[eddie]

2 years ago I was getting all the channels in a lot of Spain, looking at the foot print of Astra 2 it looks like the only chance of anything is mainly France and not even the south of France..
View attachment 228534

The single LNB is twice as strong as the twin, so would easily explain why it worked two years ago, have you upgraded the LNB?

 

[Just smiffy]

The single LNB is twice as strong as the twin, so would easily explain why it worked two years ago, have you upgraded the LNB?

Good memory Eddie, 2yrs ago was a different Motorhome....

I put the twin LMB on the dish and it works better then the old single I had on but I did not convert to twin cable, it was too much hassle to disturb all the roof inlets and drill bigger holes in the satellite mechanism just so Sharp could tape another channel..... I’ve just got to put my foot down on some of her demands....

 

[eddie]

Good memory Eddie, 2yrs ago was a different Motorhome....

I put the twin LMB on the dish and it works better then the old single I had on but I did not convert to twin cable, it was too much hassle to disturb all the roof inlets and drill bigger holes in the satellite mechanism just so Sharp could tape another channel..... I’ve just got to put my foot down on some of her demands....

Bugger damn!

Nearly got a fat juicy one

Sussed!

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Silver-Fox]

Looks like I’m going to save some weight then, dumping the satellite and leaving Sharp at home...

You do like to live on the edge dear boy

 

[johnp10]

The footprint was changed in anticipation of Brexit.

Don't start them off, John.
It's too early!

 

[sallylillian]

ive got a oyster 85cm.... surly I should be able to get some English tv...? I’m just left of Munich ....

2 years ago I was getting all the channels in a lot of Spain, looking at the foot print of Astra 2 it looks like the only chance of anything is mainly France and not even the south of France..

I’m beginning to think of @hilldweller and take it off and put another solar panel up, flog it and put the money towards wifi data and watch tv on our iPad like we are now.......

View attachment 228534

I have come to the same conclusion and cancelled the Oyster on my new van.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[lunarman]

We are currently in Gruissan (near Narbonne) and are getting all the free sat channels with an 85cm oyster dish. Although had to fine tune the dish direction to get them

 

[olley]

Good memory Eddie, 2yrs ago was a different Motorhome....

I put the twin LMB on the dish and it works better then the old single I had on but I did not convert to twin cable, it was too much hassle to disturb all the roof inlets and drill bigger holes in the satellite mechanism just so Sharp could tape another channel..... I’ve just got to put my foot down on some of her demands....

There is a system called single cable distribution, you only need one cable but it can connect to different TV's, each displaying a different program. I expect eddie knows all about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_cable_distribution

 

[SuperMike]

Just buy the conversion stuff from Oyster, expensive, but then no holes need be drilled in the mechanism.

We are down in Twin Lakes at the moment and with the Oyster easily get all channels with a 95% SS & 85% PQ. If I got up on the roof and tweek the skew a bit I am sure I could improve on that.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Gellyneck]

Looks like I’m going to save some weight then, dumping the satellite and leaving Sharp at home...

With the commensurate increase in wine and beer payload!

 

[Allanm]

We are currently in Gruissan (near Narbonne) and are getting all the free sat channels with an 85cm oyster dish. Although had to fine tune the dish direction to get them

We got most Astra 2e U.K. channels on our Snipe 2 just above Perpignan and again near Toulouse in February.
We got no UK channels near Bordeaux.
I think it’s difficult to say with any certainty where you will be able to pick up signals, without trying it out.
The published footprints don’t seem very accurate.

 

[Squirepete]

There are hotspots & cold spots. I have received spot beam in La Alberca north west Spain and La Mancha in sight of the windmills in Central Spain. Oyster Vision II 85cms.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Snowbird]

Am currently on the Dordogne just east of Bordeaux with all channels. Its Cora night tonight so all is well.

 

[Speve]

We got a signal in Trier last month on our way to Dortmund.

 

[Speve]

And last year in Turkheim that’s a bit closer to you

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Figaro]

I`m in Alken on Moselle and OH enjoying Corrie !

 

[Lenny HB]

All that money on an Oyster and you let her watch East Enders what a waste.
Pleased to say we don't watch any soaps neither of us can stand them.

 

[ctc]

Try twisting the LNB a few degrees clockwise. There is an app that gives the correct angle for the LNB if you have GPS on your phone (free).

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Speve]

I think having auto skew is definitely an advantage

 

[Neil S]

SKY subscription channels are available with an 85cm virtually all over France and Spain including sports , movies , sky news , and documentary channels and many more .
No BBC , ITV , Channel 4 or 5 but plenty of English speaking programmes