Showtime and ART on 7 West ?

[dostoy]

I know you need a big dish to get these signals in the UK.

My question is slightly different about these two packages.

Are the signal strengths on these packages the same or different ?

If you get the 'horizontal' channels on Showtime, can you get ART as well or are they even weaker ?

Thanks

[Waltwal]

I recieve 11996 h at 46% cannot lock 11958 h on tm6800 Para-clipse 1.8 dish with inverto c120 lnb in Nth-Herts Waltwal

[dostoy]

Interesting.

So are you saying that the ART signal is weaker than the weakest Showtime transponder ?

Have you EVER got 11958 with the ART sport channels on it, in any weather at any time of day ?

As you have a 1.8 metre dish now, do you think a 2 metre dish would get a picture from 11958 ?

Thanks for the reply.

[wsm25]

ART SPORTS tp is weaker than Showtime Sports tp.

In many occasions on rainy days, the ART Sports channels start disappearing while Show Sports are still there on the border.

I'd say on Humax , when ShowSports is on 25% , ART Sports is 20 %

On a TM , when Sho Sports is on 70% , ART Sports is 60%.

This is approximate , but should give you an idea.

[noel750]

just to jump in on this what size dish and where abouts are you to get a decent signal,just wondering wether it's worth investing in a big dish myself.
thanks alan

[wsm25]

@noel750

London - 2.4m fortecstar (cheap) dish + matched feedhorn.