Multichoice Africa Package @ 36 East

[catseye]

Can anyone in UK or Europe receive the Multichoice Package on Eutelsat W7 satellite @ 36 East

If so can you say what dish size, lnb type & rough location in Europe

Cheers

[sleepy]

Take a look at the footprint m8.
_http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/36e-w7_popd.html

Not a cats chance in hell:eek:

[catseye]

[QUOTE=sleepy;711156]Take a look at the footprint m8.
_http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/36e-w7_popd.html

Not a cats chance in hell:eek:

I see what u mean -You would need a dish the size of ireland to get multichoice africa in the uk

Strange i thought i'd read somewhere shortly after it went live, someone in the uk said they could pick it up-Must have been refering to channels broadcast on the europe beams

[SatSearcher]

Looking at the footprint, you'd be right in thinking there's no chance of this in the UK, but you'd be wrong! Several frequencies on the sub-sahara african beam have been received in the UK. Just checked now and i'm currently getting signal on 4 frequencies with a 1.2m dish & AZbox in west yorkshire.
12015H 28%
12034V 27%
12054H 28%
12245H 31%

I've had signal on others before (11996V, 12073V, 12092V), seems to vary by time of day. It seems to be only frequencies on the sub-sahara african beam, none of the other african beams have been received to my knowledge. Give it a go, you might be surprised!

[Dr. House]

Hi guys! I receive all the frequencies of this satellite (except Russia Beams) with 82% signal in the North of Portugal. At night the signal becomes stronger and some frequencies have 87/90%!

[catseye]

Thanks for the feedback -will have a dabble later on this week

At moment i am constantly reminded of a tin of paint & roller that need to be put to good use:D

[SatSearcher]

Just had another quick look while i had chance, all freqs i mentioned above all about 1% higher now, also got weak signal on 12073V now.

[chorleycat]

Looking at the footprint, you'd be right in thinking there's no chance of this in the UK, but you'd be wrong! Several frequencies on the sub-sahara african beam have been received in the UK. Just checked now and i'm currently getting signal on 4 frequencies with a 1.2m dish & AZbox in west yorkshire.
12015H 28%
12034V 27%
12054H 28%
12245H 31%

I've had signal on others before (11996V, 12073V, 12092V), seems to vary by time of day. It seems to be only frequencies on the sub-sahara african beam, none of the other african beams have been received to my knowledge. Give it a go, you might be surprised!

yes -- SatSearcher -- same here for me --
all multichoice africa transponders receiving ok -- on the sub-sahara african beam - but not the africa beam

i notice all the russian beam transponders on this sat have left or right circular polarisation -- have you ever tried for these with a dielectric plate fitted ?
i think these are the only k/u/ transponders i,v seen listed anywhere with circular polarisation ?

regards c.c