arabsat , 26 east dish size ?

[doct140]

whats the minimum dish size to get arabsat (badr) 26 east , the location is Cambridge uk thank you

[stevied]

I get "decent" reception 66%-70% on a dreambox ,1.1m dish west yorks in good weather

Crap weather like to tonight i get jack all!!

I imagine you should get better results with a proper aligned dish above 1.0m [maybe 90cm?] down southern england

[doct140]

thank you alot

[TonyO]

a 1.6 or 1.8 would be a better bet

[satwyn]

the new badr4 sat will give a stronger signai in western europe 1.2 should be ok in most weather conditions. for all transponders at 26e a larger dish will be needed it depends on the channels you're after

[SatSearcher]

Arabsat (BADR) seems to be similar to Nilesat these days, the vertical channels are stronger than the horizontal ones. I get all the vertical frequencies but only a few of the horizontal ones on my 1.2m dish.

[doct140]

cheeers

[NeasdenNW10]

1m, twixt Hadleigh and Stowmarket Suffolk, 100+ fta channels, except in rain.
Norm

[DonRandy]

Is orbit sill on 26E? :rolleyes:

[SatSearcher]

Is orbit sill on 26E? :rolleyes:

It is still on 26E (or 25.5E to be exact), but it's on the middle east beam of Eurobird 2, which is almost impossible to receive in europe unless you have a dish of around 3m. The european service of Orbit is now on Atlantic Bird 2 at 8W.