what size dish

[dawbrain]

anybody know what size dish needed in crete greece to recieve signal for astra 28e uk

[pan1300]

Re: what size dish

hi dawbrain

depends a bit on which sat on Astra 2 (some new ones have less reach) - take a look to have an idea on eg _hxxp://***.satbeams.com/footprints or _hxxp://nl.kingofsat.net/beams.php

[aplok]

Re: what size dish

other dish size maps for astra:

__http://www.nsateurope.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&It emid=69

__http://www.uk-satellite-tv.co.uk/satellitefootprintsinstallation_103674.html

[Satphoenix]

Re: what size dish

...what size dish needed in crete greece to recieve signal for astra 28e uk

In greece - oh oh, with normal dishes nearly impossible. Even in east germany nearly no chance. 28,2° is intentionaly focused on gb.

[aplok]

Re: what size dish

... 28,2° is intentionaly focused on gb.

from

__http://www.uk-satellite-tv.co.uk/satellitefootprintsinstallation_103674.html


if not impossible, let's say somewhat tuff:

Dish Sizes in Greece

[... ]

As you move further South and East, so the dish size increases.

For example, in the island of Paxos, and other parts of Western Greece, a 2.8m dish is needed.

Areas around Athens will require a 3.4m dish and a dish size of 4m is needed for Crete.


or ... try a antenna pattern (interference net) of 2 or 3 small (or normal)

dishes ...

__http://208.112.70.144/2006/2elem_4dbd.html

[sqazilou]

Re: what size dish

we are in france & spain we can get eurobird 28°2 with a 50cm dish

[rikksow]

Re: what size dish

I know in Paphos Cyprus you need a minimum 2.7m dish and then you don't get much. Only the southern european beams

[kalpikos]

Re: what size dish

Hi dawbrain

In order to have a good reception of Astra 28.2E in Crete you need more than 3-4 m sat dish and at least 2m dish for the easy beams.
All above info are from reception reports and maybe is not accurate.

I would say that the reception of Astra 28.2E in Crete is imposible.
You need a very big dish and that's make the cost very high.

[pat3]

Re: what size dish

in western part of greece maybee with a 1,8m dish. But you need a perfect adjustment.

[herrr]

Re: what size dish

anybody know what size dish needed in crete greece to recieve signal for astra 28e uk

This is a photo that I took two years ago, during my holydays in Crete.
Look at this english pub in Malia...I was concerned about the house...
_http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/9353/p1010121fx.jpg

[Satphoenix]

Re: what size dish

Look at the ERIP of your position. This may help you:


For a normal LNB (0,6db). Better Hardware can give a bit better result.

EIRP (dB) / Dish size required in cm

38 / 150

37 / 180

36 / 240

35 / 300

34 / 360

32 / 450

30 / 570

OK, perhaps it's all a bit theoretical...

[parsonline]

Re: what size dish

you can check with flysat you can see all coverage channels in map in youe area

[centurian]

Re: what size dish

what a lot of people dont realise is the along with the size requirement is the gain of the dish this can make a difference if for instance a 1.2m was the requirement you may find by getting a better gain dish (usually higher quality) you can get same signal from say a 1m dish years ago i had a gregorian which was a 1.2m it out performed 1.5m dishes so if you look also at the gain of the dish as well as all the well informed posts above

[kontoni]

Re: what size dish

for crete is very difficult to have full reception astra1n uk 5 meters + and if so

[Mobley3]

Re: what size dish

Totally agree with kontoni, at least 5 Mtr to get anything useful.

Regards Mobley3