All posts by NottsUK
Below are all of NottsUK's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Ian: Like the majority of people in the UK, I can receive BBC via the Freeview tuner in my TV, and I do not, (and will never), subscribe to SKY.
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Briantist: This is from the SES web site posted on the 4th October 2011. "The new capacity on ASTRA 1N will be used to transmit Channel 4's main high-definition (HD) service together with further HD services over the coming years".
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wayne:
Box Nation is on Eurobird 1,
Frequency 11585,
LNB Polarity Horizontal,
Symbol Rate 27500,
DVB Standard DVB-S,
FEC 2/3.
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Briantist: According to a news item on the SES web site, ASTRA 1N has now entered commercial service at orbital position 28.2° East. It will be used by Channel 4 and ITV.
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Briantist: Channel 4 HD is now transmitting on Astra 1N, 11127, V, DVB-S2, 8PSK, 22000, 2/3.
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Briantist: My Freesat receiver will not pick it up on the "other channels" option, while a generic receiver needs all the ID information, whereas my blind scan receiver picks it up with no problem.
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Briantist: The ID information is,
SID 21200
VPID 2305
APID 2307 or 2306 (AC3)
PMT 256
PCR 2305.
I hope this helps.
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Briantist: A new transponder has started on Astra 1N, the details are,
Frequency 11171
Polarity Horizontal
Symbol Rate 22000
DVB Standard DVB-S
Modulation QPSK
FEC 5/6.
It is a duplicate of the channels on Astra 2B transponder 26, 12207 V.
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Thursday 13 October 2011 10:16AM
Briantist: There is an article about the BT Madley International Communications Centre UK, in the latest issue of TELE - Satellite magazine, #1111.