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Subject: Re: Sky Digital in Finland

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HelsinkiMan

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Date Posted: 02:56:11 01/19/04 Mon
In reply to: wobble 's message, "Re: Sky Digital in Finland" on 01:19:34 01/17/04 Sat

There is somebody in lahti who gets 2d allmost 24hrs a day.Iget something from 2d in helsinki with 180cm dish and invacom lnb.

>>>>>>>>finland who is watching sky digital?I would like
>>>to
>>>>>>>>hear from them..signal strenghts and so on..what
>>>>box
>>>>>>>>use...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In Nurmijarvi I started with a first gen pace
>>>digibox
>>>>>>and 1.1m dish. It picked up north beam 2A/B ok but
>>>>>>south beam was unreliable. Then I upgraded the
>dish
>>>>to
>>>>>>a 1.8m from www.pyry.com, they had a second hand
>>one
>>>>>>for about 300euro !
>>>>>>
>>>>>>That gets south beam 2A/B with no trouble at all
>in
>>>>>>any weather.I get nothing from 2D even with 1.8m.
>>>>When
>>>>>>BBC moved to 2D I cancelled the sky subscription
>>and
>>>>>>changed to an Echostar 3600, still no 2D but all
>>the
>>>>>>other free channels and Hot Bird etc picked up
>ok.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Even with 1.8m dish the south beam on 2A/B is weak
>>>>and
>>>>>>if I motorised the dish then the accuracy of the
>>>>motor
>>>>>>was not good enough to move the dish and get it
>>>>>>exactly back at 2A every time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Richard
>>>>>
>>>>>I have invacom 0,3 lnb and 110cm dish.pace 2200 is
>>my
>>>>>box.sky sports 1 is off 9-12 and 1630-20.Other
>times
>>>>>ok.ITV news is off 18-1930.All 2a/2b north beams
>are
>>>>>ok.Some south beams are difficult.Are there any
>>>>>problems in any time of the day with 180cm
>>>>>dish?Regarding south beams.180cm dish gives in
>>>>>Helsinki some 2d channels in certain times a day
>>>>
>>>>I think ITV News was actually a bit sronger than Sky
>>>>News, Sky News seemed to be quite close to breaking.
>>I
>>>>have no experience of 24h reception, I have tried it
>>>>during some evenings, something like 2000 -> . As I
>>>>said I have a 90cm dish, in Salo.
>>>>
>>>>Can you please tell what Astra 2D channels do you
>get
>>>>and in what time of day?
>>>
>>>I would also be interested to know, as my dish is 2.2
>>>m and have been trying for some time now to get 2D. I
>>>was under the impression I would need 4 meter plus to
>>>pull in the signal?
>>
>>It's worrying if you can't get 2D on a 2.2m in Turku!
>>The signal there should be much stronger there than
>>the rest of Finland. I was hoping a 2.4m in Helsinki
>>would get 2D, but now I'm thinking it won't.
>>
>>I have never seen even a peep out of 2D on a 1.8m dish
>>in Helsinki. Even some of the southern 2A/2B beams are
>>unavailable most of the day (like Sky News).
>>
>>I'm using a 0.6dB MTI LNB which some claim is better
>>than those so called 0.3dB LNBs.
>>
>>I've also got a Panasonic TU-DSB30 (silver box).
>
>Sorry made a mistake my box is in fact a Grundig
>(siver colour).
>Not been able to get 2D AT all.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Sky Digital in Finland	wobble	03:14:36 01/19/04 Mon

Re: Sky Digital in Finland	Outsider	03:51:51 01/19/04 Mon
Re: Sky Digital in Finland -- HelsinkiMan, 23:26:23 01/19/04 Mon Re: Sky Digital in Finland -- Outsider, 23:57:16 01/19/04 Mon