dish size 26 east

[halfax]

in the north of england what size dish is required to get mbc on 26 east?

[Glenn_911]

Halfax


You need a real big one:_ http://w*w.lyngsat.com/badr.html _ maybe 3 meters will do ?



Glenn_911

[satpaul]

I get it on a 1 metre in Lincoln
I fiited a 1.5 metre in Newcastle upon Tyne and he gets it on that

[Glenn_911]

I get it on a 1 metre in Lincoln
I fiited a 1.5 metre in Newcastle upon Tyne and he gets it on that

satpaul


That depend on your location in the UK an which Beam you are looking for ?


Glenn_911

[holmroad]

Think its a bit optimistic whats being said re MBC 25.5E, since I have a 1.2M dish in NORTH Lincs and currently get NO signal at all on MBC range of channels - but there was a little more in the summer months, but not strong enough to actually WATCH!
So I would go with Glenn on THIS occasion!

[harrydocuk]

i got mbc on a 1m dish in n.ireland, but they disappeared a while back.
think they changed beam. nothing now.

[satpaul]

Holmroads Dish size is 1 metre Orbital not 1.2 I fitted it

[malsat]

MBC = 58% stable picture with 1 mtr orbital in Wakefield,
where are you Halfax?
A quality dish and install is a must.

[satwyn]

mbc should be ok on 1.2-1.5 depending on the dish lnb and sat tuner I use andrews 1.2 in n wales no problems used to pick mbc on nilesat 7w with andrews 1.8M

[holmroad]

Well I've rescanned all the MBC channels 25.5 E and NOTHING - no matter WHAT Satpaul says its size is! lol!!!

[malsat]

Well I've rescanned all the MBC channels 25.5 E and NOTHING - no matter WHAT Satpaul says its size is! lol!!!

are you recieving anything from this sat?

[Grahamc]

I have a 1.2mtr dish and on the humax I can get 6 of the sports channels Saudi, Dubai 1 & 2, Bahrain, Youth and Jsc. Also football on AlHayat at the mo, but don't know if its sports all the time. I can get a signal from the Mbc channels but its telling me that the service is not running or scrambled ( don't know if its just the signal that is not strong enough ). I plan to try later with the Technomate - from the snowy Noth East of England.
I'll let you know if the other receiver is better or worse

Graham

[ABA]

i have 1m lenson heath dish here in nottingham just done a rescan and over 100 channels
including 8 mbc channels
mbc 1
mbc 2
mbc 3
mbc 4
mbc action
mbc persia
mbc max
mbc int
all mbc are in the clear
but strength and qullity are border line

[SatSearcher]

The MBC package on BADR4 has it's own special footprint which is this one:
_http://www.arabsat.com/ArabSat/English/TheFleet/In-OrbitSatellites/26°+East/MBC-Coverage.htm
Personally i don't think this footprint is very acurate as i get over 60% quality on MBC with my 1.2m dish. I reckon a 1m dish would do if aligned perfectly!

[notmyrealname]

I can confirm MBC 1,2 3,4 etc are ok on a 1m dish near Manchester. The signal is weak (just above the threshold in cloudy weather) but stable. Its not as strong as most of the other 250 channels I get from 26E,
regards,
M

[holmroad]

@Grahamc:
I can get all the channels you mention plus many others with pretty good strength/quality - but ZILCH from all the MBC range!

[kmc]

i get some channels on an 85cm dish in the north east,sometimes get mbc depending on the time of day and weather permitting.
regrads
kmc

[jayprince]

I live on the North Cornwall Coast,3 miles south of Padstow and I get all the MBC channels on 11919@26east,+loads of other channels which have already been itentified in this thread.Strength is 66% and I am using an Orbital 1 metre dish with a 0.3 sharp LNB and a Dreambox7000,which has probably the crappiest tuner in the history of crappy tuners.

I installed my own motorised system and I have never taken any notice of Sat footprints,if you do it right then you will reap the rewards.

Cheers
jayprince

[malsat]

If you have dect phones or wireless routers try unpluging and test the signal on MBC ive had many systems give no signal on mbc freq but once turned off phone and router in they came.

[harrydocuk]

hi guys moved my dish with the vbox east just one click on the fine movment and am getting mbc .10 in all nice one. thats with a
1m lenson h dish in belfast n.ireland 46- 47 on the signal meter of tm6900.