AsiaSat 4 - can I get it with a Sky dish??

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kbrophy

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#195503 12-Feb-2009 12:24

The original question was in regard to a sky dish (which is KU rated).

Therefore there are only 2 FTA channels on AS4 (if you could somehow get on dish that size).

yes im aware there are more on C band - but that was not the original question.

nav2u

42 posts

Geek

#195512 12-Feb-2009 13:04

kbrophy: The original question was in regard to a sky dish (which is KU rated).

Therefore there are only 2 FTA channels on AS4 (if you could somehow get on dish that size).

yes im aware there are more on C band - but that was not the original question.

Sky Dish is only 60cm (unless I'm mistaken again!

) in size and cannot recieve channels from Asiasat 4. Also you said you were using a 1m dish so I assumed...!!!

shelbydog

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Wannabe Geek

#197921 25-Feb-2009 09:08

hi, anyoneone know of an installer in Christchurch capable of installing a motorized dish, Ive had 1 company who sent a sky tech, 250 bucks later ive got a dish on my roof doing nothing, many thanks.

allstarnz

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#198008 25-Feb-2009 15:03

if you are installing a motor the mount must be 100% plumb. As it scans across the Clarke Belt, you slight misalignment will mean it doesn't work properly.

(for Australia, but same principal)

Misha

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Wannabe Geek

#198416 27-Feb-2009 16:17

Hi
Just to tell you my experinece

I have 3m mesh dish ploar mount. Asiasat 4, some time back had a lot of Chinese channels on it. When Chinese TV shifted these to Chinasat 6B, for a long time there was hardly anything on Asiasat 4. Recently i had a go at tuning it to Asiasat 4 and found a lot of Indian channels which were not there before (possibly migrated from Asiasat 3). In addition, you get a French channel and RT (Russia Today, English). Signals are strong and the channels are listed in the Lyngsat site.
I do not think you can get these from a Sky dish. Foor a start, channels I mention are all C band. Sky dish and the lnb are for ku band. By the way, all these channels are FTA.

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