Hispasat-30W in Ireland

[duo2ireland]

Hi Guys,

Just playing around with some options, do you know what size dish you would need to be able to receive HD channels on 30w in Ireland? A re-positioned Sly dish would hardly do the job?

Dishpointer.com suggests its possible to point a dish there from my area.

 

[dave007]

Go to Lyngsat.com or flysat or kingofsat all info there foot prints for each beam etc. I would think it would be fine

 

[duo2ireland]

Go to Lyngsat.com or flysat or kingofsat all info there foot prints for each beam etc. I would think it would be fine

Thanks!

I havent a clue how to read any of that to figure it out :(

 

[kegnkiwi]

Its a strong sat here in the uk, I've picked it up easily with a small 30cm camping dish.

 

[dave007]

Thanks!

I havent a clue how to read any of that to figure it out :(

OK european beam will be ok on a 60 cm dish lots of spanish channels with english option eg Nat Geo TCM AMC also BBC Entertainment if you are desperate

 

[duo2ireland]

OK european beam will be ok on a 60 cm dish lots of spanish channels with english option eg Nat Geo TCM AMC also BBC Entertainment if you are desperate

Its more the Portuguese channels I am looking at, like Sports TV1. Brother in law is moving to Ireland from Portugal and just looking what options he has. He is a massive Benfica fan and wants to keep his live HD when he moves (bringing a sat box as far as I know!)

 

[duo2ireland]

If I am reading right on dishpointer the issue is the elevation from my location?

28.2e for example is 39degrees while 30w is only 26 making it lower in the sky??

 

[dave007]

The further west you go the higher the dish needs to point !

 

[duo2ireland]

The further west you go the higher the dish needs to point !

Ha, yeah, I knew I couldnt read or understand that correctly :|

 

[mike142]

If I am reading right on dishpointer the issue is the elevation from my location?

28.2e for example is 39degrees while 30w is only 26 making it lower in the sky??

Its more the Portuguese channels I am looking at, like Sports TV1. Brother in law is moving to Ireland from Portugal and just looking what options he has. He is a massive Benfica fan and wants to keep his live HD when he moves (bringing a sat box as far as I know!)

Your 26 elevation sounds correct, check it here http://www.hispasat.com/en/useful-information/point-your-antenna-at-hispasat
I have a 1M dish & the signal quality on most channels here is around 70 - 85%, the 5 TV SPORT HD channels are around 80%,
so much the same as I'm getting at 28E, try the 60cm dish & see,
if your brother in law is bringing his sat box with all the channels installed it will be easier to set up.