| Abruzzo (NO ASTRA 2D) |
| Receiver: Panasonic 30 |
| Dish: 1.2m Dish |
| LNB: Mti 0.6db Blue Line |
| Also problems with Astra 2A North Beam. |
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| Bologna |
| Receiver: Amstrad DRX 100 |
| Dish: 1.2m Dish |
| LNB: Sharp 0.7db & Syntec 2000 0.3db. |
| 25 metres of cable between receiver and dish. ITV London and South good all the time, ITV central areas, Disney, Hallmark watchable most of the time, ITV north areas and ITV 2, problems most of the time. The Syntec 2000 LNB performed better with the 85 cm dish! |
| L.L. Ugania |
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| Bologna |
| Pace 2200 |
| 1.6 Irte offset dish |
| LNB MTI Blue Line |
| Posted 29-01-04 |
I think it may be useful to give you the following details.
I get Astra 2D in Bologna, with an Irte 160 cm. offset dish a Blue Line LNB and my old Pace 2200 receiver (less than 10 metres of cable between receiver and dish, I think) .
Excellent reception of all BBC channels (some break ups in heavy rain but it was ok last night when snowing) and most of the ITV regions but still no ITV2 and northern ITV channels at night time (usually the signal starts to be weaker around 9/10 pm C.E.T). Usually no problems with the BSkyB channels and interactive football.
I've tried before with the same LNB but a 125 cm. dish and I've experienced problems most of the time to get a clear signal (and no chance of BBC and ITV or others at nigh time). |
| Roberto |
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| Campoli Appennino, Near Sora, Province of Frosinone (NO ASTRA 2D) |
| Receiver: Pace 2600 |
| Dish: 1.25m Fracarro Offset dish |
| LNB: 0.3dB Invacom |
| Posted 19-05-04 |
| No Astra 2D at any time. Some problems with 2A North Beam especially British Eurosport transponder at 11856 V. |
| Denis |
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| Cassino (Lazio region) (NO ASTRA 2D) |
| Receiver: Pace receiver |
| Dish: 1.2m Dish |
| LNB: Not known |
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| Central Italy - on Adriatic Sea, 50 Km south of Pescara (NO ASTRA 2D) |
| Receiver: Panasonic TUDSB30 |
| Dish: 3.0M prime focus Pellini |
| LNB: MTI APTW8 0.6 dB |
| CABLE : ca 160 metre with 2 junction in order not to swamp the tuner, No Astra 2D, and sometimes I loose some channels from 2A North beam. |
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| Imola Area - roughly 50 km S-E of Bologna |
| Receiver: Grundig 2.41 receiver |
| Dish: 1.5m Irte Prime Focus dish |
| LNB: AP8TW |
| Posted 26-10-03 |
| Although I believe I've done everything correctly, including checking the skew of the LNB, I've only managed to get BBC1, luckily in all weather situations. I should be able to get all of the BBC channels, though. The signal strength is about 40%, and the quality of the signal is 80%. |
| A distressed Brit |
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| Milano |
| Receiver: Not known |
| Dish: 85cm Dish |
| LNB: Not known |
| Some 2D Lose, Anglia transponder. |
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| Bollate - Milano |
| Receiver: Pace 2200 digibox |
| Dish:65cm dish |
| LNB: Cambridge 0.6dB Universal |
| Posted 20-07-03 |
| After a bit of re-alignment everything came back, receiving All FTA on 2D in Bollate, Milan Italy on a standard 65cm dish. |
| Tony |
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| Parma Area |
| Receiver: Panasonic 20 |
| Dish: 80cm Dish |
| Astra 2D in good weather. |
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| Parma Area (40km west of, in the Apennine Mountains) |
| Receiver: Panasonic 30/Grundig 310/2 |
| Dish: 88cm Triax dish |
| LNB: 0.6dB Universal |
| Cable RT 100. |
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| Pistoia - near Florence |
| Receiver: Grundig 2.41 |
| Dish: 1.4m dish |
| LNB: Stark T1 |
| Posted 20-09-03 |
Using a Grundig 2.41 old digibox and a 1.4 metre dish with a stark cheapo T1 LNB. Dish available in Italy from http://www.campanasat.net (Comes with no assembly instructions - a Chinese puzzle with bits left over afterwards!).
Astra 2D variable - doesn't seem to depend on the weather. Evenings seems to be slightly worse. Watchable most of the time, but occasional break-ups. BBC1 (East) is usually viewable when others are not. In bad weather digibox cant find a signal at all. |
| Clive |
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| Prela Italian Riviera, Imperia, Liguria |
| Receiver: Pace Digibox |
| Dish: 80cm Triax |
| LNB: Humax 110 |
| Posted 03-11-03 |
| Received all BBC and ITV and channel 4. Break-up and picture freeze on BBC1 in heavy rain. Elevation angle critical for good reception. |
| Ken |
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| Rome (NO ASTRA 2D) |
| Receiver: Panasonic TU-DSB 30 & Pace 2600 |
| Dish: 1.20 offset dish |
| LNB: 0.6dB |
| Posted 23-05-03 |
| I have a Panasonic TU-DSB 30 and a new Pace 2600 (very good). I had the Syntec 0.3 but it was giving me a bad reception, so we went for a 0.6 and both my signal and strength during day time are above the ok, evening/night time are both at 50%. I can get all sky channels 24 hours a day, but no Astra 2D. My installer has a Prime Focus 3.00 meter dish, with an old pace receiver and was unable to get Astra 2d, we need to try with my receivers next week. I don’t know if a 1.80 meter channel master offset dish would be able to give me Astra 2D? |
| Andrew |
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| San Colombano al L. (40km south milan and 35km north Piacenza) |
| Receiver: Nokia master 9500S |
| Dish: 100cm dish |
| LNB: Universal 0.6dB |
| Very good signal with every transponder. I can see all BBC channels in all weather conditions. |
| Pierange |
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| South of Rome (Exact location not known) |
| Receiver: Not known |
| Dish: Patriot 3.8m |
| LNB: Not known |
| No problems- 100 % reception. The Patriot dish is a professional dish with a respectable gain for its size. |
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| Rome Area - 100 km South of Rome |
| Receiver: Nokia Mediamaster 9200 with DVB 200 |
| Dish: Prodeline 240CM offset VSAT professional uplink/downlink dish (With built-in autoskew and anti-ice features) - F/D 0.8 |
| LNB: MTI 0.6 (C120 flange) FEEDHORN: Dedicated Prodeline 4 inch diameter 39° feedhorn (F/D 0.8) |
| Posted 03-09-03 |
| All Astra 2D - ALL BBC + 60-70% signal on ITV, 4, 5 & RTE (I don't have a card), but signals are constant 24 hrs/day. |
| A Dubliner near Rome |
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| Sondrio (70 miles N.E. of Milan) |
| Receiver: Not known |
| Dish: 60cm Dish |
| LNB: 0.7dB. |
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| Tirrenia - Tuscan West coast, just outside Pisa |
| Receiver: Pace 2500 |
| Dish: Gibertini 1.2m dish |
| LNB: Televès 0.5dB |
| Posted 04-06-03 |
Just thought you might like to add this to your reception reports. Last summer I was successfully receiving ITV Astra 2D channels for most of the day (from about 8 am - 10 pm C.E.T) using a Pace 2500 receiver and a Gibertini 1.2m dish
/Televès .5dB LNB in Tirrenia, Tuscan West coast of Italy, just outside Pisa. The receiver was using a hand-adjusted IF tuner module (purely because the original tuner burnt out and the supplier told me the replacement was better aligned than the factory fitted ones!!)I'm going back in July this year so I can update you on BBC reception then. |
| EV |
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| Vasto - Chieti (50km south of Pescara) (NO ASTRA 2D) |
| Receiver: Panasonic 30 |
| Dish: 2.4m Dish |
| LNB: MTI 0.6dB |
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| Also problems with Astra 2A. |
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| Verona |
| Receiver: Not known |
| Dish: 90cm Dish |
| LNB Not known |