[mythtvnz] Other channels on D1

[James Gray]

ugh. Beam, not multiplex. Sorry

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:30 PM, James Gray <james6.0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Note this is the same multiplex that Sky used to be on, when it was
> vertically aligned. The NZB (or its equivalent beam) on Optus B1 was
> aligned vertically, but was misconfigured horizontally when D1 was
> launched. Because many of sky's decoders did not support switching
> polarity at the time, sky's services were moved to the NANZ beam. They
> were moved back to NZB when a firmware update was sucessfully pushed
> over the satellite to their older decoders
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:26 PM, James Gray <james6.0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> A 60cm should be adequate for the NANZ beam (which has a slightly
>> lower power than the NZB beam, which could be received with a 35cm
>> dish, in theory at least).
>>
>> You can receive SBS Tasmania on 12648 V. Keep in mind this is a
>> vertically aligned signal, if you have your signal split you can't
>> pick up the horizontal freeview signal at the same time.
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I see posts from time to time on various forums about getting SBS and
>>> other Oz channels on Optus D1 (ie the freeview/sky satellite).
>>>
>>> I have a 60cm satellite dish and a single LNB (Flat Body 11300 L.O. KU
>>> Band LNB). Can I expect to get anything other than the NZ channels?
>>>
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