http://www.lyngsat.com/hotbird.html<br /><br /> Check this satellite.This is only KU band (68 cm dish) will get all this.<br />Emulator and Softcam will get all this encrypted channels .(Dreambox)<br />One satellite has more channels then, we can get with 10 fix dish and one big dish .This is not equality...

This is common in Europe... Nothing unusual...

I know ,if you get them here it will be unusual..

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by mr_mixer:<br /><strong> I know ,if you get them here it will be unusual.. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Highly unusual... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="images/icons/default/frown.gif" />

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by mr_mixer:<br /><strong> http://www.lyngsat.com/hotbird.html <br /><br /> Check this satellite.This is only KU band (68 cm dish) will get all this.<br />Emulator and Softcam will get all this encrypted channels .(Dreambox)<br />One satellite has more channels then, we can get with 10 fix dish and one big dish .This is not equality... </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">We live in Australia, but At the end of the day there is still something for the Pirates to play with outside Australia mainly if you live in the Northern states.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by mr_mixer:<br /><strong> http://www.lyngsat.com/hotbird.html <br /><br /> Check this satellite.This is only KU band (68 cm dish) will get all this.<br />Emulator and Softcam will get all this encrypted channels .(Dreambox)<br />One satellite has more channels then, we can get with 10 fix dish and one big dish .This is not equality... </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Here in SEA we get over 1,200 satellite radio and TV channels, more if you add payTV and data channels, takes it to over 2,870 chs so I am not complaining, but more would be nice.<br /><br />You can only easily watch 12ch at a time! More is a chore.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by jonc: You can only easily watch 12ch at a time! More is a chore. [/QB]</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">You just need a bigger screen <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/default/grin.gif" /> <br /><br /> <img src="http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3788/16ch014ie.jpg" alt=" - " /><br /><br /> <img src="http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/5964/16ch026ec.jpg" alt=" - " />

Actually hotbird is quite interesting. Gone the days of big spacecraft. Now they build smaller ones and co-locate them at the same orbital location.<br /><br />Optus plan this with D1, it will cover the 11700 to 12200 band and will co-locate with C1. They will then cover 11700 to 12750 on both polarities.<br /><br />Its quite common. Earlier this year when I was moving the TT&C for Measat in Malaysia, they are launching Measat 3 to co-locate with Measat 1. Only this satellite is single polarity and extended band, so with both M1 and M3 they will have two polarities (M1 and M2 are currently single polarity) as well as little extra bandwidth with extended on M3. Its another Boeing (Hughes) satellite.<br /><br />Hear for M4 they are looking at India and thet Measat will be there first commercial customer - that sounds scary to me!