liveaboard

I seem to have lost all signal from intelsat 907.
Is anyone else experiencing this?

MrBife

Mine checked a few moments ago and working as normal. Must be something your end

liveaboard

thanks, that's what I needed to know.

BillBullock

When I last lost the signal, it turned out to be a bad coax cable connection into the satellite receiver. How it suddenly became bad I don't know because there was no movement to force a bad connection. Anyway, I remade the connection and all was well.

EMR

It's seems to be working in Albufeira ,.

riv

Intel 907 - is this the one that still works and provides Freesat channels even in the Algarve ?

If so - what size dish needed for good reception please ? And any other useful info such as where to obtain the necessary kit / competent installer ?

liveaboard

This morning it's working again; strange.
I have a double LNB and 2 coax cables to 2 tuners [in one box]. both showed zero signal.

907 is a feed for BBC and a couple of random other channels.
Aside from last night it's always worked well, but since it has no known commercial application, it could just switch off at any time.
I had a big dish and programmable box left after Astra cut our signal, so my cost was zero. Setup wasn't easy because the signal is encrypted.
I'm not sure it's worth the cost of installation if you have to buy the gear and pay someone to set it up.

BillBullock

My 2 satellite receivers cost £70 each and my man realigned my old dish for €40. I think it is well worth the cost as I get all the TV channels I want in HD at the touch of a button on the remote control.

Mike

It provides emergency back up feeds for Freeview.
Can't be long before it is abandoned. Shame as picture quality is great. Oh, and it's free!

sagalaut

Intelsat 907 was launched in 2003 with a lifespan of 12 years. Yes it is still working fine, but for how long?

k2397

We lost 907 a week or so ago, but in our case too it was a problem with the coax cable connections. Now working fine again.

We have a 1.5 metre dish but I think 1.2 or so should be OK.

We found Marc Electronica in Portimao to be good.

MrBife

The signal is very much stronger than SKY and even a 90cm dish would work - plenty of old ones of all sizes knocking about now. Best receiver in my opinion is the Technosat and Amazon have them. The dish needs to be fipped towards the west (about as far west of south as the Astra satellites are east of south if that makes sense). As everyone else says its a bit of a gamble as to how long this particular service stays working but while it does the service is fantastic

riv

Mr Bife could you be more specific as to the model etc ie exactly what should I be looking for on Amazon ( or in the satellite / elecctricals stores ? ).

Are you saying that with just this one box - technosat - and one dish one metre diam I would get BBC channels plus some others ? And with no ongoing costs once the two things had been purchased ?

If so, can you or someone recommend a tried and trusted and reasonably priced installer in the East Algarve please ?

riv

Hello.

Is there some reason you have TWO sat receivers ? One for the 907 ? and then what is the other one for ?

Can you provide full details of your Man in PM ?

Would he be able to do a complete install of a new system : dish / receiver / cables and what do you think would be his likely charge ? Would he be able to source the best receiver ?

Thanks.

BillBullock

I have one receiver in the sitting room and one in our bedroom. My man lives near Olhão and he can indeed supply and install the dish. I'm not sure about supplying the receivers as I always prefer to select equipment myself. I bought them in the UK. Look for ICECRYPT S1600 CHD HIGH DEFINITION DIGITAL SATELLITE RECEIVER on Ebay. I will PM you Henriques' details.