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Best sats from the UK

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okmate

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Hi guys ive setup my motorised dish but not entirely sure what sats I should be getting,I can get thor 28.2 19east but as I've no ***** installed I'm not sure what free channels I should get.

hope you can assist its been such a long time
 
There are a lot of FTA channels, the vast majority don't have English audio, but some do, occasionally, like ONE HD, on 19.2E.
If you have a clear line of sight, you should get a lot of satellites, between 30W to 52E.
You can check the FTA, Free To Air, channels on sites like lyngsat, kingofsat, etc
Code: 
https://www.lyngsat.com/
 
What size dish, do you have, and your general location, e.g. North East England, as this will help us work out which satellites you can receive.
 
William-1 does a guide, showing the strongest transponders, in the UK:
This List was compiled & updated by William-1
Strongest Transponders fully updated 31st August 2021
$ = encrypted
SX88-4K UHD + Raven 88cm Mesh +Inverto Black Ultra Lnb
53°E to 34.5°W
======================================Signal Quality
Express AM-6 @ 53°E 12594 V 27500 Kurd Ch HD========40%
MonacoSat @ 52°E 12303 V 27500 Türkmenist SportHD===92%
Belintersat 1 @ 51.5°E 11350 H 45000 BTB $==========90%
===================11290 H 45000 Romana ====82%
Turksat 4B @ 50°E 11196 V 2222 TürkSat Tanitim=======98%
AzerSpace-1 @ 46°east 11135 H 27500 CBC SportHD=====77%
Intelsat-38 @ 45.1°east 11555 V 30000 City TV========100%
Türksat-3A @ 42°east 11054 V 30000 TRT World=======100%
Türksat-4A @ 42°east 12034 V 27500 CNN Turk========100%
Hellas Sat-4 @ 39°east 10730 H 30000 ERT World======100%
Hellas Sat-3 @ 39°east 12271 H 30000 Magic TV======100%
Hellas Sat-3 @ 39°east 12242 H 13382 ERT 1 HD =======77%
Eutelsat-36B @ 36°east 11345 H 30000 BNT-4==========82%
Eutelsat-33E @ 33.1°east 12646 H 13910 bTV==========79%
==============12722 V 16730 Polsat News HEVC/HD=77%
Astra-2E @ 28.5°east 10847 V 23000 BBC-1 HD========100%
Astra -2F @ 28.2°east 10714 H 22000 Film 4 UK=======100%
Astra-2G @ 28.2°east 11097 V 23000==Anglia West HD==100%
Badr-4 @ 26°east 11996 H 27500 Euronews English=====59%
Astra-3B @ 23.5°east 12012 V 29900 Rebel===========100%
Eutelsat-21B @ 21.5°east 11582 H 2850 MBC===========79%
Astra-1KR @ 19.2°east 11229 V 22000 BBC World======100%
Astra-1L @ 19.2°east 11597 H 22000 Bloomberg EU=====98%
Astra-1M @ 19.2°east 11627 V 22000 CNN Int==========95%
Astra-1N @ 19.2°east 11494 H 22000 ARTE HD=========100%
Eutelsat-16A @ 16°east 11471 V 30000 Arena HD======100%
Hotbird-13B @ 13°east 11681 H27500 ARTE HD=========100%
Hotbird-13C @ 13°east 11373 H 27500 NASA TV HD=====100%
Hotbird-13E @ 13°east 10775 H 27500 Press TV=======100%
Eutelsat-10A @ 10°east 11345 H 27500 AFP1 $=========82%
Eutelsat-9A @ 9°east 12034 V 27500 W9 Swiss HD=====100%
Eutelsat-7B @ 7°east 11221 H 27500 TFM Senegal======95%
Eutelsat-7C @ 7°east 10804 V 30000 TRT Sport HD====100%
Astra-4A @ 4.8°east 12303 H 25545 Belsat TV=========92%
Eutelsat-3B @ 3.1°east 12550 H 4444 2M Monde=======100%
Eutelsat-3B @ 3.1°east 12701 H 13960 Open Beyond====64%
BulgariaSat-1 @ 1.9°east RTP int==================100%

Thor-5 @ 0.7°west 12418 V 28000 Sky News Int=======92%
Thor-6 @ 0.8°west 11900 H 30000 Music Ch==========98%
Intelsat-10-02 @ 1°west 12686 H 27500 U tv==========74%
ABS-3A @ 3°west 12739 V 13173 S2 ReteCapri=========44%
Amos 7 @ 3.9°west 12410 H 20833 Blackseatv=========33%
Amos 7 @ 3.9°west 12297 H 45000 ICTV HD $=========56%
Amos 7 @ 3.9°west 12354 H 3333 Romania TV========12%
Amos 3 @ 4°west 10758 V 30000 Teszt V============52%
Eutelsat-5West B @ 5°west 11096 29950 ViàVosges====100%
========================All Multi streams==100%
Eutelsat-7West A @ 7.3°west 11277 V 27500 MBC-2====40%
Eutelsat-8West B @ 8°west 10971 V 27500 AlJazEng====22%
Express-AM8 @ 14°west 10974 H 2963 Al Manor======64%
Telstar-12 Vantage @ 15°west 11567 H 2677 BYU======84%
SES-4--@ 22°west 11127 H 17250 S2 Reuters LiveHD===77%
Hispasat 30W-5 @ 30°W 10770 H 30000 TSA-Record HD=100%
Intelsat 35e @ 34.5°west 11557 H 13500 Clasico $=====100%

Use this list for setting up a fixed or motorised system.
 
Any idea as to the best sats for things to watch? movies in English but port who cares what the language is
 
You can get a lot of technical information starting from here: https://satbeams.com/channels
Select a satellite then look at footprints does it covers your location, browse the channels, etc.
Channels, programs to watch: nobody knows your preferences so you check them you.
 
I will be fine tuning my dish tomorrow as the weather is awful today, when I had my old technomate motor installed I received lots of channels and sats but now it needs fine tuning,its been difficult as the manhattan motor I had spare is totally different the main shaft points up so I really need to check all the settings of the dish bracket and motor bracket, need to find some sites to show me exactly what to do to get it bang on
 
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