Site information, future plans, and revision history.
I fully realise that in a few years time, all analogue broadcasting will have ceased, and the way forward will be totally digital. However, until that sad day comes, this web site will be updated regularly, to keep you informed of what we can see with those historical relics known as Sky analogue receiving equipment. The site will probably be scrapped when the final analogue transponder is switched off for the last time, but until then, I hope you find the site interesting, and have a lot of fun hunting down some interesting & exotic stations.
This is my first attempt at designing a web site, so I hope everything works properly. I have deliberately kept the design of the site simple for fast loading times, and ease of construction. The site works ok with IE 5 or later, and will display with Netscape 4.7or later. The site works best at a screen resolution of 800 x 600 or greater.
Site revision history.
15th December 2005: Eutelsat 2F1 footprint maps added.
12th November 2005: the annual end of year satellite frequency "snapshot" pages added
17th September 2005: APS testcard from 19E added
22nd July 2005: Intelsat 800 satellite comparison page added.
14th May2005: Intelsat 700 series comparison page added
3rd May 2005: With the imminent disappearance of the RAI channels, "what to do if you want to watch RAI in the future" page added.
17th April 2005: SES press release regarding Astra 1M added.
4th March 2005: Astra 1B footprints added.
25th January 2005: K1010 info card added
27th December 2004: Astra 1A footprints finally added
25th December 2004: Probably the final update for the Astra 1A tribute page.
27th November 2004: Paksat comparison chart added.
20th November 2004: GALS sat comparison chart added.
6th November 2004: comparison chart for Eurasiasat 1 added.
31st October 2004: OTS satellite comparison chart added
4th October 2004: comparison chart for Intelsat 600 series sats added.
6th September 2004: more comparisons charts added - Astra 4A / intelsat 600 series.
20th June 2004: new pages - a 1989 advert for an Amstrad Fidelity 16 channel satellite receiver / a look at the West German TVSat operation
17th June 2004: satellites added to the Comparison charts: Intelsat 10-02 / TVSat 1 & 2.
12th June 2004: more satellites added to the Comparison charts: Eutelsat Sesat / Tele X / Olympus 1
5th June 2004: new page - the frequency conversions for using very old analogue receivers with modern LNB's.
7th May 2004: new pages. Historic channel lists for November 2002 - Eutelsat W2 / Turksat / Hotbird. New comparison page, the Kopernicus DFS birds.
4th May 2004: new page - pictures of my new fencepost dish mounting.
26th April 2004: new comparison page - Panamsat satellites
29th March 2004: new page - the scrolling message transmitted on TV4 Sweden on 1W to inform viewers of the imminent service closedown.
25th March - a new contribution form Darryl Gildroy proving once again that you can install a dish behind a window if you have to.
26th February 2004: new contribution - Chris Ayres tells how he set his system up for minimum expense.
17th February 2004: new contribution - How a beginner got French TV.
9th February 2004: new page - Nagravision scrambling on Canal+ at 30°W
1st January 2004: new page - the closedown announcements for Cyprus Sat off 5°E
27th December 2003: new page - tribute to "Dinner for One". A cult B&W sketch filmed in English, and shown every New Year on at least a dozen German tv channels! Also a new Comparison page added - Amos 1 & 2.
26th December 2003: new pages - sparklies on the TV4 Hotbird signal & Sky Analogue channel idents from the early 1990's
23rd November 2003: new page added - redundant BSB dishes around the Galashiels area in 2003 (12 years after the demise of the BSB service!)
5th October 2003: I finally got round to sorting out the image tags on all the pictures on the site. (These are the tags which appear when you run your mouse over the pictures).
10th September 2003: pages detailing the live pictures from the Ariane V157 (Hotbird 7) launch added to the site.
27th July 2003: 2 new comparison charts added: Arabsat series 2, and the Europe*Star birds.
18th June 2003: First details of the forthcoming satellites Astra's 1KR and 1L added to the site, and their technical details added to the comparison pages.
30th April 2003: new comparison chart added - the Arabsat 1 series birds.
29th March 2003: new page - comparison of the long out of service Symphonie satellites
17th March 2003: New section - DBS satellites - the early satellite tv broadcasting craft.
13th March 2003: new page - Astra 2C launch picture
10th March 2003: new page - where to buy analogue decoders
1st March 2003: New page - JSTV closedown caption
9th February 2003: New pages - the radio stations at 13E and 42E.
30th January 2003: New pages - Thor 1 retired, new contribution to the site.
16th December 2002: New page - the radio stations from Astra 1
12th December 2002: new section - the Hotbird 7 & Stentor launch disaster.
30th November 2002: new pages - Eutelsat 2F2 & Eutelsat 2F4 for May 1997 / Hispasat Nov 1997 historic channel line ups for May 1997. Info about the Astra 1K disaster added.
24th November 2002: Hispasat 30W table added.
3rd November 2002: new page - Turksat phone cards.
2nd November 2002: new pages - how to find a specific language / 5W channel logos.
31st October 2002: front page of site changed to special Halloween page for 1 day :-)
October 25th 2002: new pages - Site Search / Astra 1 K launch preperations press release.
October 22nd 2002: new pages - A beginners guide to getting stereo audio out of your satellite receiver. Comparison of the Telecom series 1 satellites.
October 17th 2002: new page - SCART plugs & sockets
October 3rd 2002: new page - a look at the former Tele-X satellite.
October 2nd 2002: started testing a BabelFish online translation service for the website.
August 28th 2002: new page - Solar Outages
August 21st 2002: new page - Hotbird 6 launch.
August 6th 2002: new page - comparison of the Thor sats at 1W
August 3rd 2002: new page - comparison of the Hispasat series 1 sats
July 11th 2002: new page - multi satellite reception
July 9th 2002: new page - comparison of the Turksat series 1 satellites
July 4th 2002: new page - comparison of the Telecom series 2 satellites.
July 3rd 2002: new page - comparison of the old Eutelsat 1F series satellites.
June 25th 2002: new page - comparison the Astra 3 series
June 24th 2002: new page - SES test cards
June 20th 2002: new page - info about the complicated history of Eutelsat W1.
June 19th 2002: new pages - the Sky Analogue viewing card. New comparison - the Eutelsat 2F series
June 15th 2002: new contribution on site
June 13th 2002: new page - comparison Eutelsat W series
May 16th 2002: new page - Focus on Marco Polo 1 & 2 - the BSB satellites
May 9th 2002: new page - installing a dish - a guide for beginners
April 28th 2002: new page - the Astra 1 channel line up from May 1996
April 25th 2002: new page - hiding and painting satellite dishes
April 20th 2002: new page - information about the Boeing 376 series of satellites.
April 18th 2002: Astra 3A table added, testing at 24.2E
March 17th 2002: new page - a look at the Sky Analogue subscription channel line up from July 1997.
March 5th 2002: new page - links to download sites for receiver manuals
February 11th 2002: new section - Focus on Eurasiasat 1
February 9th 2002: new section - satellite comparison tables.
January 28th 2002: new page - Fox News Channel closing off Astra 1C.
January 27th 2002: web site moved to Demon for advert free hosting. :-)
January 24th 2002: First pdf file put onto site for easy off line reading of the tuning tips page.
January 22nd 2002: I registered the domain www.analoguesat.co.uk ready to switch the site over to an advert free zone :-)
December 10th 2001: new page - Astra 1D test card
December 1st 2001: new page - Channel 5 closing off Astra 1E.
November 25th 2001: "favicon" added to web site. This is the image that appears up in the browser title bar. Its supposed to be a representation of a satellite - you cant do a lot with 16x16 pixels though!
November 24th 2001: new section - photographs of satellites in orbit. New section started, cutaway diagrams of typical broadcast satellite.
October 31st 2001: Front page changed for 1 day to a special Halloween page.
October 21st 2001: new page - the troubled history of Anatolia 1.
October 15th 2001: new section - Java Fun.
September 9th 2001: 2 new pages - Digisender and Seti at Home.
July 22nd 2001: 14th orbital slot - Telecom 2C page added.
July 19th 2001: Astra 1A info / tribute page added
July 14th 2001: new page - all the tv channels that have been on the Astra satellites.
July 13th 2001: at last the audio channel frequencies have been added to the tables.
July 4th 2001: 13th orbital position (Astra 2C) added.
June 22nd 2001: 12th orbital position (Sirius 2) added.
May 22nd 2001: New section for Contributions added.
May 15th 2001: article about the rundown of the Sky analogue service added.
April 29th 2001: the front pages of the site have been redesigned.
April 17th 2001: joined the UK Broadcasting WebRing.
April 15th 2001: Astra 1 channel closedowns from the end of March & 11th orbital position (Thor 2) added.
March 27th 2001: the analogue channel graveyard pages added.
March 25th 2001: 10th orbital position (Eurobird) information & Hotbird changes added.
March 16th 2001: Madley Earth Station uplink page added.
March 12th 2001: site tidied up a bit, and more closedown info added.
March 10th 2001: some of the language details corrected.
March 4th 2001: other channels information, and web based hit counter added.
March 2nd 2001: 9th orbital position (Anatolia 1) information added.
February 27th 2001: the counter on the main page doesnt work for some reason. More investigation needed.
February 25th 2001: final revisions made to the site, and published at Geocities with 8 orbital positions listed.
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