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Al Jazeera English & Al Jazeera America

(January 2006)

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RE
remlap
It's never been on a European beam as far as I can tell. Maybe it was testing on 8W European beam?

I get it fine on 20E.

Standards converted to 576i a friend tells me it can't be seen in widescreen in the US in SD.

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Last edited by remlap on 16 October 2013 5:00pm - 8 times in total
HA
harshy Founding member
nice remlap I guess I need a c-band setup.
RE
remlap
Tell me if you find one mate Wink
IS
Inspector Sands
It's never been on a European beam as far as I can tell. Maybe it was testing on 8W European beam?

I get it fine on 20E.

Standards converted to 576i a friend tells me it can't be seen in widescreen in the US in SD.

The odd thing is that the position and frequency I used was on Lyngsat and it was KU band, so either it was temporary and that website has been updated or the dish I was using is much better than I thought!

As for the one at 20e, I think that is the transponder used for distribution from Doha (to local DTH uplinks). Though it seems odd that US is on there. As it's in 16:9 it's presumably coming from NY to Doha internally and then being unlinked from there for some reason
RE
remlap
Do you still have the frequency in your receiver? That would be the easiest way to tell the beam it was on.
IS
Inspector Sands
I didn't, but managed to find it again at the weekend on 26E on 11334 V. This time I looked into it a bit more and It is fairly weak. The only footprint I can find is for the ME and North Africa but it was recieved correctly in the UK.
As I say i was using a fairly large non-domestic dish so I suspect that's to my advantage, worth a try if you haven't already
RE
remlap
Could you be more specific with "fairly large non-domestic dish"?

I've never heard of Badr 5 reception in UK before, Well not in below 2M dishes.
Last edited by remlap on 21 October 2013 8:33pm
HA
harshy Founding member
As expected no signal on that frequency it probably needs a 9m special Wink
IS
Inspector Sands
Hire a big truck and take a drive to W12.

You're not missing much by the way, just imagine AJE with whiter smiles and adverts for medical lawyers Laughing
HA
harshy Founding member
Ha ha its fine I noticed Al Jazerra Arabic on 36e is in HD Smile much better idents and graphics then Al Jazerra English.

30 days later

JO
Joshua
Some interesting developments for AlJazeera London and their new studio at The Shard.

Flint Skallen, who designed the AlJazeera Arabic set, have put some images of the set and newsroom for AJ London on their website... it looks fantastic.

http://payload221.cargocollective.com/1/0/7037/6726926/al_jazeera_london_news_sets_newsroom_flint_skallen_002_2048.jpg

http://payload221.cargocollective.com/1/0/7037/6726926/al_jazeera_london_news_sets_newsroom_flint_skallen_004_2048.jpg

http://payload221.cargocollective.com/1/0/7037/6726926/al_jazeera_london_news_sets_newsroom_flint_skallen_014_2048.jpg

http://www.flintskallen.com/Al-Jazeera-London-The-Shard
BA
bilky asko
That woman is great at doing a pose and holding it, isn't she?

I wonder how much of that glossiness will transfer into real life? It might look a bit less impressive without the sheen that render gives.

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