Old Sky analogue system. Bin it?

[Dark Angel]

Got an old sky analogue dish and receiver gathering dust in my loft, but is there actually anything still broadcasting on the old frequencies worth looking at that warrents me hanging onto them, or should I just chuck them in the bin?

Call me sentimental, but seems a pity to throw things out that still work, but is pointless hanging onto them if I'm not likely to ever use them.

Thanks in advance!

[OldBill]

Wrong news group, see uk.tech.tv.sky, but yes bin it.

[Dark Angel]

Thanks!

[Andy Hall]

I have a steerable dish and hybrid receiver and occasionally poke around on analogue to see what's there.

There is still some stuff on the Astra 1 constellation on 19.2E - mainly from Germany. For a fixed position dish, this probably has the most.

has loads of info.

[RedOnRed]

I thought Sky had switched the anologue signal off. If not, isn't it pending?

[Richard Conway]

He didn't say they were broadcast by Sky

[PC Paul]

Sky did, but there are other stations transmitting using the same satellites. ISTR that when our analogue stuff was switched off the dishes on the satellites were reoriented to give a different footprint so the signals we get now are not as strong as they were.

[s--p--o--n--i--x]

Put it up for grabs on your local freecycle group:

[Andy Hall]

A couple of the Astra1 satellites that are nearing their sell-by date have been moved to different locations as well.