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Convert a Worldspace radio for Astra2

  • 28-01-2011 6:53pm
    #1
    Greenman
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    Maybe this is one for you Watty:)

    I have a Hitachi Worldspace as per

    hitachi_worldspace_receiver.jpg

    Its lying idle as Worldspace is gone, would there be anyway of retuning it to the Ku Band for the Astra 2 radio stations?

    Any possibilities would be welcome.:)


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  • #2
    Greenman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,962 ✭✭✭Greenman


    Greenman wrote: »
    Maybe this is one for you Watty:)

    I have a Hitachi Worldspace as per

    hitachi_worldspace_receiver.jpg

    Its lying idle as Worldspace is gone, would there be anyway of retuning it to the Ku Band for the Astra 2 radio stations?

    Any possibilities would be welcome.:)


    Bump:) any ideas Watty.


  • #3
    Apogee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭Apogee


    Worldspace doesn't use DVB-S.

    A doorstop!


  • #4
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Apogee, as per usual, squarely hitting nails on heads

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldSpace

    It's L-Band frequency (1452-1492 MHz range). Completely different system to DVB-s so an LNB won't work to make it use Ku.

    Nothing doing with it. I nearly bought one once, but by then most of it was subscription only, so I didn't bother.

    A nice idea as alternative to Shortwave Broadcast. But radios too expensive for "3rd World"
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AfriStar

    When did they pack it in? I thought last year anyway, still running?

    Any new European service will be a different and incompatible system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETSI_Satellite_Digital_Radio
    I can't see ETSI SDR working. Sirius XM is also a financial failure, So is DAB.



    I'm happy to dismember it for interesting parts ;)


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