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[mosllam]

Had the same dream when I started with satellite reception.. Started off with an Amstrad SRX310 analogue set and 80cm dish. I live in Northern Europe. After Astra 1 I decided to motorise my dish-setup. Received satellites from 45W up to about 45E.. Learned soon enough that some satellites have a footprint that lay beyond my scope. No matter the size of the dish, the beam will simply not reach you. Sad thing that the earth is round and not flat Best to allign your dish as perfectly as possible on the 'center' satellite you wish to receive. With a correctly mounted H2H you can then explore other satellites within your reach...

 

yes you are right about the maxmun ark

 

its from 150 degree to 165 degree from first sat in west to last sat in east

 

last avalable satin east in cairo is chinasat 110E C band I only recive 100E

 

in arish the last one is pallpa 113E also in C band I recive 105E

 

but the dish is vertical and earth noise make reception much harder and I need a bigger dish

 

sadly the west side is blocked

 

I should recive 30W easly but the first sat is 22W with bad signl ( buildig and mobil towers )

[mosllam]

 

at [...]-- with sat finder menu in open pli the ( S.N.R ) bar is zero (0) and does not move at all unless the dish is pointed perfectly to that new sat

That is down to the hardware. And by the way that is how a digital signal is. It is either locked or it is not. The concept that the reception gradually improves as you move the dish is an analogue thing

 

 

I have asked a friend how uses a duo2 and he does not have that problem

 

solo2 olso has no problem

 

so I believe that hardware is part of the problem with duo1

 

but the other image does not has that problem with duo1

[mosllam]

these screen shoots might explan what I mean about satfinder

 

using the other image

 

here with some C Band freq on ( measat 91>5 E )

 

using the other image I am able to point the dish by the help of satfinder

 

nolock on signal but its close I know that from FEC = 2/3 HD freq need SNR 43% to lock on  signal

 

the SNR meter is swinging forward and backward

 

using the motor one fast bush at a time till I have a lock

 

I have to use the other image to do that then switch back to openpli again

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