Log in
Register
Menu
Log in
Register
Home
What's new
Latest activity
Authors
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Satellite TV receivers & systems support forums
Fringe Reception General
16 east and 7 west
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Captain Jack" data-source="post: 1160920" data-attributes="member: 243342"><p>[USER=420155]@Jason001[/USER] your longitude is 1.3E, which means it's 1.3E degrees of south. Thor is at 0.8W, which means that if your dish was looking straight ahead, it would be 2.1 degrees out of alignment. At 1.3E, I would use Bulgariasat at 1.9E to do the initial alignment but looking at the pictures, there's little wrong with the dish looking off-centre for 0.8W (Thor).</p><p></p><p>If you are getting max signal possible at the edges and the centre for your location, then your dish is aligned ok. Or very close to it.</p><p></p><p>The variation of signal strength between different locations (even a few miles away) on the fringes of footprints is not surprising and to be expected. If you're missing 0.5dB on some TP then a million things can cause variations. Cables, LNB, receiver, distance between LNB and receiver... Even the same make/model receiver and LNB and cable at the same location with the same alignment will have variations. </p><p></p><p>My best advice is to find a happy medium compromise, where all the satellites you need to receive are stable and watchable. Not at the max possible strength. As was mentioned in this thread, some satellites have different preset skews, which means that unless you have a motorised polariser, you'll never have max signal from ever satellite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Jack, post: 1160920, member: 243342"] [USER=420155]@Jason001[/USER] your longitude is 1.3E, which means it's 1.3E degrees of south. Thor is at 0.8W, which means that if your dish was looking straight ahead, it would be 2.1 degrees out of alignment. At 1.3E, I would use Bulgariasat at 1.9E to do the initial alignment but looking at the pictures, there's little wrong with the dish looking off-centre for 0.8W (Thor). If you are getting max signal possible at the edges and the centre for your location, then your dish is aligned ok. Or very close to it. The variation of signal strength between different locations (even a few miles away) on the fringes of footprints is not surprising and to be expected. If you're missing 0.5dB on some TP then a million things can cause variations. Cables, LNB, receiver, distance between LNB and receiver... Even the same make/model receiver and LNB and cable at the same location with the same alignment will have variations. My best advice is to find a happy medium compromise, where all the satellites you need to receive are stable and watchable. Not at the max possible strength. As was mentioned in this thread, some satellites have different preset skews, which means that unless you have a motorised polariser, you'll never have max signal from ever satellite. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Satellite TV receivers & systems support forums
Fringe Reception General
16 east and 7 west
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top