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<blockquote data-quote="moonbase" data-source="post: 1124686" data-attributes="member: 178786">Yes, I can see 56.0 East, however, its probably close to my East limit on line of sight. I am not convinced I will have full illumination of the dish from 56.0 EastI will check it out when I get further round the arc. I might get bogged down on 38.0 East in C-Band before then.It is only a couple of degree to the left of where I am now and it is beckoning...Before then, I have a couple of circular polarity LNBF's that I am going to try out on 36.0 East.They have different designs to the dielectric plate in them and both are different to the design of the plate in the Swedish Microwave XD12 polariser.Perhaps the different plate design might give me a boost?It is a balancing act with these fringe circular polarity signals.You get some signal level increase by converting circular to linear polarity. However, you then lose signal level due to the impact of the plate in the feed partly blocking the signal.If I could get my hands on a Ku-Band polo pipe that uses steps or ridges to convert circular to linear polarity instead of a dielectric plate I think I might have a little bit more success.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moonbase, post: 1124686, member: 178786"] Yes, I can see 56.0 East, however, its probably close to my East limit on line of sight. I am not convinced I will have full illumination of the dish from 56.0 East I will check it out when I get further round the arc. I might get bogged down on 38.0 East in C-Band before then. It is only a couple of degree to the left of where I am now and it is beckoning... Before then, I have a couple of circular polarity LNBF's that I am going to try out on 36.0 East. They have different designs to the dielectric plate in them and both are different to the design of the plate in the Swedish Microwave XD12 polariser. Perhaps the different plate design might give me a boost? It is a balancing act with these fringe circular polarity signals. You get some signal level increase by converting circular to linear polarity. However, you then lose signal level due to the impact of the plate in the feed partly blocking the signal. If I could get my hands on a Ku-Band polo pipe that uses steps or ridges to convert circular to linear polarity instead of a dielectric plate I think I might have a little bit more success. [/QUOTE]

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