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<blockquote data-quote="palmerpalm" data-source="post: 23693" data-attributes="member: 176004">I also live in central Italy, in Vasto (60Km South of Pescara near the Adriatic Sea) and I can confirm difficulties for Astra 2A North Beam. I have a cheap (emmesse) 120cm offset dish, recently I bought a new Invacom 0.3db LNB (slightly improving reception).I checked in detail reception of transponder TP24 12168V (the one with Channel 4). Channel 4 starts to be visible at about 18:30 and remain visible till 24:00.The following results were taken at the end of June. SS means Signal Strength and SQ means Signal Quality:TP24 12168V at 18:20 SS=10% SQ=10% image dropsTP24 12168V at 18:45 SS=10% SQ=20% image goodTP24 12168V at 19:10 SS=10% SQ=20% image goodTP24 12168V at 19:40 SS=20% SQ=30% image goodTP24 12168V at 19:54 SS=20% SQ=40% image goodTP24 12168V at 21:00 SS=20% SQ=30% image goodTP24 12168V at 22:25 SS=10% SQ=20% image goodI also checked other transponders on 2A North Beam and results are the following:TP03 11758H at 22:00 no signalTP04 11778V at 22:00 no signalTP07 11836H at 22:05 no signalTP08 11856V at 22:05 no signalTP11 11914H at 22:10 no signalTP12 11934V at 22:10 no signalTP23 12148H at 21:55 SS=10% SQ=20%TP24 12168V at 21:55 SS=10% SQ=30%TP27 12226H at 21:57 SS=10% SQ=30%TP40 12480V at 22:00 SS=10% SQ=50%As comparison on 2B North Beam I have the following result: (other transponders are the same)TP35 12382H at 22:25 SS=30% SQ=90%I found that adjusting the skew was very important to improve reception of 2A North Beam. According to Astra, &quot;2A North Beam&quot; and &quot;2B North beam&quot; have the same footprint, instead in Central Italy there is a big difference in signal strength.Previously (2 years ago) I had a 80cm dish and it was perfect for receiving everything excluding &quot;2A North Beam&quot; and 2D.My receiver is a Pace 2500 (according to many peoples not the best one for fringe areas).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="palmerpalm, post: 23693, member: 176004"] I also live in central Italy, in Vasto (60Km South of Pescara near the Adriatic Sea) and I can confirm difficulties for Astra 2A North Beam. I have a cheap (emmesse) 120cm offset dish, recently I bought a new Invacom 0.3db LNB (slightly improving reception). I checked in detail reception of transponder TP24 12168V (the one with Channel 4). Channel 4 starts to be visible at about 18:30 and remain visible till 24:00. The following results were taken at the end of June. SS means Signal Strength and SQ means Signal Quality: TP24 12168V at 18:20 SS=10% SQ=10% image drops TP24 12168V at 18:45 SS=10% SQ=20% image good TP24 12168V at 19:10 SS=10% SQ=20% image good TP24 12168V at 19:40 SS=20% SQ=30% image good TP24 12168V at 19:54 SS=20% SQ=40% image good TP24 12168V at 21:00 SS=20% SQ=30% image good TP24 12168V at 22:25 SS=10% SQ=20% image good I also checked other transponders on 2A North Beam and results are the following: TP03 11758H at 22:00 no signal TP04 11778V at 22:00 no signal TP07 11836H at 22:05 no signal TP08 11856V at 22:05 no signal TP11 11914H at 22:10 no signal TP12 11934V at 22:10 no signal TP23 12148H at 21:55 SS=10% SQ=20% TP24 12168V at 21:55 SS=10% SQ=30% TP27 12226H at 21:57 SS=10% SQ=30% TP40 12480V at 22:00 SS=10% SQ=50% As comparison on 2B North Beam I have the following result: (other transponders are the same) TP35 12382H at 22:25 SS=30% SQ=90% I found that adjusting the skew was very important to improve reception of 2A North Beam. According to Astra, "2A North Beam" and "2B North beam" have the same footprint, instead in Central Italy there is a big difference in signal strength. Previously (2 years ago) I had a 80cm dish and it was perfect for receiving everything excluding "2A North Beam" and 2D. My receiver is a Pace 2500 (according to many peoples not the best one for fringe areas). [/QUOTE]

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