Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="splodgethemanky" data-source="post: 17501" data-attributes="member: 175251">Hi barney,I am 20km north of naples, on the coast , lago patriacdpuz is a make of lnb available in most shops here, 0.7db is the quoted noise figure, they are cheap, about 15euroAround 2-6pm (local time ) is the worst here, 'tho in Latina 6-8pm is the worst time, with occasional losses of northern beam on weak digiboxeswe would only want a 3m dish if we know it will get 2D..but we need one to test........catch 22!I don't know anyone in Abruzzo who has $kyI have had a look on <a href="http://www.satmania.com" target="_blank">www.satmania.com</a> , they have a dish size calculator which suggests that you should have no problems (except 2D) with a 1m dish, which would tally with what we get here. However they quote a 3m dish for 2D in Venice...which sounds a bit large! I had to put Aquila as your location as that was all there was in the databaseI plan to go near Roccorasso, Pescasseroli or Passo Godi? (scanno)ThanksDave</blockquote>

[QUOTE="splodgethemanky, post: 17501, member: 175251"] Hi barney, I am 20km north of naples, on the coast , lago patria cdpuz is a make of lnb available in most shops here, 0.7db is the quoted noise figure, they are cheap, about 15euro Around 2-6pm (local time ) is the worst here, 'tho in Latina 6-8pm is the worst time, with occasional losses of northern beam on weak digiboxes we would only want a 3m dish if we know it will get 2D..but we need one to test........catch 22! I don't know anyone in Abruzzo who has $ky I have had a look on [url]www.satmania.com[/url] , they have a dish size calculator which suggests that you should have no problems (except 2D) with a 1m dish, which would tally with what we get here. However they quote a 3m dish for 2D in Venice...which sounds a bit large! I had to put Aquila as your location as that was all there was in the database I plan to go near Roccorasso, Pescasseroli or Passo Godi? (scanno) Thanks Dave [/QUOTE]

Verification