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<blockquote data-quote="mickwig" data-source="post: 860497" data-attributes="member: 401397">Hi Tony, without wanting to dampen your enthusiasm I must tell you, that the sudden spike in signal might only be partly due to your new equipment/skew settings. I live about 100 km due north (A9) of you and I have benn chasing the UK spot beam since May with more or less success. Meaning, I had a 180 cm installed in May since my 120 Kathrein PF would pick up 2F UKspot only very badly. From May to August I tested and it wasn't enough to actually have a stable signla to watch TV (the wife!!).&nbsp;Since then I upgraded to 240 cm and the gain of signal strength was about 30%. However - about 2 weeks ago suddenly CH4 HD was the strongest TP whereas before it was the weakest and since about 3 to 4 days ALL channels are incredibly strong. I had about 55% SQ at the maximum and down to 10-15% at the minimum. Now we are up to 70% max and 30% min. I hope it will last, but I somehow doubt it. Something has changed either in preparation for 2E to arrive or maybe the signal was boosted because of oncoming bad wheather in the UK in order to keep little dishes working despite the thick clound. I don't know.&nbsp;Regards - Mick</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mickwig, post: 860497, member: 401397"] Hi Tony, without wanting to dampen your enthusiasm I must tell you, that the sudden spike in signal might only be partly due to your new equipment/skew settings. I live about 100 km due north (A9) of you and I have benn chasing the UK spot beam since May with more or less success. Meaning, I had a 180 cm installed in May since my 120 Kathrein PF would pick up 2F UKspot only very badly. From May to August I tested and it wasn't enough to actually have a stable signla to watch TV (the wife!!). Since then I upgraded to 240 cm and the gain of signal strength was about 30%. However - about 2 weeks ago suddenly CH4 HD was the strongest TP whereas before it was the weakest and since about 3 to 4 days ALL channels are incredibly strong. I had about 55% SQ at the maximum and down to 10-15% at the minimum. Now we are up to 70% max and 30% min. I hope it will last, but I somehow doubt it. Something has changed either in preparation for 2E to arrive or maybe the signal was boosted because of oncoming bad wheather in the UK in order to keep little dishes working despite the thick clound. I don't know. Regards - Mick [/QUOTE]

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