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Help for non techies re: lost 5,5usa,5*, 4HD Foretecstar Passion HD in France
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<blockquote data-quote="PaulR" data-source="post: 852686" data-attributes="member: 176256"><p>Up in the Vaucluse I can report the following.</p><p> </p><p>My friends the other side of the village lose the C5 channels when it rains. They don't often watch any of the C5 channels so they only tested this the other week at my behest. They haven't reported losing anything in the evenings under normal circumstances but this doesn't mean that they don't. This is using a quattro LNB on an 80cm dish that I installed some years ago. </p><p> </p><p>I use an 85cm dish (TD88) but I run a quad into a multiswitch so I have a compromise with the higher noise floor this setup gives. When it rains hard then I lose all channels. Daytime fine weather I get everything but the 2F channels have no signal latitude to speak of. In the evenings the 5*/5US family and 4Seven disappear whilst C5 and C4HD pixellate very badly.</p><p> </p><p>So it looks as Ill have to go up in size yet again. It's only a matter of months since the TD88 replaced an 80cm Raven-style Gemini dish which had served me well for many years since 2D came along and I had to upgrade from a Region 2 $ly dish. The question is, what should I jump to? I don't think that a 90cm dish will give me enough signal headroom so it looks as though a 1m may be necessary for my purposes. Further south and east of me you can draw your own conclusions but I think that 1.2m may be necessary down in the Var depending on what satup you have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PaulR, post: 852686, member: 176256"] Up in the Vaucluse I can report the following. My friends the other side of the village lose the C5 channels when it rains. They don't often watch any of the C5 channels so they only tested this the other week at my behest. They haven't reported losing anything in the evenings under normal circumstances but this doesn't mean that they don't. This is using a quattro LNB on an 80cm dish that I installed some years ago. I use an 85cm dish (TD88) but I run a quad into a multiswitch so I have a compromise with the higher noise floor this setup gives. When it rains hard then I lose all channels. Daytime fine weather I get everything but the 2F channels have no signal latitude to speak of. In the evenings the 5*/5US family and 4Seven disappear whilst C5 and C4HD pixellate very badly. So it looks as Ill have to go up in size yet again. It's only a matter of months since the TD88 replaced an 80cm Raven-style Gemini dish which had served me well for many years since 2D came along and I had to upgrade from a Region 2 $ly dish. The question is, what should I jump to? I don't think that a 90cm dish will give me enough signal headroom so it looks as though a 1m may be necessary for my purposes. Further south and east of me you can draw your own conclusions but I think that 1.2m may be necessary down in the Var depending on what satup you have. [/QUOTE]
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