Is viasat reachable in west ireland

[Djskutz]

Yeh that's it's lads, I'll do a search cuz I never did and lost patience and disconnected everything cuz I thought that tp was on the euro beam

 

[Captain Jack]

I am only getting 50% SNR on the Uno (34% needed to be watchable) on my Penta 85 dish in Somerset, while the European beam is in the 90% bracket.

 

[Djskutz]

I'll be 100% 2moro and if it is I'll post. Screen shot and it will mean truly the channel master is the king of all dishes

 

[Djskutz]

Hey everyone, bad news, that tp was on 23.5e and one of the channels was tv noord, I was on my own today and got some on the European beam but nothing for the Nordic, think I need professional help at this stage cuz I'm doing something wrong and to be honest it could be a lot of things at this stage and I don't know

 

[Captain Jack]

What was the signal strength on European beam? It's harder to align larger dishes due to much narrower beamwidths but the principle remains the same, so don't give up.

 

[Djskutz]

I don't really know cuz I was trying to elevate it And Move it side to side, but I think I'll leave it Chris76

 

[Chris76]

Don't give up bud.....you will get there

I don't really know cuz I was trying to elevate it And Move it side to side, but I think I'll leave it Chris76

 

[Djskutz]

I think you've a tough job to do, when do you think you'll be down

 

[thedriver 08]

Hard luck it must be very difficult trying to tweak on your own pity u havnt got a pro meter at least it would tell u what sat u are on within a few seconds are u getting 12245 v 27500 with ebs tv1 lituania lnk etc and 12073 h 27500 with news one

 

[Djskutz]

Yeh thought alright cuz you can't have someone tighten the bolts when you get a decent reception

 

[Djskutz]

t thats 96% max on euro beam and nothing on the nordic beam, heads wrecked

 

[thedriver 08]

are u certain u are on 5 east what channels can u get when u do a scan on that tp

 

[Djskutz]

2+2 was one channel

 

[Analoguesat]

2+2 is on 11766H and on the European beam.

 

[Djskutz]

i know thats why i stated i got 96% on euro and nothing on nordic, i have a satman coming saturday morning with his meter do it, hopefully itll be easier i hope, also ive been told its really hard to allign a weak signal on a big dish with no meter

 

[Analoguesat]

Doesnt surprise me you are having problems - the Nordic beam is fairly poor here most of the time (30 miles south of Edinburgh - 85cm Penta)

 

[Djskutz]

What is your current readings on 11747

 

[timo_w2s]

I guess I'm lucky as I get 85% signal on Euro beams and 75% on Nordic beams here just west of London on a 90cm dish on my Technomate. Pretty good rain fade margin too.

 

[Djskutz]

U are lucky and I have a Channel master 1.8m

 

[Analoguesat]

What is your current readings on 11747

Dreambox 7020 on Viasat Xtra 1

SNR 74%
AGC 87%
BER around 8500 - so that would be barely watchable. If it was raining the signal would have disappeared totally.