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<blockquote data-quote="aceb" data-source="post: 757625" data-attributes="member: 268811">I've spent the afternoon making a new larger dielectric plate from a Tesco chopping board, 7mm thick, 90mm in the throat, 160mm total width across the scalar rings and a total of 87mm in front of the scalar (50mm in front of the LNBf, 37mm is distance from scalar to LNBf rim).Results are not quite what I expected, nearly everything I'm receiving already has jumped up nearly 20% quality but the signal has remained about the same. On 5W I've gained CRTV and Viasat, Unire and Record Africa on 27.5W and 8 transponders on 40.5W but what is surprising, to me at least is that's it! No new birds and the BBC transponder on 1W has remained at 1-2% quality, no sign of the ERTU signal either.Not sure what to do next, I've got the other half of the board so could try one without the large section in front of the scalar to see if that makes a difference? I've also got a role of self adhesive Rosco foil, it's a flexible 0.5mm thick metal foil on a roll so I've found some perspex in the shed and will make a DoS plate, I've also got Prides measurements for his so will try that as well.That's enough dishes for the afternoon, smells like the BBQ is ready!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aceb, post: 757625, member: 268811"] I've spent the afternoon making a new larger dielectric plate from a Tesco chopping board, 7mm thick, 90mm in the throat, 160mm total width across the scalar rings and a total of 87mm in front of the scalar (50mm in front of the LNBf, 37mm is distance from scalar to LNBf rim). Results are not quite what I expected, nearly everything I'm receiving already has jumped up nearly 20% quality but the signal has remained about the same. On 5W I've gained CRTV and Viasat, Unire and Record Africa on 27.5W and 8 transponders on 40.5W but what is surprising, to me at least is that's it! No new birds and the BBC transponder on 1W has remained at 1-2% quality, no sign of the ERTU signal either. Not sure what to do next, I've got the other half of the board so could try one without the large section in front of the scalar to see if that makes a difference? I've also got a role of self adhesive Rosco foil, it's a flexible 0.5mm thick metal foil on a roll so I've found some perspex in the shed and will make a DoS plate, I've also got Prides measurements for his so will try that as well. That's enough dishes for the afternoon, smells like the BBQ is ready! [/QUOTE]

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