Newbie question about feeds

[farr]

After having a motorised setup fitted recently (Moteck SG-2100a motor, 1m dish hooked up to my Technomate) I have a question about feeds, in particular the ones on 10e. I receive some of them ok but some break up or are just not coming in at all despite being active at the time. For instance, the APTN feed often breaks up for me. I've tried fine tuning the dish using the Move Fine/Move options but it doesn't really help. Is this normal? I should add I am getting everything else I expected I would with a 1m dish and the arc is being tracked correctly. Is it normal that, despite the published footprint for 10e showing it's very strong in the UK, some feeds are just very weak or they're directed away from the UK?

 

[Analoguesat]

Power downlink levels for feeds are often all over the place. It doesnt help that W1 at 10E is a dilapidated old satellite close to the end of its useful life.

Many feeds are 4:2:2 format which are not watchable using most hobby kit

 

[farr]

Many feeds are 4:2:2 format which are not watchable using most hobby kit

Except using a Skystar 2 they are ;) Very useful bit of kit that. Other PC based satellite receivers will do this too of course. Thanks for the reassurance, just checking all is ok.

 

[Analoguesat]

Ah - Id missed the SS2 in your profile

 

[shane77]

and quali tv reciever too