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Fringe Reception General
Nilesat 102 and Badr 4 in Netherlands
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<blockquote data-quote="guest poster" data-source="post: 582000" data-attributes="member: 262401"><p>It's hard to give info for there... </p><p></p><p>…but in the centre of the UK </p><p><strong><u> </u></strong></p><p><strong><u>Badr 4</u></strong> </p><p><strong>45cm* $ky</strong> dish .... Yemen's TP (no others** )</p><p><strong>60cm*</strong> Dubai One etc. (but not MBC2**) are watchable but with low weather margin (5-10%)</p><p><strong>80cm*</strong> you get MBC2 etc (with a low margin for MBC (5-10%)** & higher margin for Dubai One etc (20-25% med' rain/ cloud)</p><p><strong>1m-1.1m+</strong> and you should nail MBC2 etc.. in bad weather ....only to loose it in weather that would normally block $ky/ Freesat on a $ky z1 dish.</p><p></p><p>*45cm, 60cm & 80cm have to be 100% setup throughout.</p><p><strong><u> </u></strong></p><p><strong><u>Badr 6**</u></strong></p><p><strong><u></u></strong>Estimates here are 2.4m-3m+... </p><p><strong><u> </u></strong></p><p><strong><u>Nilesat**</u></strong></p><p><strong><u></u></strong>For Nilesat it’s very unpredictable (hotspots/ cold spots/ noise level etc.. )… but a <strong>2.4m</strong> gets all Vs & Hs here ...but has to be 100% setup right... ideally in a rural location and no major local (especially city) noise issues. Prime focus may help with local & ground noise issues**. Margins can still be low on mid to lower strength Tps. Time of day effects the signal greatly for 7w where mid day to mid afternoon signals are far lower and the peak values are for evening to early morning only - the aim usually is to get the signals mid day/ mid afternoon.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>**..but we're always <em>working on it.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>where is the lnb on the penta btw...</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="guest poster, post: 582000, member: 262401"] It's hard to give info for there... …but in the centre of the UK [B][U] Badr 4[/U][/B][U][/U] [B]45cm* $ky[/B] dish .... Yemen's TP (no others** ) [B]60cm*[/B] Dubai One etc. (but not MBC2**) are watchable but with low weather margin (5-10%) [B]80cm*[/B] you get MBC2 etc (with a low margin for MBC (5-10%)** & higher margin for Dubai One etc (20-25% med' rain/ cloud) [B]1m-1.1m+[/B] and you should nail MBC2 etc.. in bad weather ....only to loose it in weather that would normally block $ky/ Freesat on a $ky z1 dish. *45cm, 60cm & 80cm have to be 100% setup throughout. [B][U] Badr 6** [/U][/B][U][/U]Estimates here are 2.4m-3m+... [B][U] Nilesat** [/U][/B][U][/U]For Nilesat it’s very unpredictable (hotspots/ cold spots/ noise level etc.. )… but a [B]2.4m[/B] gets all Vs & Hs here ...but has to be 100% setup right... ideally in a rural location and no major local (especially city) noise issues. Prime focus may help with local & ground noise issues**. Margins can still be low on mid to lower strength Tps. Time of day effects the signal greatly for 7w where mid day to mid afternoon signals are far lower and the peak values are for evening to early morning only - the aim usually is to get the signals mid day/ mid afternoon. **..but we're always [I]working on it.[/I] [I]where is the lnb on the penta btw...[/I] [/QUOTE]
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