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<blockquote data-quote="moonbase" data-source="post: 1135752" data-attributes="member: 178786">Forum member [USER=296628]@nelson_b[/USER]&nbsp; is probably the best person to give accurate answers to your questions as he is based up your way and would probably have similar reception conditions? I am located down South where the signal levels from 38.0 East seem higher. For what it's worth, my answers to your quesions are presented below.1. The minimum dish size for 38.0 East in the UK is location dependent. My guess for your location in Oldham is that a 1.8m dish would be the minimum size but it would have limited success.2. The strongest TP is location dependent.3. From reception reports, it seems that the further North you are in the UK the harder it is to achieve a decent number of frequency locks.4. Dish size answered in reply 1. For and LNB, the cheapest option to start with would be a twin probe LNBF with some 5G filtering enabled internally.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moonbase, post: 1135752, member: 178786"] Forum member [USER=296628]@nelson_b[/USER] is probably the best person to give accurate answers to your questions as he is based up your way and would probably have similar reception conditions? I am located down South where the signal levels from 38.0 East seem higher. For what it's worth, my answers to your quesions are presented below. 1. The minimum dish size for 38.0 East in the UK is location dependent. My guess for your location in Oldham is that a 1.8m dish would be the minimum size but it would have limited success. 2. The strongest TP is location dependent. 3. From reception reports, it seems that the further North you are in the UK the harder it is to achieve a decent number of frequency locks. 4. Dish size answered in reply 1. For and LNB, the cheapest option to start with would be a twin probe LNBF with some 5G filtering enabled internally. [/QUOTE]

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