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Probably it was the sun?
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<blockquote data-quote="7mdish" data-source="post: 1136697" data-attributes="member: 401140"><p>Today I experienced a strange situation for which I would like to know your opinion.</p><p>I was receiving at 10E (2.4m CM dish). Suddenly the signal went down near disappearing (SNR under 3 d<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" />.</p><p>I had no enough time to check my setup. After just 2 or 3 minutes the signal came back strong (SNR more than 12 dB, perfectly locked) and this issue was not repeated until now. It was only a single event.</p><p>At first I had no idea what could be happened, then I thought the following:</p><p>It was about 1pm in Milan, 11am GMT but 12pm (noon) not considering summer time, so probably the sun was at its higher position in the sky.</p><p>Milan is at 9 degrees East of longitude, the dish is almost at 0 degrees AZ pointing 10E satellite, so it could be possible that the sun was exactly in the same direction as the satellite in that moment, considering that the sun follows the Clarke belt in this period.</p><p>What do you think? Is it a correct thought? Anyway, it was a very interesting situation that I never experienced before in more than 30 years.</p><p>After the event I checked carefully my new setup, and I'm sure that I have no problem here, so it was a situation not concerning my reception station.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="7mdish, post: 1136697, member: 401140"] Today I experienced a strange situation for which I would like to know your opinion. I was receiving at 10E (2.4m CM dish). Suddenly the signal went down near disappearing (SNR under 3 dB). I had no enough time to check my setup. After just 2 or 3 minutes the signal came back strong (SNR more than 12 dB, perfectly locked) and this issue was not repeated until now. It was only a single event. At first I had no idea what could be happened, then I thought the following: It was about 1pm in Milan, 11am GMT but 12pm (noon) not considering summer time, so probably the sun was at its higher position in the sky. Milan is at 9 degrees East of longitude, the dish is almost at 0 degrees AZ pointing 10E satellite, so it could be possible that the sun was exactly in the same direction as the satellite in that moment, considering that the sun follows the Clarke belt in this period. What do you think? Is it a correct thought? Anyway, it was a very interesting situation that I never experienced before in more than 30 years. After the event I checked carefully my new setup, and I'm sure that I have no problem here, so it was a situation not concerning my reception station. [/QUOTE]
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