I just about found time this week between the rain, the fog, more rain, night time, some more rain and a howling gale to get the dish up and tracking properly. As expected everything is up across the board going from a 1m to a 1.25m apart from 68E which is down. I think this proves my LOS is very marginal, I've actually lowered the pole the dish is on so that the top of the 1.25 is at the same height that the 1m was at so either everything in bloom in neighbours gardens is now obstructing it or the greater surface area that ISN'T seeing the satellite has added noise to what is a very weak signal to begin with. Once the wind has died down I'll try raising the pole a foot and see what happens.
I'd appreciate some reports if anyone is using a 1.2 in the SE just so I can see how this compares on the marginal signals, on 36E I can get 12073 and 12245 sub Saharan beams, is this OK or should more be available? 26E, all bar two transponders on BADR-6, the others on that one seem to be strong enough to watch without breaking up. BADR4 and 5 are very strong, 12073 (my reference) is 98/100 SQ on the card. On 30.5E all I can get is Medi1 on 12625 and the occasional feed, none of the other stations on the Pan Arab beam lock, is that normal?
That's about as far as I've got so far, if there's any others that are useful tests please let me know. Won't be today though, the pole is guyed down and dish parked at 45E while this gale blows through.
