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<blockquote data-quote="Fisty McB" data-source="post: 851542" data-attributes="member: 389824"><p>Checking from my experimental location last weekend without fixing the dish up, it looks like 53 East is about as far east as I can go (I'm approx 7 degrees west longitude). Didn't check 55E (though I doubt a zone 2 dish would pull in the IRIB multiplex anyway) but 57E is below a hill while 53E manages to sneak in between a couple of trees that are around 250 metres away. The dish when fixed in place as shown in post #93 can only see as far west as 4.8E before the big tree in the background blocks the arc. I've checked a location to look for the western half of the arc which should provide reception from 1W onwards (I can live without 3E) a few metres away getting around the said tree and look as far as 45W at least - could likely get 61W as well if there was a strong enough European beam signal from it. I hope to get another chance to work on it allowing for a chance to do so. As an extra, inside the mobile home at the site, the dish can be placed on top of the bucket that is in the photo that is sat of a fixed foam seat looking through a SE facing window to pull in most of the stronger stuff on 42E and also the Romanian mux of Kiss & Prima at 45E without too much trouble, though some cork place mats are placed underneath and some old paperback books are inside the bucket to give it stability (it does make adjusting between the two satellites very easy though). West of 42E isn't possible though because of said tree again.</p><p>Sorry if the post is off-topic but this thread has been a great help to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fisty McB, post: 851542, member: 389824"] Checking from my experimental location last weekend without fixing the dish up, it looks like 53 East is about as far east as I can go (I'm approx 7 degrees west longitude). Didn't check 55E (though I doubt a zone 2 dish would pull in the IRIB multiplex anyway) but 57E is below a hill while 53E manages to sneak in between a couple of trees that are around 250 metres away. The dish when fixed in place as shown in post #93 can only see as far west as 4.8E before the big tree in the background blocks the arc. I've checked a location to look for the western half of the arc which should provide reception from 1W onwards (I can live without 3E) a few metres away getting around the said tree and look as far as 45W at least - could likely get 61W as well if there was a strong enough European beam signal from it. I hope to get another chance to work on it allowing for a chance to do so. As an extra, inside the mobile home at the site, the dish can be placed on top of the bucket that is in the photo that is sat of a fixed foam seat looking through a SE facing window to pull in most of the stronger stuff on 42E and also the Romanian mux of Kiss & Prima at 45E without too much trouble, though some cork place mats are placed underneath and some old paperback books are inside the bucket to give it stability (it does make adjusting between the two satellites very easy though). West of 42E isn't possible though because of said tree again. Sorry if the post is off-topic but this thread has been a great help to me. [/QUOTE]
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