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<blockquote data-quote="moonbase" data-source="post: 1130705" data-attributes="member: 178786">[USER=175005]@John[/USER]I was closest to a lock on 36.0E.For 56.0E I would need a jump of nearly 4db to get a lock and I dont think a stepped polo pipe vs a dielectric plate would give me that much.However, for 56.0E I am probably at the extreme end of my visible arc and could be getting line of sight issues. My low signals might be from line of sight rather than plain weak signals?Although the South seems favoured for fringe stuff on the MENA beams, I think the North has the edge on the Russian fringe beams, but it might be expecting a lot from a 1.2m dish?Good luck and happy hunting if you have a go.I have attached below a screen grab from the Promax on the circular polarity frequency of 12149 L of 36.0 East with an SMW XD12 Ku polariser in line between the C120 waveguide and the Invacom LNB.Although Lyngsat lists the frequency as needing 7.9dB for a lock I am not locking it with a satellite receiver even though the Promax shows a level of 9.0dB..[ATTACH]142890[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moonbase, post: 1130705, member: 178786"] [USER=175005]@John[/USER] I was closest to a lock on 36.0E. For 56.0E I would need a jump of nearly 4db to get a lock and I dont think a stepped polo pipe vs a dielectric plate would give me that much. However, for 56.0E I am probably at the extreme end of my visible arc and could be getting line of sight issues. My low signals might be from line of sight rather than plain weak signals? Although the South seems favoured for fringe stuff on the MENA beams, I think the North has the edge on the Russian fringe beams, but it might be expecting a lot from a 1.2m dish? Good luck and happy hunting if you have a go. I have attached below a screen grab from the Promax on the circular polarity frequency of 12149 L of 36.0 East with an SMW XD12 Ku polariser in line between the C120 waveguide and the Invacom LNB. Although Lyngsat lists the frequency as needing 7.9dB for a lock I am not locking it with a satellite receiver even though the Promax shows a level of 9.0dB. . [ATTACH alt="36.0E_20220120_PromaxSp_12149L_XD12.JPG"]142890[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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