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<blockquote data-quote="Fisty McB" data-source="post: 1094357" data-attributes="member: 389824">I'm a bit late replying to this, but the Astra 1, 2 and 3 series satellites all have an offset in their transmission skew, it's approximately 8 degrees clockwise IIRC. For the Astra 2 satellites in the UK &amp; Ireland, this makes it have a skew value that would otherwise me more reminiscent of a point between the Astra 1 and Hot Bird satellites. For example, where I live a satellite TX at 28.2 East with zero offset would have a RX skew of -22.4 degrees - however the Astra 2 birds offset this to being -15 degrees. At 19.2 East the RX skew is -10 degrees, however at 13 East, since Eutelsat satellites have zero offset, the skew where I am is -13.9 degrees. Therefore in my case, the difference in skew angle between reception from 28 East and 13 East is just over 1 degree - and using a Zone 1 or 2 dish with corresponding LNB the signal difference from adjusting the skew when moving the dish from one satellite position to another would be so tiny as to be unnoticeable. A small adjustment of the skew on the same dish would also be adequate for fine-tuning reception from 19 East.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fisty McB, post: 1094357, member: 389824"] I'm a bit late replying to this, but the Astra 1, 2 and 3 series satellites all have an offset in their transmission skew, it's approximately 8 degrees clockwise IIRC. For the Astra 2 satellites in the UK & Ireland, this makes it have a skew value that would otherwise me more reminiscent of a point between the Astra 1 and Hot Bird satellites. For example, where I live a satellite TX at 28.2 East with zero offset would have a RX skew of -22.4 degrees - however the Astra 2 birds offset this to being -15 degrees. At 19.2 East the RX skew is -10 degrees, however at 13 East, since Eutelsat satellites have zero offset, the skew where I am is -13.9 degrees. Therefore in my case, the difference in skew angle between reception from 28 East and 13 East is just over 1 degree - and using a Zone 1 or 2 dish with corresponding LNB the signal difference from adjusting the skew when moving the dish from one satellite position to another would be so tiny as to be unnoticeable. A small adjustment of the skew on the same dish would also be adequate for fine-tuning reception from 19 East. [/QUOTE]

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