Hi All
Roddyb - from one of your other posts you say you have a CM 1.8m dish, Invacom C120 with CM feedhorn and Pace 2600C receiver. The Invacom C120 quad seems to be the best (see posts by SNAP) and the CM feedhorn is designed for the CM range of of dishes.
As I said, I get Channel 4 during the day, Radio 1,2,34, etc all day long. I know that my 2.4m dish is warped so I may be getting less gain than you are.
Dave Branson at Poggibonsi reports Astra 2D with a 1.9m IRTE prime focus dish. So we have
Poggibonsi 1.9m P/F 44db All OK
Montefollonico 2.4m P/F < 46db Channel 4 daytime + Radio
Alviano 1.8m P/F 45.5db No Channel 4 - No BBC Radio
Looking at the map, I am some 62Km SE of Dave, while you are about 133km away.
It is clear that we are at the edge of the fringe area so dishes about 2m are not really cutting it. I am currently looking at 3.2m or even 3.8m prime focus as the next step.
MODERATOR: - Is there anyway I can contact Dave Branson and Roddyb. I know I cannot post my email or telphone number and I cannot send private messages for a month. I would be quite happy to take my spectrum analyser over to them to get some measurements to find out what is really happening.
PJG |