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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
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<blockquote data-quote="apogee2010" data-source="post: 40340" data-attributes="member: 178860"><p>The sats at 1 West are very difficult to receive down in SW Ireland. You might see people in England posting that they can receive it perfectly in all conditions on an 80CM (even 60CM) dish, but the fact is, there is an very sharp drop off in power as you head in a south west direction. Also, the FEC on the Kiosks is 7/8, meaning you need a really strong signal (i.e. big dish) to get good picture. </p><p></p><p>Generally, I find Intelsat707 to be fine (understandable when you look at the footprint), but Thor2/3 are much trickier. Note that those 2 birds also have different footprints for different channels, so reception of one channel doesn't guarantee rececption of another, unless it's on the same TP (and same SR, FEC etc.)</p><p></p><p>Kiosk 1-12 is OKish, but failed outright with 11-20, and that's in good weather conditions with a 2.4M dish in SW Ireland.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="apogee2010, post: 40340, member: 178860"] The sats at 1 West are very difficult to receive down in SW Ireland. You might see people in England posting that they can receive it perfectly in all conditions on an 80CM (even 60CM) dish, but the fact is, there is an very sharp drop off in power as you head in a south west direction. Also, the FEC on the Kiosks is 7/8, meaning you need a really strong signal (i.e. big dish) to get good picture. Generally, I find Intelsat707 to be fine (understandable when you look at the footprint), but Thor2/3 are much trickier. Note that those 2 birds also have different footprints for different channels, so reception of one channel doesn't guarantee rececption of another, unless it's on the same TP (and same SR, FEC etc.) Kiosk 1-12 is OKish, but failed outright with 11-20, and that's in good weather conditions with a 2.4M dish in SW Ireland. [/QUOTE]
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