Just Sharing This Arabsat-5A @ 30.5° East

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Pulling in 12724 V 2220 auto dvb-s vpid:0308 apid:0256

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Looks like it's the Blue Nile Channel

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This is very encouraging :)
 
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Which of your dishes did you use for this, Chris?
 
Wow! Getting this one here too on my 1m dish, in the rain too, just above lock at 4.5dB. First time i've ever locked anything on Arabsat 5A! Will have scan it properly if it ever stops raining!
 
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Strong signal also here (2.4m SoloSe)

12725V 2220 12.7db
12721V 2220 10.1db
12719V 3000 9.5db
12624V 2220 9.4db
12614V 3800 10.4db
12523V 6000 9.1db
12512H 8000 6.2db
12729V 1800 8.0db (some feed named: SAMAWA Backhaul)
 
Had another look just now, stronger signal today on Blue Nile Channel, around 5.9dB, also getting a lock on a data signal on 12676V but with a negative dB figure! Didn't know that was even possible! 30.5E.webp
 
dB is just a ratio, 0 dB meaning ratio 1 : 1.
For DVB-S2 QPSK 1/4, -2.35 dB is enough already for lock!

In below scan, there is something at 12713 V as well with 4.1 dB, can't lock it yet.
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Chris1979 said:
It must be like a knife edge to line it up ;-)
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Yes its a bit of messing about, when 30.8 comes in line I get a bit of bleed over for about half hour, I can slightly pull E away from it and remain a picture on 30.5, that's something I haven't been able to do with my smaller dishes.
 
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Yes its a bit of messing about, when 30.8 comes in line I get a bit of bleed over for about half hour, I can slightly pull E away from it and remain a picture on 30.5, that's something I haven't been able to do with my smaller dishes.
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I thought as the dish gets bigger, the beamwith got smaller.:confused
 
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