purplehorace
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- nothing yet. getting one together
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Hi All,
Been looking at the previous posts about Astra2D and the south of france. I'm looking to do the same and get freeview in the South of France but I am having difficulty in understanding what sort of dish I can use.
I see that there are oval and circular dishes made of mesh, solid and fiberglass. I need to get the right sort of dish for all year round reception so I get minimum rain fade. But on the other hand I need to keep the dish size as small as possible.
Is it right that a 70cm oval mesh dish will give the same performance as an 80cm circular and a 70cm oval fiberglass dish will give the same performance as 90cm circular.
I also need to find out about the best LNB to use so the I can get maximum gain and minimum noise. Its new to me all this so please go easy on me.
I have seen some information that shows that I will need a 33 deg elevation and 19deg E to see the Astra satellites is this correct ?
Sorry for my ignorance but I would like to get it right first time. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
PH
Been looking at the previous posts about Astra2D and the south of france. I'm looking to do the same and get freeview in the South of France but I am having difficulty in understanding what sort of dish I can use.
I see that there are oval and circular dishes made of mesh, solid and fiberglass. I need to get the right sort of dish for all year round reception so I get minimum rain fade. But on the other hand I need to keep the dish size as small as possible.
Is it right that a 70cm oval mesh dish will give the same performance as an 80cm circular and a 70cm oval fiberglass dish will give the same performance as 90cm circular.
I also need to find out about the best LNB to use so the I can get maximum gain and minimum noise. Its new to me all this so please go easy on me.
I have seen some information that shows that I will need a 33 deg elevation and 19deg E to see the Astra satellites is this correct ?
Sorry for my ignorance but I would like to get it right first time. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
PH