Dish size needed

martin-f said:
That dish looks ok £150 at Amazon, i would use 2 k brackets and one T to fix it, don't use the mount above on a dish that size or it will be on the floor again.
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Can I still put my motor on them brackets?
 
Can we pick up Intelsat 20 68.5 from the uk ?
 
Only the European beam and only if you have a very clear line of sight. It's very low in the sky, almost on the horizon.
 
Captain Jack said:
Only the European beam and only if you have a very clear line of sight. It's very low in the sky, almost on the horizon.
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I've got a pretty clear sight but would the 1m dish pick it up from NI do you think ?
 
Depends where. You would only really get anything on the eastern most parts of it but the satellite will literally be on the horizon. Signal fluctuations will be massive due to atmospheric conditions at that elevation.

You can see where the cut-off is for 68.5E in NI... Beyond the border you see, the Earth will be blocking all signal (i.e. a bigger dish won't be any use here).

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Captain Jack said:
Depends where. You would only really get anything on the eastern most parts of it but the satellite will literally be on the horizon. Signal fluctuations will be massive due to atmospheric conditions at that elevation.

You can see where the cut-off is for 68.5E in NI... Beyond the border you see, the Earth will be blocking all signal (i.e. a bigger dish won't be any use here).

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I might be ok I'm near Belfast.
 
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