hey Pat
I'm in Belfast and I pick up Thor/intelsat 1west no problem and also Atlantic bird3 5west, I have a meter dish, and due to the rather large wall, my east limit is 36 but I can get all the way to the west, I can pick up mostly every satellite who footprint I am near, altho I do have a bit of trouble with sirius on 5east, I only pull in the tv1000's etc, that are in the horizontal. Apart from that, I can pull in all that I am expected to. Also, my lnb is a cambridge, and must be around 10 years old, and I have no real problems with 26east either, might not be the strongest signal, but its there alright. As channel hopper has said, check the dish is aligned correctly, and nothing is blocking the reception to the dish in anyway.