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<blockquote data-quote="archive10" data-source="post: 753893"><p>We just had two waves of rain run through the Copenhagen area, one early in the morning, one tonight.</p><p></p><p>This morning we saw some "normal" rain, I think it was a warmfront passing.</p><p>When I turned on the telly, "no or bad signal" in the BBC transponders made me worried (the CM180 should if not eliminate the rain fade even with 2D).</p><p>The 2A and 2B came through fine, though.</p><p>As it actually just stopped raining, I remembered Robbos quote, and I went and wiped the front of the LNB (very little wetness felt so I wasn't expecting much).</p><p>Everything went back to normal!</p><p></p><p>Then this evening, we had a super-cell wander across from Sweden (Hakon must've enjoyed this too).</p><p>It passed right over us, and covered the sat arc to the south, with flooding in the city and what have you.</p><p>(Sheets of rain, hail, lots of thunder etc.)</p><p>Of course no 2D.</p><p>Even the Viasat signals on the small dish were gone.</p><p>Massive rain-fade was the first thing that came to mind. But then again, I though I have a large dish, so something should come through.</p><p>So lo and behold - the 2A and 2B signales as well as the Eurobird 1 transponders (that I don't already have reception problems with) came in load and clear, even with a very large thunderstorm right on top of us.</p><p>Many (BBC News, CNN etc) at 100% signal level and 100% quality. the others (e.g. C4 HD) at 100% signal and 80-90% quality.</p><p>All figures from the FoxSat.</p><p></p><p>These experiences shows me two things:</p><p>1) Water/raindrops on the LNB will make the difference between 2D and not 2D in fringe-reception situations.</p><p>2) Even with supercells, rain fade can be compensated with large dishes.</p><p></p><p>This echoes and confirms the comments in this thread, and leads me to consider the following actions:</p><p></p><p>a) Put a rain-cover on the LNB on the CM180. Need to consider the options.</p><p>b) Get a bigger dish for normal TV (Viasat) to eliminate rain-fades.</p><p></p><p>Seems like fringe reception is many more things than the right dish and LNB combo...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="archive10, post: 753893"] We just had two waves of rain run through the Copenhagen area, one early in the morning, one tonight. This morning we saw some "normal" rain, I think it was a warmfront passing. When I turned on the telly, "no or bad signal" in the BBC transponders made me worried (the CM180 should if not eliminate the rain fade even with 2D). The 2A and 2B came through fine, though. As it actually just stopped raining, I remembered Robbos quote, and I went and wiped the front of the LNB (very little wetness felt so I wasn't expecting much). Everything went back to normal! Then this evening, we had a super-cell wander across from Sweden (Hakon must've enjoyed this too). It passed right over us, and covered the sat arc to the south, with flooding in the city and what have you. (Sheets of rain, hail, lots of thunder etc.) Of course no 2D. Even the Viasat signals on the small dish were gone. Massive rain-fade was the first thing that came to mind. But then again, I though I have a large dish, so something should come through. So lo and behold - the 2A and 2B signales as well as the Eurobird 1 transponders (that I don't already have reception problems with) came in load and clear, even with a very large thunderstorm right on top of us. Many (BBC News, CNN etc) at 100% signal level and 100% quality. the others (e.g. C4 HD) at 100% signal and 80-90% quality. All figures from the FoxSat. These experiences shows me two things: 1) Water/raindrops on the LNB will make the difference between 2D and not 2D in fringe-reception situations. 2) Even with supercells, rain fade can be compensated with large dishes. This echoes and confirms the comments in this thread, and leads me to consider the following actions: a) Put a rain-cover on the LNB on the CM180. Need to consider the options. b) Get a bigger dish for normal TV (Viasat) to eliminate rain-fades. Seems like fringe reception is many more things than the right dish and LNB combo... [/QUOTE]
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