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Fringe Reception General
Loss of signal due to rain
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<blockquote data-quote="woborny" data-source="post: 1087456" data-attributes="member: 285914"><p>Some frequencies and polarisations are slightly better than others in your area of Valencia.</p><p>For example BBC 1 West Yorkshire is on a horizontal frequency, and I find this is slightly weaker, and so "goes off" earlier in rain than BBC1 Yorks and Lincs, which is on a vertical frequency. So using an alternate BBC region may help a bit,</p><p>In the same way, ITV Scotlands frequencies seem to be slightly "stronger" than other itv regions.</p><p>(Not that this helps as ITV23and4 do not have regional variations but of these three itv3 tends to be slightly better than itv2and4)</p><p></p><p>Because there are power variations at the satellite transponder level, and also there are slight differences as you move up along the frequencies...</p><p>I find that, on my signal meter, the C4 frequency (10714), tends to be stronger than the BBC 2 frequency 10773, witht he C5 frequency being even stronger, all three on the UK beam and horizontal.</p><p></p><p>Ah but they do and can. Even on my 1.8m dish, in very heavy rain (like torrential rain) they can go off, but then signals in the UK can also go off in extreme rain. But than European beam has a lot better reception than the UK beam (see the signal footprint maps), so they appear stronger...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woborny, post: 1087456, member: 285914"] Some frequencies and polarisations are slightly better than others in your area of Valencia. For example BBC 1 West Yorkshire is on a horizontal frequency, and I find this is slightly weaker, and so "goes off" earlier in rain than BBC1 Yorks and Lincs, which is on a vertical frequency. So using an alternate BBC region may help a bit, In the same way, ITV Scotlands frequencies seem to be slightly "stronger" than other itv regions. (Not that this helps as ITV23and4 do not have regional variations but of these three itv3 tends to be slightly better than itv2and4) Because there are power variations at the satellite transponder level, and also there are slight differences as you move up along the frequencies... I find that, on my signal meter, the C4 frequency (10714), tends to be stronger than the BBC 2 frequency 10773, witht he C5 frequency being even stronger, all three on the UK beam and horizontal. Ah but they do and can. Even on my 1.8m dish, in very heavy rain (like torrential rain) they can go off, but then signals in the UK can also go off in extreme rain. But than European beam has a lot better reception than the UK beam (see the signal footprint maps), so they appear stronger... [/QUOTE]
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