Please Help with reception problem !!!

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tinman73

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My Satellite Setup
Humax VA-Fox (Viaccess Card Slot)
1.1m Triax Dish
0.3 LNB
HH110 Motor
My Location
London
Location:
London

System:
Triax 1.1m dish (pole mounted), Grundig 0.7 Universal LNB (6 years old), Manhattan HH motor, Humax VA Fox



The Problem:​

Intermittent Reception on Nilesat 7 Degrees West depending on day or night!!​


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Details:​

I get Nilesat channels say MBC2 at a signal strength of 17% during the day and 20% at night time.​

@ 17% the screen freezes every 3 seconds and comes back after 2 seconds and it can get very annoying, at nights though its fine with the 20% reception.​

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Tried and failed:​

I have tried everything, adjusted the motor angle, dish elevation, direction, turned the LNB, changed the connectors and this is the best I can get.​

I can get all the other satellites, Hotbird, Astra, Sirius, Telstar, Turksat with very high reception values (60-100% signal strength and quality) but not Nilesat.​
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The only thing I haven't tried is a lower noise LNB but I don't know anything about them, is it going to help me.​

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By the way the 1.1m dish is the biggest I can get on my motor.​


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Please Help​
:-crying​

Many thanks​

Tinman​
 
After changing to Sharp 0.3 db lnb I get most of the V channels on 7w. Also tried Invacom 0.3 in the past, was no better than a 0.6. Regards, pcd.
 
@tinman73

Join the club m8, that's the usual problem with 7*W. Bigger dish and more sensitve receiver might help.
 
People never learn, why can't you buy a large dish from the beginning instead then you wouldn't have had these problems.
 
Give him a break Likvid. 1.1M is plenty big enough for most satellites. We haven't all got deep pockets :D

Llew
 
Well, put Music CDs around the dish then if you are poor, it helps the signal a bit, i have tried myself and it does add some signal.
 
LOL. I bet that one makes next months WotSat. O-Ha


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dave branson said:
Your not serious?
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No i am not kidding, it does work to some degree, i have tried it myself.

Or build your own dish from the kitchen....

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Likvid, i saw a photo from someone in South East Asia i think with CDs all around his dish but this was for C-band reception.

Suppose you've tested it on Astra 2D, right ?

Can you roughly say how much more signal one can get with this simple trick ?
 
Yeah he's serious...I'll prolly get banned now!
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This place is getting more like Blue Peter every day O-Ha O-Ha



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deepbluesky said:
Likvid, i saw a photo from someone in South East Asia i think with CDs all around his dish but this was for C-band reception.

Suppose you've tested it on Astra 2D, right ?

Can you roughly say how much more signal one can get with this simple trick
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Nilesat i have tested it on as that is the weakest for me here.

Approx 0.5dB i gained by doing it....

Looked crazy.
 
Oh 7W i see. Well this method seems to be only effective if very little gain is missing.
 
why ppl after nilesat horizantal signal the only u'll get that with 1.5 dish on the hill or a highier ground
 
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