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Sky & Freesat fringe reception
Satellite signal strength- Time of Day?
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<blockquote data-quote="dxsat" data-source="post: 391555" data-attributes="member: 193607"><p>The most likely explanation is an eccentric orbit (the earth is not a perfect sphere) on top of a small daily variation in the attitude of the solar panels, leading to a slight drop in power.</p><p>It's also possible that it's because the satellite is 44000 miles further from the sun at night. It can't be battery running (this is only at eqinoxes) or atmosphere (there is the same pattern every day)</p><p>But.. as Polomint says, no-one really knows. Any rocket scientists out there?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dxsat, post: 391555, member: 193607"] The most likely explanation is an eccentric orbit (the earth is not a perfect sphere) on top of a small daily variation in the attitude of the solar panels, leading to a slight drop in power. It's also possible that it's because the satellite is 44000 miles further from the sun at night. It can't be battery running (this is only at eqinoxes) or atmosphere (there is the same pattern every day) But.. as Polomint says, no-one really knows. Any rocket scientists out there? [/QUOTE]
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