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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
signal strength v quality
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<blockquote data-quote="FRAZER" data-source="post: 14864" data-attributes="member: 175135"><p>I agree that I'm actually not doing badly considering my location and equipment- by the way, I'm using a Nokia 9902S and Satscan motor, a solid 80cm offset dish, I don't know the make of the lnb, but it was advertised as a universal gold 0.6dB (it came as part of a package with the motor and dish), and about 15 metres or so of cable at a guess, all of which was bought less than a year ago.</p><p></p><p>But again it is the discrepencies which have confused me- from the coverage charts, for instance, I would have expected 7 East and 5 West to give a similar reception, yet (and I accept the probable inexactness of the readings), whilst the signal strength on 5 West is only very marginally superior, the quality is significantly better. And the signal quality on 15 West, which the charts suggest should be one of the better signals, is lower than both of them (and too low to receive some channels), although the strength is again only marginally lower.</p><p></p><p>Likewise, Sirius is giving a markedly lower quality signal than Thor from the same signal strength, although I might have expected the reverse to be true from the charts. And the same signal strength for Astra (19 degrees)- I'm talking about roughly 50% in all these cases- gives the clearest signal quality of all.</p><p></p><p>So it is these little contrdictions I'm trying to iron out, though maybe it wil turn out that they are not contradictions at all! </p><p></p><p>Thanks again for the advice,</p><p></p><p>Frazer</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FRAZER, post: 14864, member: 175135"] I agree that I'm actually not doing badly considering my location and equipment- by the way, I'm using a Nokia 9902S and Satscan motor, a solid 80cm offset dish, I don't know the make of the lnb, but it was advertised as a universal gold 0.6dB (it came as part of a package with the motor and dish), and about 15 metres or so of cable at a guess, all of which was bought less than a year ago. But again it is the discrepencies which have confused me- from the coverage charts, for instance, I would have expected 7 East and 5 West to give a similar reception, yet (and I accept the probable inexactness of the readings), whilst the signal strength on 5 West is only very marginally superior, the quality is significantly better. And the signal quality on 15 West, which the charts suggest should be one of the better signals, is lower than both of them (and too low to receive some channels), although the strength is again only marginally lower. Likewise, Sirius is giving a markedly lower quality signal than Thor from the same signal strength, although I might have expected the reverse to be true from the charts. And the same signal strength for Astra (19 degrees)- I'm talking about roughly 50% in all these cases- gives the clearest signal quality of all. So it is these little contrdictions I'm trying to iron out, though maybe it wil turn out that they are not contradictions at all! Thanks again for the advice, Frazer [/QUOTE]
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