Recent content by glantaff

True, I have found that over the last couple of years in Marche Italy, the signal was getting lost on a more regular basis. To resolve the issue, I installed a larger dish with mutiple feeds.

In theory, a large dish (3.8m or greater) with multiple feeds would redcuce the loss however, the chances of getting a good signal 24x7 is down to the size of the dish x accurate positioning. Within the official footprint, you wouldn't need to worry as the shift would be minimal, but outside...

Information for newbies - Why you lose a signal certain times of the day within a luna month outside the normal beam: Although geostationary satellites are nominally fixed in the sky when seen from the Earth (i.e. Astra 2D @ 28.2°E), they do in fact wander slightly, tracing out a figure of 8...

Hi Denis1501, As we are 300mt above sea level and an unobstructed path to AD28, I am going out in October with a meter to test the strength as I have the precise coordinates of the base, azimuth, polarization, elevation etc. I'll post a message with the readings. Regards Glantaff

Ciao, The misses and I are looking to relocate to Puglia in 2007. After extensive research, I have found that I will probably need a 2.8m dish or greater. So I have settled on getting a Patriot 3.1 Prime Focus. Luckily, we have nearly 4 hectares to hide the monster. As the dish will be more...