Can't seem to locate AMC 11 which is just 2 degrees from Galaxy 12. Satbeams shows that I only need 110cm dish to get something on Galaxy 12(130 for AMC11) from Southern Ontario but i've spent few hours trying to locate it with no luck. I got 180cm mesh and Norsat 8125 DRO LNB. But again, I'm on a learning curve on how to manually locate satellites so I may be doing something wrong.
Strong transponders on Galaxy 12?
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Take your time. minimum dish size go with bigger is better. use dish pointer and satbeams that has help me out.
3900 H 30000 is a very strong DVBS2 transponder on 131w. Watching hockey on NESN right now. The ability to lock is likely the difference between using a 10' and 6' reflector...
The estimated dish size has little to do with reality.
The estimate is only based on receiving a full powered transponder using ideal FEC and no adjacent satellite interference.
To predictably receive satellites separated by 2 degrees requires a minimum of a 8 foot reflector. Lower power transponders, higher FEC and higher modulations require a larger reflector just to provide a signal level with adequate headroom above the noise floor just to decode.
The estimated dish size has little to do with reality.
The estimate is only based on receiving a full powered transponder using ideal FEC and no adjacent satellite interference. To predictably receive satellites separated by 2 degrees requires a minimum of a 8 foot reflector. Lower power transponders, higher FEC and higher modulations require a larger reflector just to provide a signal level with adequate headroom above the noise floor just to decode.
Pookah is in Southern Ontario. So 131W is a lot lower than for someone on the West Coast. That's more atmosphere and ground noise to punch thru as well,right?
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