No, I mean that from here what you're experiencing is what I also experience when I don't have enough signal. My circumstances are different, but I've seen that behavior on that bird.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. This is identical to what happens when I try to catch the NBC signals from 103W. There isn't quite enough signal, so the SQ meter taunts you by flipping upscale occasionally to show its superiority over you. Am I taking this too seriously?
I've been blind scanning more in the last couple of days than Carter has little pills. Blind scanning was how I first stumbled on the 11980 signal. But nothing else from 125W has blind scanned in.
Its you, not your dish!
According to satbeams, your location requires a 31" dish which you've got covered.
No, not too seriously. I upgraded to a 10 foot BUD because a certain signal kept flipping me the bird ! Now I can flip right back !
If you are peaked on that, then manually enter a TP for 11279 v 30000 - see if that works.
Another TP that is hot now is 12120 H 30000 - data only, but something to lock
When your input is required, sir, you'll be called upon. (As my elementary school teacher used to say...)Its you, not your dish!
According to satbeams, your location requires a 31" dish which you've got covered.
Yeah, but satbeams doesn't differentiate between the different footprints coming out of AMC 21. lyngsat says that the Claro tp on 11980 requires a 105~135 cm dish. It wouldn't be the first time published footprints and signal levels seemed not to be true.
About 2~3 years ago, when I could place my dish truly in front of all my trees and before I learned the true personality of my neighbour, 125W was one of the first satellites I received including all the then existing PBS tps. I'm beginning to think I have a borderline LOS problem.
I'm wrong! Satbeams does differentiate. It says Claro needs a 110 cm (43") dish. Bottom line: there's lots of PBS signal all around me. I just need to catch it.
That is an honourable suggestion. The short answer is...yes, sort of. That may be the next logical step. But the 21 degree F air this morning isn't so friendly. I may have to start dragging my wooden palette around the yard just to test. This balcony I'm currently using has so many advantages: close to receiver, easy access ==> even step outside at night to flip the dish a touch to 123W if I need a dose of Fox, etc. The minute I leave the balcony, I lose 10 feet of height and that creates new problems.
Dude... put a few milk crates (or whetever) under the wood crates and raise your setup by a few feet to clear the trees. Since you confirmed 123w, raising it slightly should suffice.
Cheers, K
Cheers, K
Moved the palette around to various locations on the balcony and not much new to report. Put standard LNB back on. Dish now on 123W and all on that sat blind scanned in easily and perfectly with good SQ.
Milk crates: none. But I do have more palettes. I will stack some and try again another day.
Haven't settled yet. Just paused. Today working on inverting dish with LNB arm at top of dish to see how that plays.
"Persistence makes up for lack of brilliance."
"Persistence makes up for lack of brilliance."
What approximate dish angle with respect to vertical should be used for an offset dish aiming at a satellite at 11 degrees elevation when dish is inverted?
Get one of those dreaded squawker signal meters, the type that everyone here disses; those have such outlandish sensitivity you can dial in a setting where you could hand hold a dish balancing on your head and quickly find your new inverted elevation. (Other folks here have the answer you seek and will comment shortly.)
Well the inverted dish will be pointing up at a greater angle. Deyond that my brain is not in dish mode. We are setting up for the kiddies tonight. Usual is about 80 -100. The forecast is 18c with mucho rain.
Dish Looks Different; Same Results
Inverted Off-Set
Take off Angle = 90 – (prime focus + offset)
Where 90 = vertical plane of reflector
Prime focus = calculated elevation based off of lat and lon of earth station and station
Offset = manufactures off-set of the boom/feed assembly to reflector surface
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Therefore for AMC 21 @ 11 degrees elevation:
Take off Angle = 90 - (11 +22) = 57 degrees
0 degrees: horizontal; 90 degrees: vertical
Note: When you invert the dish, you do not need to change the skew. I know because I did and had to change it back!
Here's what it looks like:
Inverted Off-Set
Take off Angle = 90 – (prime focus + offset)
Where 90 = vertical plane of reflector
Prime focus = calculated elevation based off of lat and lon of earth station and station
Offset = manufactures off-set of the boom/feed assembly to reflector surface
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Therefore for AMC 21 @ 11 degrees elevation:
Take off Angle = 90 - (11 +22) = 57 degrees
0 degrees: horizontal; 90 degrees: vertical
Note: When you invert the dish, you do not need to change the skew. I know because I did and had to change it back!
Here's what it looks like:
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