60cm reception

[pontiend]

I have not been doing much with my system recently . My dish rarely moves from 1w.

I have noticed that an often asked question is what kind of reception can I expect from a small dish. Example 60cm.

I think that I used to get most of the satellites with my old B&Q 60cm dish but I am not sure.

So I have done a scan of all the satellites that I can receive with my 90cm dish,now I am going to remount my 60cm dish and do a scan with that.

I just wish that I had thought of this a bit earlyer. Rain has been forcast for the next few days. And it is getting cold and windy.I can cope with most things,but I hate wind.

AND before someone says it 'I Dont Mean That Kind Of Wind'.I mean the none organic kind.

Got the 90cm down,I hope to get the 60cm up tomorrow (friday) hope the rain holds of for a bit. The 60cm dish acualy measures 71X58cm,soI think that it is nearer 65cm.

.................................................. ...90cm........................................... ..... 60cm

...............................................lev el.....quality................................leve l......quality

58w......................................... 41............43.................................. 39............40

45w..........................................64... .........76..................................60... .........70

30w..........................................70... .........86..................................47... .........55

22w..........................................63... .........75..................................46... .........50

15w..........................................57... .........66..................................36... .........35

12.5w.......................................53.... ........60 .................................40............40

8w............................................67.. ..........79 .................................63............74

5w............................................68.. ..........88 .................................65............84

4w............................................42.. ..........45.................................../.............../

1w............................................73.. ..........92..................................65.. ..........78

5e.............................................73. ...........94..................................67. ...........83

7e.............................................68. ...........84 .................................57............68

10e...........................................62.. ..........76..................................48.. ...........53

13e...........................................68.. ..........82..................................57.. ...........65

16e...........................................66.. ..........81..................................57.. ...........66

19e...........................................71.. ..........90..................................65.. ...........78

23.5e........................................65... .........82..................................44... ..........47

28.2e........................................72... .........85..................................55... ..........65

33e...........................................70.. ..........86..................................57.. ...........66 36e...........................................59.. ..........70..................................39.. ...........40

39e...........................................71.. ..........88..................................60.. ...........69

42e...........................................72.. ..........90 .................................60.............74

45e...........................................64.. ..........78..................................56.. ...........64

53e...........................................42.. ..........45.................................../................/

It amazes me that I can receive so many satellites. I live at the bottom of a long hill.

my house is south facing.the hill is north facing.The houses in front of me are higher than mine.I have houses to the right that are higher than mine.

Sorry about the dots, It has taken me the best part of a week to get the collums to stay in line.D'ont know how to spell collumbs!.

[bigtee]

Very nice; very helpful; very funny

..... And I think it is "column" you wanted!

[pontiend]

[quote=bigtee;

..... And I think it is "column" you wanted! [/quote]

Lo.Bigtee.
Yes you are right. But late at night some of the easiest words are hard to spell.Espec'lally., after a pint or three.
The dictionary comes out a lot.

[ltmltm]

I figured i'd add something to this
I got 7W last night at about 3AM

In North Gloucestershire
Most of the Verticals No horizontals
59% Strength 39% quality Virtually no Pixalation

[pontiend]

hello.ltmltm.
I have a go at 7w every now and again,with no success.I had a go a couple of days ago.I got reception on 12073h,12149h,12284v.I was chuffed.But they were the Wrong channels!.
It turned out that the dish had gone to sirus4 at 4.8.After some messing it is better now..

[ltmltm]

Originally Posted by pontiend

hello.ltmltm.
I have a go at 7w every now and again,with no success.I had a go a couple of days ago.I got reception on 12073h,12149h,12284v.I was chuffed.But they were the Wrong channels!.
It turned out that the dish had gone to sirus4 at 4.8.After some messing it is better now..

I Did it again last night
I was able to get a watchable picture on 12341V After much tweaking of the dish
Stable Reception lasted till sunrise and went completely at about 7:12AM
It seemed however if i got that one perfect then the others went
I also had to turn the LNB upside Down to get the Best Signal for some reason

Still it shows whats possible on a 60CM