I'm curious if there is anyone in this forum who can tell me what results I can expect with a 6' dish pointed at 87°W. I checked the footprint, and I'm in the 42 dBW EIRP here in Ohio. What channels are available here with a 6' dish?
Just yesterday for a test I repointed a 6' offset dish at 87W. I was really trying to see if I could get the 4000H 29125 TP (retro TV channels) which I normally watch with my 10' dish. To my surprise I can with 58Q. Totally watchable with a clear sky here in NY yesterday. The microHD takes about a minute to lock it. The Univision and Westar affiliate backup channels have 75Q.
A member here reported that they had increased the power recently and apparently succeeded. I had tried several times in the past and was only able to receive the DVB-S transponders on 87W on the 6' dishes. Several years ago when Luken was running 2 DVB-S2 TPs, I tried and was only able to barely lock one of them. The last time I tried was a few months ago and the RTV channels were not even a blip.
Just yesterday for a test I repointed a 6' offset dish at 87W. I was really trying to see if I could get the 4000H 29125 TP (retro TV channels) which I normally watch with my 10' dish. To my surprise I can with 58Q. Totally watchable with a clear sky here in NY yesterday. The microHD takes about a minute to lock it. The Univision and Westar affiliate backup channels have 75Q.
A member here reported that they had increased the power recently and apparently succeeded. I had tried several times in the past and was only able to receive the DVB-S transponders on 87W on the 6' dishes. Several years ago when Luken was running 2 DVB-S2 TPs, I tried and was only able to barely lock one of them. The last time I tried was a few months ago and the RTV channels were not even a blip.
Are you still getting RTV on the 6'. If not when was the last time you received it on 6'?
I am in central NYS and in the end I had to use a 12' solid to get it.
Now I been asked to move a 7.5' dish to try to get it again.
I has just been a PITA.
Thanks for the info
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