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    Glitches on a few channels

    I'm living near San Jose, CA and have been using my *C system with success for 2 years. Recently, I could observe than a few channels would glitch, i.e. seems to lose signal and then get it again. When I check the signal strength, it can skip between 40-45 and 15-19, sometimes even 0. The...
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    Canadian relocating to California

    I finally got it to work. It was a good old manipulation error...I thought I set my azimuth correctly, but it was actually offset by a good 15 degrees. I started a bit too much on the SW and stopped at the first increase of signal strength I got. If I had continued a bit, I would have hit it...
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    Canadian relocating to California

    Arrgghh! After many trials and climbs on the roof, I still have not succeeded in getting a signal from any *C satellites. I believe I followed every advice I received, especially those from Iceberg, KeithB and Sarusso, but to no avail. I'm still stuck with a signal strength of 18-19, and an EBNO...
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    Canadian relocating to California

    Iceberg, I'm sorry but I tried your suggestions :( . The only figure with a +/- sign on the right was -3.0. And it stayed at this value, wherever I point the dish...However, I will try first with ch 284. As you sound experienced, I'm wondering if you know what is the behavior of the receiver if...
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    Canadian relocating to California

    Yes, I am, more precisely in Cupertino. And you are right: the weekend's weather was awful. My trials and errors were done mostly on Saturday, between showers. By the way, did you move with your *C dish to San Jose or did you order it afterwards? In the first case, were you able to specify...
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    Canadian relocating to California

    Thank you for the feedback. I just want to be sure: although the dish seems to be a 60E, the widest part of the ellipse is at least 80cm. However, if I measure the distance between the cup of the dish and the tip of the receiving end (where you plug the cable), that is about 60cm. Best...
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    Canadian relocating to California

    Ok, I received all my stuff. I tried to do some testing by holding the satellite and aiming it at what I thought was azimuth 143 degrees. The best signal I could get was a meagre 20. I'd like to check some things if you don't mind: - I assumed that North = azimuth 0. Is that correct? - When...
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    Canadian relocating to California

    Thanks to everybody who answered. I'll get myself a compass and try to earn my first stripe as "satellite guy"... And thanks to Sarusso for his warm welcome. -- gemillon
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    Canadian relocating to California

    *** WARNING: VERY NEWBIE QUESTION *** Greetings, I'm from Montreal, and we are moving to the San Jose area, in California. We are already with *C, and we plan to stay that way, especially after reading on this site that their signal can be received as far as Mexico. My question is...
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