Do I Need a Bigger Dish?

[grampaD]

After purchasing a new FTA system consisting of a Traxis 3500,
Winegard 76cm dish,Sg 2100 motor, and an Extreme lnb, I have
spent a few weeks searching for satellites without the motor
untill I permanently install the dish . Well, after I found Galaxy 10R
I am considering purchasing a second dish so that I can leave one
aimed at G10R. Having said that, I need to know if the poor signal
quality on tp11720 can be overcome with the existing dish or if
a larger one is in order. Last night I peaked the dish to pick up
tp11720, and found that I lost several points of PQ on the other
tp's. I eventually ended up with PQ of around 68% on the strong
tp's and 50-55 % on the weaker one. When I turned the unit on
this afternoon I had PQ of 18% on the weaker one, the others
were the same as yesterday,but as I am typing this, the signal is
up to 33% PQ. How much does the time of day have to do with
this, or is this a moot point? My zip is 14823, oh and by the way,
I am very happy with the Traxis unit, very easy to operate and I
feel that it takes away much of the frustration a new to ku band
enthusiast could encounter.

 

[Mr Tony]

The main reason we have issues on that transponder is because next door at 121 Dish has a transponder on a close frequency (11724) same polarity and that signal is stronger. We don’t have issues on the other transponders because they don’t match when it comes to an adjacent satellite (there is a 11800 on Dish 121 but its H polarity)

Bigger dish will help. I use a 36” dish at G10 (here in Minnesota)


(oh, and you dont have to hit enter when you get to the end of the line. The text will wrap around and format correctly)

 

[Das Hammer]

The answer to this questions is always yes.

 

[Larry1]

Even with my 1m dish, I have noticed some infrequent breakups of G10R the last few weeks. I have been having some days of bad weather, but you have to also consider the weather they are having at the uplink facility. I do think that they have been playing around with the power settings the last few weeks, but the 1m dish does provide a great signal and quality level. This meens that you can survive more weather and it does provide a more narrow beam to the satellite. Adjacent satellite affects are less. This does have a trade off, as generally, a larger dish is harder to align. You have to be more precise in the adjustments. You already have a great LNBF, so there is no room for improvement there. The dish is the only other item to improve your signal readings.
Also, the picture will not improve by using a bigger dish, only help to eliminate the large blocks and breakups and improve your quality readings.