Question about 101W and my 7 1/2 footer

[Lee60]

Hello, I thought I would see if someone here can help me pull in the 4180H 30000 signals on 101W. Until recently I had no problems. I guess they have gone to S2.
OK here is my setup. 7 1/2 foot mesh dish, Edison Mio+ 4K and a Titanium lnb with 5 G filtering. Second generation.
Now I have no problem picking up 4040 H 30000 S2 on 103W(8.4db). FEC on this one is only 2/3. The 4180 is 5/6
I went out to the dish yesterday with my meter and I get a S2 signal on 4180 but constantly bounces in and out. If I push-pull on the edges of the dish it does not get better.
Is my dish too small? Anyone else with a 7 1/2' having problems? How many db do I need for 5/6 FEC?

Any help or suggestions are welcome.

I live south of Sacramento and hoping I don't need a 10 footer.

 

[Lee60]

I noticed that I lost the Nasa channels on 127. Got that back. Again I tried a manual scan on 101 4180H30000.
No joy. Moved over to 105 and I get EarthX on 4180H30000 S2 5/6 with 11.6db.

 

[cyberham]

...How many db do I need for 5/6 FEC?...

You need at least 9.5 dB for stable reception of DVB-S2 5/6 8PSK.

 

[Lee60]

You need at least 9.5 dB for stable reception of DVB-S2 5/6 8PSK.

Apricate the info. Guess I'll need to do a little bit more fine tuning. I did improve things today.

 

[primestar31]

Apricate the info. Guess I'll need to do a little bit more fine tuning. I did improve things today.

I've got a 7.5ft SAMI dish very well tuned, with a Titanium lnbf (no 5g filtering, don't need it) the older Edision OS Mio 4k and I get that mux at 11.5dB in mid-Michigan.

 

[Lee60]

Thank you for letting me know it is possible with a 7 1/2 footer. I'll have to play with mine some more.