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    Default Signal hunting 0 - someone with a big dish

    I'm looking for someone to point a very large dish, say 3m mesh OR a greater than 1.2m solid at Telstar 18 with a KU Lnb from Eastern Oz, preferably south-ish.

    I want to know if some if any Quality signal is picked up for: 12429 H PID 41250, and 12690 H PID 43200.

    I pointed my ex-foxtel offset dish at this bird on the weekend and my sat finder was beeping on and off as clouds passed by. Long shot I know, but just curious. Obviously I can get C-band from T 18 so I can see it, so surely some of the KU beam should spread out?
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    It would have to be a pretty poor signal for the clouds to block it, heavy rain yes, snow even but simple cloud cover?
    I am a couple of hundred K's north of you and had 10/10th you cant see across the road cover and never lost a signal yet.
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    sorry, only C-band on the big dish here Matt
    judging from the footprint I would doubt any reception at all though
    some of those beeping sat finders are great for finding false positives
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    Ah well, worth a try. Thanks.
    2.3 M Phoenix C-Band dish, Star C-Band LNBF, 24" Actuator, Phoenix V-box, Strong 4930L decoder & ex-foxtel KU-Band dish, Sharp twin LNBF

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