Intelsat 901 (27.5°W)

[valparra]

hi I am in the Alagarve at this time where in the afternoon l loose the BBC channels on the Intelsat 901 (27.5°W) satellite. I am unable to watch the snooker

I anyone wlse experiencing this problem, is this the norm. It seems to return in the evening ?

[twol]

Like everything probably depends on the size of the dish - I use a 90cm and I am in Germany

[valparra]

Thanks twol

We have a similar dish which is 1 m and never exsperienced this delay on the signal but thoughts were about being a backup satellite can we normally experience this during the day. It is stable now but at 13:15 it started to give problems and ok from about 1700hrs

[twol]

Thanks twol

We have a similar dish which is 1 m and never exsperienced this delay on the signal but thoughts were about being a backup satellite can we normally experience this during the day. It is stable now but at 13:15 it started to give problems and ok from about 1700hrs
Usually signal here is rock solid unless bad weather hits us

[valparra]

Hi twol

Thanks for your input much appreciated

[Huevos]

I can't pick that up on my 90cm dish (south east Spain).

[morpheus883]

With a 90cm size dish, you should receive the signal all the day (it's OK here from North Italy): maybe you need to re-align the dish.

[twol]

Picking up a sat beam based on other peoples reception is not always a big help as it depends on many factors.
With 27.5W I find that its a very tight beam, I can finger tap the dish and lose the signal, finger tap the other way and can be perfect or too hard and missed it!