ross freesat..

[enterprise1701]

no problems with it just curious..
i built the do it yourself dish and set it up using the scale on the freeview box,,signal+quality..
everything fine in that respect..
i just wonderered,,why the different sizes in dishes??
sly have their mini dish and this is a bit bigger than the galvanised bin lid (hmm there is an idea) and i have seen larger..
is this to do with the reception range or something along the lines of..
as i said not a problem just curious..

[dick b]

the further away from the center of the footprint of a given sat that is receivable the larger the dish needs to be.

[enterprise1701]

the further away from the center of the footprint of a given sat that is receivable the larger the dish needs to be.

so it is down to the reception then??

[dick b]

yes if you are near the edge of the footprint with a small dish you will not recieve anything.(this is a simplification of course)

[enterprise1701]

so the bigger the dish the more you get??

[psats]

so the bigger the dish the more you get??

if you want european satellites you need more than sly dish.

[dick b]

so the bigger the dish the more you get??

if you say exactly what you want to get we can help better

[enterprise1701]

i am happy with what i have..
i was just curious as i see different sizes of dishes..
curiosity is now satisfied..