Can't Get VueCube Flex to Work in Canada
I have the VueCube Flex automatic dish, but it will not work in Canada. The scanner locks on Satellites, but the reciever says it can't find signal. It worked OK in the states and when we were only ...
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I just finished three weeks in western Canada so you might want to look at my two posts above. One might think that going 2000 miles further north from a Sat that's 22,000 miles away would decrease the signal strength by 10%. Unfortunately this is not true for a Sat that is positioned over the equator because of the low angle (less than 25 degrees) and the big increase in the earth's atmosphere that the signal has to travel through.
In Canada just because your dish locks on the right Sat (101 in my case) you need a signal strength of over 70 to get a picture and 60 to get some sound. My fairly large dome sat dish found 101 with a signal strength of 75 in Baniff, but 200 miles further north in Jasper it would not produce a picture. Fortunately I have a modified Hugh's Net 1M dish that was able to get 101 with a 85+ signal so I was able to watch all of my usual US channels 400 miles from the US boarder.
I did not try and get HD as the signals from 99 and 103 are usually not as strong as 101. I though maybe a picture of the coverage area of those sats in my post above might help. What was I thinking.:S
In Canada just because your dish locks on the right Sat (101 in my case) you need a signal strength of over 70 to get a picture and 60 to get some sound. My fairly large dome sat dish found 101 with a signal strength of 75 in Baniff, but 200 miles further north in Jasper it would not produce a picture. Fortunately I have a modified Hugh's Net 1M dish that was able to get 101 with a 85+ signal so I was able to watch all of my usual US channels 400 miles from the US boarder.
I did not try and get HD as the signals from 99 and 103 are usually not as strong as 101. I though maybe a picture of the coverage area of those sats in my post above might help. What was I thinking.:S
