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Jun 17th, 2008 at 9:38pm
The Hotbird 8 satellite at 13 East has transponders that radiate 53 dBW around the beam peak, see https://www.lyngsat-maps.com/Hotbird-13E.html but only 40 dBW at the beam edge, somewhat inland along the N.African coast. Dish sizes 50 cm in Europe and 180cm in N.Africa are suggested.
A roasting dish is best kept for cooking the bird !
For Ku band (10-12 GHz) reception, the surface accuracy of the dish need to be about 2mm so smooth, accurately parabolic, solid metal surface.
Best regards, Eric.
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