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Old 08-17-2007, 11:35 PM
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No Luck yet. I think that in PA, a 1.8m dish is too small. Talked to some folks at Unisys that put together a major offering for NOAAPORT reception and data collection. They are telling me that we really need 3m or better (3.7m)......

We kept trying for a few weeks with the 1.8m dish, and thought we were on track but could never get a signal/lock.....using just the Novra S75 and the dish is very difficult to line up..... and... there are misleading web postings about the frequencies to use, and lining up the LNB properly has been really tough.

We will likely blow the extra cash and get a bigger dish.... and hire someone to aim it properly for us. The NOAAPORT products (data) appear to be more extensive than the EMWIN (Nexrad and satellite images)... which are what we wanted when we started....

I'll update the thread if/when we learn more (and maybe get a signal lock)!
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