Hi
Is my LNA faulty ? My signal so weak ? It took quite long to get any signal also
I received my kit yesterday, I am using the same satellite in Europe as you (I am in The Netherlands). The SNR you are seeing is about the same I am maximal seeing here. If you look at the satellite foodprint on the world map, my location is between the most outer full circle and the dotted circle, so I fear that I do need a dish here…
Oh, do you receive files ok ? Im in South Africa
I tried dish before also but signal not strong enough, was not receiving files at al
Well with a SNR from 2.4 it is very difficult to receive files. From your screen dump I see you have a fix, as I have but not percistent. I did see a file starting to come in, but it never finished. I will leave my receiver running for 24 hours and see if anything comes through at all. But I fear the signal is just too weak.
palbeda
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Looking at the footprint image reception in South Africa should be strong enough as you seem to be well within the solid circles of the foodprint…
Good luck, i will try align better again
Good luck to you too. Please post the results here if better alignement helpped
cyoung
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Are you using the E4000 SDR?
I use the stick that comes with the Outernet kit… I think that is not a E4000…
cyoung
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I think it is. Is it this one? Don’t think there’s any official statement but it seems like this E4000 dongle has issues. I’m having way better luck with the RTL-SDR dongle and a few others’ issues with this E4000 dongles were solved by switching to that one.
palbeda
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OK, thanks for the hint, will look into that.
palbeda
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Got a RTL-SDR stick, but I could not get a proper fix with that stick, do I need to adapt some settings or so?
Meanwhile, I notice it is very hard to get a stable fix anyway. With lots of effort I get a S/N in between 3 and 4 DB, but the signal is not stable. I noticed I can improve the signal just a little using aluminum foil on strategic places in the neighborhood of the receiver. Apparently, this provides shielding against local disturbances.
zoltan
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If you have access to a Windows PC you might try to remove CHIP from your setup and plug the RTL-SDR dongle into your PC. Using SDR# you can monitor the actual spectrum, you might have local EMI signals as you suggested.
Also if you have possibility to move out of the city to a less noisy environment with the setup that could be a good test too.
If you have an Android device this program can help finding AlphaSat precisely on the sky:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.agi.android.augmentedreality
If you can show a picture of your actual setup we might can help more on this.
palbeda
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excellent sugestions Zoltran, will try that: in fact both suggestions are much worth trying!!!
zoltan
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You should see something like this in SDR#, the below spectrum screenshot taken in Budapest, using Outernet setup:
