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sparkycivic:
Ever since we had to switch to SatMex 6 , now known as Eutelsat 113 West A, reception has been awful or non-existent for all of the prairie-dwellers I know.
The strength is directly related to lattitude, so north of 49 means a 36 inch dish only gives good picture in clear skies.

Lately, the signal strength as measured on my spectrum analyzer has taken a 1.5dB dip, and I'm getting calls about broken picture.
Have any readers on this website noticed a change in the strength of the transponder carrying BVN? I've reached-out to both BVN and Home2US directly regarding the strength issue, but after more than 2 weeks, no response whatsoever from either company!

I'm afraid that the service may be in trouble based in the lack of response. Obviously the relationship between BVN and Home2US can't be very good since the settings changed overnight last January without notice, And BVN had to apologize.

We can t even switch most of my viewers to internet streaming because of the non-existent of unlimited usage internet service outside city limits.

Hope is rapidly fading for BVN TV in the prairies...

Sparkycivic

DrSat:
According to the footprint map for SatMex 6 below, only southern Ontario can get reliable service using a 33 or 36 inch dish.  I know over here in the Toronto area, we typically get 50% to 60% quality on that transponder when using a 33 inch dish and 65% to 75% using a 36 inch dish on a clear sunny day.

sparkycivic:
The labels are gone on my lnbf's so I'm not sure if they're aready PLL type or not, but none of them are the same.
I might just have to investigate the LNBF's, because using even larger dishes is going to cause trouble for asthetic reasons...

As a side note, my reception came back at home, the signal strength rising about 1dB on the screen of my spectrum analyzer, from where it had been. I don't think my antenna is shifting, because it's on a motor, and testing out the rest of the arc, I was still getting all other satellites with the usual quality from 72'W to 129'W.

pctest:
I have had problems as well in London, my signal goes from 72% to zero at times. My thought is they are using a weak signal strength because they would like us to use the internet, over time this satellite signal will be gone, saving them money.

DrSat:
The issue is that SatMex 6 is not really a satellite that provides good Canadian coverage as it only provides strong signal in US, Central and South America.  Originally BVN was using both 113W and 101W but decided to stop using 101W in order to cut down on costs.  However, this resulted in the total loss of coverage for all of northern Canada, Alaska, Hawaii and a weak signal in southern Canada.

Signal would be slightly better here in Canada while maintaining most of their coverage in South America if BVN used 117W instead of 113W but not by much as per the below coverage map:

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