You are welcome back bro....I did say Astra 28E UK beam is a no go zone
As for Hot Bird it can be got on the equator with a BUD, man power and alot of patience
The beam covers the Arabia peninsula BT doesn't go towards Yemen where its gotten with a 1.3M dish
...hoping it has a sidelobe jumping the red sea
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On the third image using a footprint plotter app we can be able to extend the beam to its weakest points....someone in Addis Ababa(red star on the map) got Hot bird with a 280cm PF ....the values listed are gotten using an lnb with 0.7db noise figure so improving on a 0.2db will the size of the reflector down
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By the looks a 6M to 8M is a good range...