@dschre wrote:
As we approach the Spring Equinox in the Northern hemisphere some Sun interference on L-Band reception would be expected at a certain period in the day. I noticed at around 1600 UTC that the Safety Net signal on Inmarsat 3-F4 (54 W) had degraded considerably which led me to this website which can be used to calculate the affect of the Sun on reception from geostationary satellites (note that page hasn't been updated for a while)
Would be interested in the experience others have had. Haven't correlated this with the Outernet signal on 3-F4 yet but according to the webpage the maximum interference at this point would be at around 1830 UTC here at our location (109 W - Arizona).
http://www.satellite-calculations.com/Satellite/suninterference.php
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