My guess is that dish size does not affect spotbeam coverage all that much, besides if you are autorized to see what is on that spotbeam you should be able to pick it up no problem. Matter of fact during times of rain fade my spotbeam signals are the last ones affected. If you are needing to increase dish size for a spotbeam, you are trying to pick up something you are not supposed to.
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A spotbeam is like a flashlight. Once you leave its field of view (or light, w/ my flashlight example) than you can no longer see it. Additionally, as you leave its 'footprint', you'll START entering the footprint of the NEXT spotbeam. Your still tuned to the same transponder, but now your seeing a different spotbeam (or flashlight beam 
. And your receiver will give you a message similar to: You are outside your local viewing area. Or something to that effect.....its been a while since I've seen that message
. And your receiver will give you a message similar to: You are outside your local viewing area. Or something to that effect.....its been a while since I've seen that message 1 - 5 of 5 Posts
