Is it possible to receive Hotbird satellite transmissions in Khartoum, Sudan?
(Yousaf Arshad, Sudan) Ans: Unfortunately, signals are getting weaker as we head to the north in Africa, so you will need a dish bigger than 240 cm to receive the wide beams from Hotbird 2,3,4,6. Q.3 : I have a problem with the installation of a satellite antenna. The antenna is one meter (39) in diameter and has four LNBs. I spent the entire day trying to set up my antenna behind a window but without any success. Since this house is considered a landmark, I have no other choice but to do it this way. When I made some inquiries at a dealer, I was nearly laughed out of the store and told that an installation behind glass would be impossible. What should I do? (Aslam Khan, Karachi) Ans: Not quite. The house is a landmark and this could mean that the windows might still contain lead. If this were the case, then the only solution would be to exchange the leaded glass with lead-free glass. Another problem is the successful alignment of a multifeed antenna behind the glass. Even if one satel
