> I have a 2.7 metre dish with an analog receiver and a 20 deg kalvin
 > titan cband lnbf. I am in Australia, Sydney and I have tried to view
 > satellites such as Palapa and Asiasat 2. Whenever there is a lot of the
 > red color used in a picture, heaps of snow comes about. This is the same
 > for blue colors on the screen. What could be the problem? Some channels
 > on Palapa c2 like CFI (French) are crystal clear, but some others such
 > as MTV Asia have also heaps of sparkles. Can anybody suggest anything?
      It's most likely your receiver's IF bandwidth.  Try widening it and see
if it helps.  Also, if you can adjust the IF gain, try lowering it.
      For what it's worth, I see the same occasionally here in Canada, on 
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red's and sometimes strong solid blues.
                       .....Bob
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