Thread: Intelsat 9 at 58.0°W - Receivable in MN?

58W has plenty of level. I get tons of margin on all FTA transponders with a 6' near Denver (farther south, but west). Of course my bigger dishes get even more margin.

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Here is what I came up with about 1/2 hour ago

NHK (4040H) 90 quality on the Pansat 1500. They are at 1/2 FEC so no issues there...on Pansat threshold is 30 for 3/4 FEC and 20 for 1/2 FEC
CCTV (3880H) was at 45-50 quality. They're at 7/8 FEC so there were some freezing spots but rare which makes me think they're not at 7/8 FEC...maybe 5/6. Way better than when Equity was on 95W and I needed a 70 quality for stable
3840 H I had issues with....again 45-50 but tons of pixeling which makes me think that they are definitelly at 7/8 FEC

I think if I tweaked it more I wouldnt have issues. Also there is a tree that might hinder a little reception.

Thanks every one for replying.

I swung the 6 footer that direction and even with a large pine in the way I am able to get NHK with no breakups on the Pansat 9200HD with 10% Q (Which surprises me.)

1/2 FEC is how thats working

Originally Posted by DiscoLoveGrapes

I got NHK World on a 31" Dish before with almost zero breakup

. . . so, could someone point me to a thread that discusses getting c-band reception using a small (1m) dish?

When I do a search on this topic it seems that people say it can't be done but the above comment suggest that you can receive c-band with a small dish.

Originally Posted by tamuin

. . . so, could someone point me to a thread that discusses getting c-band reception using a small (1m) dish?

When I do a search on this topic it seems that people say it can't be done but the above comment suggest that you can receive c-band with a small dish.

Search Mini-Bud. Lots of posts. GL, Eric