Which satellite to choose?

**mbarnes** · 11-08-2009 03:43 PM

I finally got a dish up. It's an old DirecPC, the bigger one. It is fixed and a real pain to get to it to aim.

So, if you had one Ku satellite to point to and see something worthwhile now and then, which one would you recommend?

Please, no extensive recommendations on adding LNBs, etc. I just want some suggestions on which bird to point to for now.

Thanks.

**Bill_KY** · 11-08-2009 03:48 PM

97 West has the lions share of TV and radio channels. A majority of them are ethnic, but there are English speaking TV channels like Russia Today, Press TV, Al Jazeera, CMRI TV, TBN and others. I have a DirecPC Dish too, set to 97 West at my other location.

**Iceberg** · 11-08-2009 04:08 PM

for sports feeds 91
otherwise 97 for the cornucopia of programming

**Anole** · 11-08-2009 04:53 PM

30°w: I can't see it, but from Texas you probably can.
I understand they often run new movies in English, but with Spanish subtitles.
Otherwise, I guess it's mostly Cuban programming.

... but you did say, "now and then".

125°w: If you can't get PBS off the air, this could fill a lot of voids.
You'll need an AC3 decoder (search: Sonic Voom) or a connection to your hi-fi equipment to get sound
... or an HD receiver - that'll get you the sound and some nice pictures.

97°w: most channels,
widest assortment of programming,
great to show any friends, regardless of their heritage
Has to be my first choice, too.

**Conky** · 11-09-2009 06:27 PM

97w Kuwait2 in particular. shows a lot of good British/Australian/American shows and movies with no commercials. After awhile you don't even notice the arabic subtitles

**TRG** · 11-09-2009 08:55 PM

I'd say....

83W for RTN
Or
125W for PBS (Montana PBS doesn't require a dolby decoder.)
Or
97W for Russia today, MHz, GCN radio and Access America.

**Payam81** · 11-09-2009 09:45 PM

You can have a look
HERE

. It tells you at a glance what is on which sat.

**Look Up** · 11-09-2009 09:53 PM

I put my vote in for 97w. In addition to several all-English stations, a number of other stations have occasional English or English crawlers. Plus, the new camel racing season is on (Al Kass, generally Thursday, Friday, and/or Saturday evenings at about 11 pm Eastern). The other station that shows camel racing, Abu Dhabi Sports, has unfortunately been on test pattern for a few months now.

**NotMe546** · 11-09-2009 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by Look Up

I put my vote in for 97w. In addition to several all-English stations, a number of other stations have occasional English or English crawlers. Plus, the new camel racing season is on (Al Kass, generally Thursday, Friday, and/or Saturday evenings at about 11 pm Eastern). The other station that shows camel racing, Abu Dhabi Sports, has unfortunately been on test pattern for a few months now.

LOL "camel racing season" LOL