Thread: Which satellites are you picking up with your motorized system?

I think it would be nice to see how many satellites and which satellites everybody is picking up with either a 90cm or 76cm motorized dish.

Please list the name of the satellites you are picking up, along with the dish size. Also mention how good or poor signal quality you are getting from each satellite.

Feel free to share any other informatin as well.

Dish 1 m as in signature:

AMC6
H2
AMC5
AMC9
AMC16
AMC3
G28
G19
G25
G3C
G10
G16
AMC4
AMC1
AMC15
ANIK F1/F1R
SatMex6
E*7
G18
AMC21

I'm rectricted on east site by buildings
Generally recepion is good. Worst is AMC9 tp 11735H with Q around 40% (AZBox) in clear day and still stable picture, my best is AMC4 tp 12033H with 98%. AZBox is very 'optimistic' reporting 'Q', Viewsat MAX will report about 10-15% less.

76cm dish and a 90cm dish

I'm not going to list them all out but 58W to 148W (even though 148 doesnt exist anymore) was line of site. Can get to 30W but dish hits the mast

All come in great except for Satmex5 (116.8). Satellite footprint sucks here in MN (and actually northern US states)

90cm - KU only

12.5 Atlantic Bird 1
15 Telstar 12
22 NSS 7
30 Hispasat
37.6 Telstar 11N
43 Intelsat 3R
45 Intelsat 14
53 Intelsat 707
58 Intel 9 - no signals in last couple weeks
61.5 Echostar 3
63 Telstar 14 - probably my weakest sat.
72 AMC 6
72.7 Echostar 6
74 Horizons 2
77 Echostar 8
79 AMC 5
82 Nimiq 4
83 AMC 9
85 AMC 16
87 AMC 3
89 Galaxy 28
91 Galaxy 17
91 Nimiq 1
93.1 Galaxy 25
95 Galaxy 3C
97 Galaxy 19
99 Galaxy 16
101 AMC 4
103 AMC 1
105 AMC 15
107.3 Anik F1
110 Echostar 10/11
111.1 Anik F2
113 SatMex 6
116.8 SatMex 5
118.8 Anik F3
119 Echostar 7
121 Echostar 9
123 Galaxy 18
125 AMC 21
127 Galaxy 13/Horizons 1
129 Ciel 2
129 Galaxy 27
148 Echostar 1 - was getting before it went silent

Ku from 43 west to 129 west
36" Prime Focus & 87cm Bob Jones Dish

90 cm on a tripod that I move in and out of garage - KU from 15W to 125W.

KU satellites from 30 West to 129 West

90cm Channel Master Dish and STAB HH100 motor on pole mount - all satellite locations come in great except for some flakiness on DVB-S2 signals (particularly the NBC channels on 103 W due to oddball skew)

I have an SG 2100 and 76 cm Ku for only. When new, it covered 85 West to a satellite that was at 157 West with superb signal quality. East of 85 was blocked by a tree. I had to reposition the dish after the wind bent the braces holding a pole onto a chimney mount I had it on. The new configuration is only working from 101 West to 129 West but I hope to improve the arc shortly, after I finish some C-Band experiments underway that I have been thinking about for over a year. I am finally getting some time off over the Holiday and I am taking advantage of it!

Two dish sizes, 76 cm (Winegard DS-2076) and 1.2 M (GEOSAT pro).
DG-280B and DG-380 motors respectively. Invacom QPH-031 LNBF on both.

Signal quality differences between the two are very minimal, 1-3% maximum and not consistent
(hard to judge whether it is my alignment problem or the difference in the dish itself or other factors),
but rain fade concerns are greatly improved with the 1.2 M.


Upper Ku-band signals at this time only, mostly using AZBox Premium.

30.0 Hispasat 1C/1D
37.6 Telstar 11N
43.0 Intelsat 3R/11
61.5 Echostar 3/Rainbow 1
63.0 Telstar 14
72.0 AMC 6
72.7 Echostar 6 (AWOL)
74.0 Horizons 2
77.0 Echostar 8
79.0 AMC 5
83.0 AMC 9
85.0 AMC 16
87.0 AMC 3
89.0 Galaxy 28
91.0 Galaxy 17
91.0 Nimiq 1
93.0 Galaxy 26
95.0 Galaxy 3C
97.0 Galaxy 25
99.0 Galaxy 16
101.0 AMC 4
103.0 AMC 1
105.0 AMC 15
110.0 Echostar 10/11
111.1 Anik F2
113.0 SatMex 6
116.8 SatMex 5
119.0 Echostar 7
121.0 Echostar 9
123.0 Galaxy 18
125.0 AMC 21
127.0 Horizons 1 (only one ch scanned in - encrypted)
129.0 Ciel 2
129.0 Galaxy 27
148.0 Echostar 1 (AWOL)

63W is the weakest signal (65-67% Q) other than the RTN TP (69-72% Q), these two readings with Coolsat 5K.

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