Rainbow 1 HD Footprint

[Inside]

Does anyone know if the useable footprint goes South East of Puerto Rico where it is already weak, specifically if it will reach St. Kitts at 17.2N 62.6W?

[Bountykiller]

You need a Large dish ... an 8 footer or so. This is a very weak Satt in the carribean. Notably 129 can be picked up easier in my part of the carribean. (some may argue that one, but I know it to be true as I use it!)

-B

[technoguy]

Those trasnponders in your area are hard to lock it even with a 6 footer Dish,That is the reason if you zip code come from that area DN will not activate any metal package for you.

[Inside]

Think I am too far east to get 129, the look angle would be only 14 degrees, what is your look angle?

I believe I might get 62.5 with an eight foot dish but its an expensive experiment.

I note that transponder 15 on Rainbow 1 is in SD, would this be a good guide to test with a standard receiver before investing in an HD receiver?

[capa]

Does anyone know if the useable footprint goes South East of Puerto Rico where it is already weak, specifically if it will reach St. Kitts at 17.2N 62.6W?

I am in southeast part of mexico,i have a 7Ft dish in one city 17 N 96 W and E*12 at 61.5 is very strong , the inclination of the antena was 3° lower than calculation ( here is about 44° and azimuth 112)and I find it in transponder 15 in SD is the best way to find it , the signal in Tr 15 comes very strong like 80 and will be the same in all HD tp.E*12 except Tp 2 that is weak ( it is E*3). good luck

[mojonba]

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bountykiller: in what caribbean island are you located? with what size of dish are you able to reliably get the 129 sat? Thx.