A bit confused on Lyngsat

[mpd]

I'm cutting back on some things and might cut the cable co come next year. I'm thinking either dish network or dtv. However since we mostly care about a clear signal on major networks (nbc,cbs,pbs,fox etc) I'm thinking maybe this might be a good idea for a fta system (I know that channels can change and there's no guarantee of what can last and there's no hacking etc)

I'm checking lyngsat but I'm getting a bit confused as to the difference being listed if a channel is ku or c band.

For example look at cnbc.
It's listed as free tv for USA under pass3r
that has it as cband

But then it goes under the atlantic section as yellow (c and ku)


My question basically is can a satellite give off both a ku and a c band signal and what is the most accurate way of telling which a channel is if it's listed yellow for the satellite?

I'm trying to make a more complete list of what can be found in the air but I don't want to make mistakes and make it look like I artifically inflated it.

Thanks for your time

 

[PSB]

Many satellites do both C and KU broadcasts.

C-band signals have a four digit frequency and KU-band signals have a five digit frequency.

Remember even if the channel is FTA you have to be able to see the satellite from where you are. If you give us your zip code we can give you a list of the satellites and their angles form your location.

Maybe be you have seen the below link if so maybe new users will find it beneficial.

http://www.dmsiusa.com/charts.htm

 

[mpd]

Yeah I understand that it's not everything. Just because it says it's free usa it usually means thats' where the company is out of. Some can be aimed anywhere. I have a few shortwave radios so I'm used to a bit of the whole dx thing, propagation sounds familar.

I'm at 02359

 

[PSB]

You are off to a flying start with that background........

                      Pembroke, MA 02359
           Latitude 42° 3.726'N Longitude 70° 48.264'W

                         Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m)   El  Skew
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                       Telstar 12   15.0W 114.5 130.7 16.3 -42.5
                                 
                     Intelsat 901   18.0W 117.0 133.2 18.4 -41.4
                                 
                     Intelsat 603   20.0W 118.6 134.9 19.8 -40.7
                                 
                            NSS 7   22.0W 120.4 136.6 21.2 -39.8
                                 
                     Intelsat 905   24.5W 122.6 138.9 22.8 -38.7
                                 
                     Intelsat 907   27.5W 125.4 141.6 24.8 -37.2
                                 
                   Hispasat 1C/1D   30.0W 127.8 144.0 26.4 -35.9
                                 
                     Intelsat 801   31.5W 129.3 145.5 27.3 -35.1
                                 
                     Intelsat 903   34.5W 132.4 148.6 29.2 -33.3
                                 
              AMC 12 & Telstar 11   37.5W 135.6 151.8 30.9 -31.3
                                 
                          NSS 806   40.5W 138.9 155.1 32.5 -29.2
                                 
                        PAS 6B/3R   43.0W 141.8 158.0 33.8 -27.3
                                 
                           PAS 1R   45.0W 144.2 160.4 34.8 -25.8
                                 
                     Intelsat 705   50.0W 150.4 166.7 37.0 -21.5
                                 
                     Intelsat 707   53.0W 154.4 170.6 38.1 -18.7
                                 
                     Intelsat 805   55.5W 157.8 174.0 39.0 -16.3
                                 
                            PAS 9   58.0W 161.3 177.5 39.7 -13.8
                                 
                         Amazonas   61.0W 165.5 181.8 40.4 -10.7
                                 
           EchoStar 3 & Rainbow 1   61.5W 166.3 182.5 40.5 -10.2
                                 
                 Estrela do Sul 1   63.0W 168.4 184.7 40.8  -8.6
                                 
                     Brasilsat B2   65.0W 171.4 187.6 41.1  -6.4
                                 
                     Brasilsat B1   70.0W 178.8 195.0 41.4  -0.9
                                 
                 Nahuel 1 & AMC 6   72.0W 181.8 198.0 41.4   1.3
                                 
                            AMC 6   72.0W 181.8 198.0 41.4   1.3
                                 
                        DirecTV 5   72.5W 182.5 198.8 41.4   1.9
                                 
                            SBS 6   74.0W 184.8 201.0 41.3   3.5
                                 
                            AMC 5   79.0W 192.1 208.4 40.7   9.0
                                 
                          Nimiq 2   82.0W 196.5 212.7 40.1  12.1
                                 
                            AMC 9   83.0W 197.9 214.1 39.9  13.2
                                 
                     Brasilsat B3   84.0W 199.3 215.5 39.6  14.2
                                 
                           AMC 16   85.0W 200.7 216.9 39.3  15.2
                                 
                            AMC 3   87.0W 203.4 219.7 38.7  17.2
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 8   89.0W 206.1 222.4 38.0  19.1
                                 
                 Galaxy 11/Nimiq1   91.0W 208.8 225.0 37.3  20.9
                                 
                     Brasilsat B4   92.0W 210.1 226.3 36.9  21.8
                                 
                        Telstar 6   93.0W 211.3 227.6 36.4  22.7
                                 
                        Galaxy 3C   95.0W 213.8 230.1 35.6  24.4
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 5   97.0W 216.3 232.5 34.6  26.1
                                 
                        Galaxy 4R   99.0W 218.7 234.9 33.6  27.6
                                 
                            AMC 4  101.0W 221.0 237.2 32.6  29.1
                                 
                            AMC 1  103.0W 223.2 239.5 31.5  30.6
                                 
                           AMC 15  105.0W 225.4 241.6 30.4  31.9
                                 
                          Anik F1  107.3W 227.8 244.1 29.0  33.4
                                 
         DirecTV 6 & EchoStar 6/8  110.0W 230.6 246.8 27.4  35.0
                                 
                          Anik F2  111.1W 231.7 247.9 26.7  35.6
                                 
                    Solidaridad 2  113.0W 233.5 249.8 25.5  36.7
                                 
                         SatMex 5  116.8W 237.1 253.3 23.0  38.6
                                 
          EchoStar 7 & DirecTV 7S  119.0W 239.1 255.3 21.6  39.6
                                 
  EchoStar 9/Intelsat Americas 13  121.0W 240.8 257.1 20.2  40.4
                                 
                       Galaxy 10R  123.0W 242.5 258.8 18.8  41.2
                                 
                        Galaxy 12  125.0W 244.2 260.4 17.4  41.9
                                 
             Galaxy 13/Horizons 1  127.0W 245.8 262.1 16.0  42.6
                                 
 Intelsat Americas 7 & EchoStar 5  129.0W 247.4 263.7 14.6  43.3
                                 
                           AMC 11  131.0W 249.0 265.2 13.2  43.9
                                 
                        Galaxy 1R  133.0W 250.5 266.8 11.7  44.4
                                 
                           AMC 10  135.0W 252.1 268.3 10.3  44.9
                                 
                            AMC 7  137.0W 253.5 269.8  8.8  45.4
                                 
                            AMC 8  139.0W 255.0 271.2  7.4  45.8
                                 
                     EchoStar 1/2  148.0W 261.3 277.6  0.8  47.2

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[snathanb]

I'm trying to make a more complete list of what can be found in the air but I don't want to make mistakes and make it look like I artifically inflated it.

Thanks for your time

Check out www.fta-list.com

It is a nice, categorized list of what is available FTA on KU band.