Atlantic Satellites (0 to 61 degrees)

[PopcornNMore]

How many of the Atlantic satellites (0 to 61 degrees) can be received in Pennsylvania?

Below are the satellites I believe can be received:

Telstar 12 at 15 degrees
Hispasat 1C and 1D at 30 degrees
Intelsat 9 at 58 degrees

Am I correct or are there more that can be received?

 

[ACRadio]

With the correct setup...

NSS7, 10, 806
I-805, 11, 14, 707.... and more. There's a bunch of Atlantic sats that have something on them if you have the means to receive them.......

 

[nycrich]

That would depend on
1 Your location( viewing arc) and satellite downlink footprint for your location.
2 Size of your dish. (C band-minimum 6-7.5ft vs Ku minimum 3-4ft)
3 Type of equipment used (circular-linear lnb, motor,skew, receiver sensitivity/features).
These factors will vary by different members on the forum.

 

[Anole]

Have you looked over this eastern list by Global-CM?

MPEG

 

[Corrado]

Here in upstate NY, I did a site survey various places on my property and I think 55.5W would be my limit with LOS to my neighbors trees. I plan to try this out soon myself with a temporary test dish.

 

[1captain]

Their is a lot of satellites to the east that have some real good channels on them, along with lots of sports an news feeds too.
the main thing is to have a good LOS, an if you do, then set up a dish just for the eastern sats w/circular c-band, plus ku is nice to have looking over their too, for the longest time had a cable mux on Intel-903 (it was mainly only viewable from S.Fla) that most channels where itc a lot like AMC-21 when they 1st fired up.
I use a lot of horizon mounts here, but their problem is they do not go low enough, so for my C/circular, I use a polar mount an my lowest sat that I can lock is some data TP's on AlanticBird-2 an for me that is right a 5-degrees of elevation, but can lock an view Exspess AM44 just fine here. now for you being in Pensyvania you elevation will be higher than mine here, do to you being farter to the east in the country from me here in Fla.
an if you do some channel checking on lnysat, they don't even come close as far as what is over their, a S2 blind scanner is almost a must to have for the eastern sats these days.
once you set up a eastern sat system you will wish you would of did a long time before now.

 

[PopcornNMore]

Looking at Lyngsat tonight I believe I should be able to receive the following 22 Atlantic satellites from Western Pennsylvania. In fact, I'm thinking of adding a motorized dish for the Atlantic satellites and another for the American satellites.

12.5 W Atlantic Bird 1
15.0 W Telstar 12
18.0 W Intelsat 901
20.0 W NSS 5
22.0 W NSS 7
24.5 W Intelsat 905
27.5 W Intelsat 907
30.0 W Hispasat 1C
30.0 W Hispasat 1D
30.0 W Hispasat 1E
34.5 W Intelsat 903
37.5 W NSS 10
37.5 W Telstar 11N
40.5 W NSS 806
43.1 W Intelsat 11
50.0 W Intelsat 1R
53.0 W Intelsat 707
55.5 W Intelsat 805
58.0 W Intelsat 9
58.0 W Intelsat 16
61.0 W Amazonas 1
61.0 W Amazonas 2

 

[Jim S.]

Amazonas and Hispasat are receivable from Pennsylvania, no question. I've also picked up feeds on Telstar 11N Ku and one you don't have listed, Intelsat 14 Ku at 45W. (Many of these were on low-band.) Out of the others you have listed, the only ones I believe, after a review of the footprints, to have Ku-band coverage receivable with a 36" dish in Pennsylvania are 15W, 22W, and possibly 58W, but all of those are blocked by trees from my current dish location so I haven't verified them. (The only one with full-time channels is 15W anyway.) I don't have a C-band dish yet and it probably wouldn't be motorized if I ever got one, so that's as far as I've bothered to research it.

If anyone in my general part of the country has CONFIRMED CURRENT Ku-reception from any Atlantic birds other than the ones I've listed, please post!

 

[PopcornNMore]

Thanks Jim. looking at Lyngsat you are right, I should be able to pickup Intelsat 14 at 45 degrees as well making the total 23. I believe I'm going to replace the standard KU LNBF with a universal KU LNBF this weekend on my 4' dish to enable me to pickup more channels on these Atlantic satellites. I'll post which of the satellites below that I was able to successfully receive.


12.5 W Atlantic Bird 1
15.0 W Telstar 12
18.0 W Intelsat 901
20.0 W NSS 5
22.0 W NSS 7
24.5 W Intelsat 905
27.5 W Intelsat 907
30.0 W Hispasat 1C
30.0 W Hispasat 1D
30.0 W Hispasat 1E
34.5 W Intelsat 903
37.5 W NSS 10
37.5 W Telstar 11N
40.5 W NSS 806
43.1 W Intelsat 11
45.0 W Intelsat 14
50.0 W Intelsat 1R
53.0 W Intelsat 707
55.5 W Intelsat 805
58.0 W Intelsat 9
58.0 W Intelsat 16
61.0 W Amazonas 1
61.0 W Amazonas 2

 

[Pixl]

Looking at Lyngsat tonight I believe I should be able to receive the following 22 Atlantic satellites from Western Pennsylvania. In fact, I'm thinking of adding a motorized dish for the Atlantic satellites and another for the American satellites.

12.5 W Atlantic Bird 1
15.0 W Telstar 12

I think you will have fun exploring these Eastern sat. I would suggest a fixed dish first, see what you can get first. I have a clear view to the East and can get as far as T-12 @ 5deg elevation in Michigan. But even though I have LOS for 12.5, It's low 3 deg elevation only brings up the noise floor. There is only one TP listed on that bird serving N.A. not sure you will see much. But T-12 has almost 200 ch, about 11 ch. ITC even though they scan in $.

 

[Cosmokramer11]

I have a question about elevation for these eastern sats. Are you running a motorized system or fixed?

 

[Jim S.]

I have a motorized system. USALS on my Openbox won't let me go to satellites east of 17.5 longitude. (The motor itself should let me go further.) Other than that, it works fine for the ones I can actually see through the trees.

 

[PopcornNMore]

I think you will have fun exploring these Eastern sat. I would suggest a fixed dish first, see what you can get first. I have a clear view to the East and can get as far as T-12 @ 5deg elevation in Michigan. But even though I have LOS for 12.5, It's low 3 deg elevation only brings up the noise floor. There is only one TP listed on that bird serving N.A. not sure you will see much. But T-12 has almost 200 ch, about 11 ch. ITC even though they scan in $.

Thank you for the information. I'll see what I can receive this weekend.

 

[PopcornNMore]

I think you will have fun exploring these Eastern sat. I would suggest a fixed dish first, see what you can get first. I have a clear view to the East and can get as far as T-12 @ 5deg elevation in Michigan. But even though I have LOS for 12.5, It's low 3 deg elevation only brings up the noise floor. There is only one TP listed on that bird serving N.A. not sure you will see much. But T-12 has almost 200 ch, about 11 ch. ITC even though they scan in $.

Any interesting NBC and FOX feeds on T-12 and if so are they in English?

 

[Santa Clause]

I was getting MSNBC on 15w until the wind knocked my 1 meter ku dish out of wack a week or so ago, I don't think I had any feeds.

 

[carlospr43]

Any interesting NBC and FOX feeds on T-12 and if so are they in English?

Only MSNBC news at T12, 2 spanish ,2 portugueses and 3 arabians, all others closed!

 

[Mikey11]

How many of the Atlantic satellites (0 to 61 degrees) can be received in Pennsylvania?

Below are the satellites I believe can be received:

Telstar 12 at 15 degrees
Hispasat 1C and 1D at 30 degrees
Intelsat 9 at 58 degrees

Am I correct or are there more that can be received?

are you asking if the line of sight is possible?

or are you asking if receiving signal is possible?

i am around 79w and can get over to 15w and maybe further....i dont think i have ever tried for anything past 15w....

 

[Pixl]

I have a question about elevation for these eastern sats. Are you running a motorized system or fixed?

I'm using a fixed dish, probably the better way to go for sats at the edge of the geo arc.

Only MSNBC news at T12, 2 spanish ,2 portugueses and 3 arabians, all others closed!

In addition to these there is also Chilevision, TPA, and a few more, all in Spanish. One runs a dance contest almost every evening, you don't need Spanish to enjoy it!

 

[Mikey11]

I'm using a fixed dish, probably the better way to go for sats at the edge of the geo arc.

just wondering what your reasoning for this is?

 

[SatelliteAV]

just wondering what your reasoning for this is?

The satellite positions appear to the dish to be closer together near the ends of the arc and the resolution of the motor makes precise landing more difficult. As the look angle nears the horizon terrestrial noise increases and clouds stack up and attenuate. Precise aiming is often required to pull these signals out of the noise.

Motors are typically designed to cover +/- 70 degrees from true South. Beyond these operational points, motors do not always correctly track the arc due to mechanical variances and installation issues.

I have always preferred a fixed dish for working satellites near the horizon as they provide more reliable reception.