Dish Farm Full-time Satellites

[jaytay]

Hello everybody! I've been researching my first FTA setup, and this site has been a valuable resource. A big "thank you" goes out to everyone that contributes here. For my setup, I was thinking I'd have two motorized 120cm dishes, one for Ku and the other for C-band, along with an AZBox receiver. I was looking through the pictures of the dish farms that everyone posted, and see that some people have both fixed position and motorized ones in their farm. I would also leave fixed position dishes pointed at certain birds, if it makes sense to do so. I wanted to compile a list of satellites that people leave a dish pointed to at all times. What is everyone's "Top 5 Full-time" satellites at which you'd leave a fixed position dish pointed? Thanks for your input!

 

[Pixl]

Ku
72w nbc & feeds
74w feeds
79w feeds
85w feeds
87w feeds
103w because of odd skew

 

[turbosat]

I have fixed dishes on 72W, 101w , and 95w for KU, and a cband dish fixed on 91W.. another ku is pointed at 63W for PBS right now, but that is ending later this summer so I'll have another to re-point someplace else, like 103 for Pentagon channel.

 

[Blindowl1234]

No fixed dishes for me anymore. Motorized 8 foot for Cband and Motorized 36" for KU. I got lazy this winter and got tired of adjusting the fixed dishes for various sats..Blind

 

[rv1pop]

Right now the only one rally right is on 97W. 83W(?) and 87W are not getting anything right now after the wind (tornado?) and 101 was on one of the switches that blew out. We have a hard time living without 97W.

 

[PopcornNMore]

1 8' C stationary on AMC3 and GAL3C
1 6' C stationary on AMC18 (HITS)
1 4' KU motorized with a C secondary LNBF
1 DSS Starband various

 

[eurosport]

I have fixed Ku dishes on 91w, 72w, 103w, and 125w. Plus 2 motorized BUDs.

 

[Anole]

expanded thinking

You might also consider the possibility you could get two (sometimes more) satellites on one dish.
So, with three dishes you might pull in 6 - 9 birds.
That sort of thinking moves you toward multi-LNB switching networks.
And , they can become more complicated if you feed multiple receivers.
In the end, you might wind up with something like Linuxman currently has, with 30 LNBs feeding his house full of receivers.

 

[sergei]

I've got right now all but one dish on the C band side and the only dish I use for KU is locked on 101 for the FOX audio. This will change this summer when I add a 1.2m Prodelin dish that I was able to rescue for all my KU needs by using a multi LNB bracket. If you've already check out the available FTA channels here you might also check out http://global-cm.net for his listing.

 

[jaytay]

You might also consider the possibility you could get two (sometimes more) satellites on one dish.
So, with three dishes you might pull in 6 - 9 birds.

I have thought about having multiple LNB's on each fixed dish, but currently don't have any type of satellite meter, and didn't know how hard it is to dial them in without one.

 

[jaytay]

If you've already check out the available FTA channels here you might also check out http://global-cm.net for his listing.

Thanks, Sergei... I'll check out this link.

 

[Tron]

Fixed 1 meter Ku-Band dish on 125W for the PBS channels, fixed 1.8 meter (6 foot) C-Band prime focus dish on 87W for the various services there (NASA-TV HD, MeTV, ThisTV)...

 

[kodaz]

87c, 97ku, 125ku, 91c, 99c, 103c, 101ku soon to be moved if History is history. using openbox and loving it!

 

[Cadsulfide]

91,97,83,101,125,etc

 

[sergei]

I have thought about having multiple LNB's on each fixed dish, but currently don't have any type of satellite meter, and didn't know how hard it is to dial them in without one.

I would guess that trying to setup a multi LNB bracket would be a real pain especially on the KU side now the C Band side you could probably mount a dual LNBF and pick up two channels on the same satellite, but I'm not sure if you could mount any other type multi bracket and get it to work. Maybe someone else has already done this. As far as a meter type, there's a lot out there, some good and some junk but to help you'll find some reviews on this site and others, otherwise just do a lot of research and look for a meter that best suites your needs. For myself, since my plans are for a multi bracket setup. I've already decided on trying the First Strike Meter which I think will best suite my needs.

 

[Dishman Dan]

This spring I am going to plant a dish pointing at 30W!

 

[Dee_Ann]

30ku Cuban movies
83ku RTV/TUFF (Tuff only at midnight)
87c MeTV
97ku various news channels
101ku History (defunct)
125ku PBS

The above dishes are fixed and on a switch for instant channel changes.
The 6' Cband has a motor but I have no need to move it off of 87 AMC-3.

Soon I am putting up a 10' C-band and motor and sometime this summer I am putting up a 1m ku with a motor in addition to the above dishes.
Just for fun.

I need to switch the dishes around again because I put my biggest ku dish on the PBS satellite for better reception. So now I have two pointed at 125. I need to put one back on the Cuban satellite. As for 101, eh.. That was a real loss. I'll leave it as is for a few months and if they don't fix it I'll figure out something else to point it at.

 

[PopcornNMore]

This spring I am going to plant a dish pointing at 30W!

Same here.

 

[Tron]

The 6' Cband has a motor but I have no need to move it off of 87 AMC-3.

Somebody's liking their MeTV and ThisTV ...

 

[jaytay]

Same here.

Are there good channels/feeds to be found on 30W? PM me if it's not appropriate to answer here...