EchoStar 1

[havenx]

I am in the midwest, west central illinois... do ya think I would have any luck with EchoStar 1? Also, if so, how big of a dish do I need? I mean G10R is pretty far so I dunno. Oh yea.. a new channel just poped on G10R about three secconds ago

 

[john green]

What are you trying to watch on Echostar 1 ?

 

[charper1]

You should have a decent shot at Echostar1 depending on your surroundings, but I am not sure what you are aiming to pick up.

Dish rule is always get the biggest you can afford, at least 36" minimum IMHO.

Echostar1: http://www.lyngsat.com/echo1.html
Echostar2: http://www.lyngsat.com/echo2.html

Tracker Map: http://www.lyngsat.com/tracker/echo1.html both are located at 148.0°W

 

[havenx]

I hear that sometimes there are some free feeds on there that are pretty darn interesting... if ya know what I mean

Sounds like I need to start looking for another channel master 1m... I wish I could find some masts for this thing.. Right now I have it on a 2 3/8" pipe in the ground with about 80 lbs of creat holding it... I would like to, later on this spring, find some wall mount masts that I can bolt to a pallet with some sand bags on it to hold it in place-I rent, heh

 

[Mr Tony]

you can get it in Illinois. Here in MN the elevation is 15 but its doable

Nothing there free except for a couple duplicates of DIsh 101

 

[havenx]

After listening to what some other people said I was looking at this http://www.lyngsat.com/echo1.html and seeing Starz, HBO, and Encore West as fta...

 

[john green]

Nope.I was wondering what you meant.

 

[Mr Tony]

MPEG-4 8PSK is the "encryption"

We can't get MPEG 4 stuff even if it was straight DVB...boxes are only MPEG-2

 

[charper1]

I hear that sometimes there are some free feeds on there that are pretty darn interesting... if ya know what I mean

No, what do you mean?

Those Echostar listings are MPEG4 and HD.

 

[havenx]

The source of this information is from a guy that is really not that good at this stuff.

 

[john green]

Sounds like it.Next time you should check with the 2005 Sat Guy of the Year Mr.Iceberg.

 

[havenx]

Yea, speaking of the Iceberg, question... What are the specs for a 6 foot FTA bud... I remember a post about a year ago about the holes in the mesh being to small or to large or something. Pretty much, next year or so I am moiving up north a bit to go to more school and uhh, I am gonna have to come down to just ONE dish... AHHHHHHHHHHH... But anyways, I was thinking about throwing a 6 foot bud c/ku out there. At any rate... I was going to go ahead and buy the thing with in the next few months so that I can get it all figured out, plus I have the money now and may not have it later.... Anyways... So what should I buy?

 

[john green]

A pencil should not be able to pass through the holes.
Iceberg can fill you in on the rest.

 

[havenx]

I hope he sees this thread... Perhaps I should make a post... Meh, I will just wait till I am ready to buy one... Like in a few weeks or something.

 

[john green]

Iceberg sees all

 

[Mr Tony]

Yea, speaking of the Iceberg, question... What are the specs for a 6 foot FTA bud... I remember a post about a year ago about the holes in the mesh being to small or to large or something. Pretty much, next year or so I am moiving up north a bit to go to more school and uhh, I am gonna have to come down to just ONE dish... AHHHHHHHHHHH... But anyways, I was thinking about throwing a 6 foot bud c/ku out there. At any rate... I was going to go ahead and buy the thing with in the next few months so that I can get it all figured out, plus I have the money now and may not have it later.... Anyways... So what should I buy?

I'm working with a solid 6 footer but is its mesh dish then you have to use the pencil trick. If you can fit a pencil through the holes then it won't work well with KU band

If you can find a good used one that would work. Otherwise Sadoun has the 6 footers

 

[Mr Tony]

I hope he sees this thread... Perhaps I should make a post... Meh, I will just wait till I am ready to buy one... Like in a few weeks or something.

Iceberg sees all

(it may take me a little while ot get to them but I see pretty much every thread in the FTA area)

 

[Mr Tony]

havenx
About those channels on Echo 1...when I first saw them on there I buzzed over to 148 only to get 3 duplicates of DIsh 101

 

[digiblur]

MPEG-4 8PSK is the "encryption"

We can't get MPEG 4 stuff even if it was straight DVB...boxes are only MPEG-2

I hope you meant by "encryption" is that we can't see them. MPEG-4 and 8PSK aren't encryption schemes. DishNet uses Nagra2 for encryption.

 

[HokieEngineer]

MPEG-4 8PSK is the "encryption"

We can't get MPEG 4 stuff even if it was straight DVB...boxes are only MPEG-2

With the right hardware you can

While the channels are not correct on lyngsat anymore, that TP is not encrypted.