Express A3 at 11.0°W

[123tim]

Would anyone know if it's possible to receive Express A3 at 11.0°W from Pennsylvania? (Zip 16669) The footprint which is listed as "global a9" seems to be in Russian, so I have no idea which one it is on the Express A3 web page. Most of the footprints shown seem to have the East Coast pretty well covered.

I have a 36 inch Fortec dish. Would this be large enough if it is possible to get it?

I'm really interested in Atlantic sats, but haven't been able to pick up any (if it's even possible) because of the current location of my dish. I plan to move that soon.

Thank you.
http://www.lyngsat.com/ea3.html

 

[PSB]

Even if they are broadcasting in this direction its going to be tough at an elevation of under 9 deg.

                    Petersburg, PA 16669
         Latitude 40° 36.180'N Longitude 77° 59.904'W

                       Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m)   El  Skew
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                     Express A3   11.0W 105.4 116.9  8.7 -47.0
                               
                     Telstar 12   15.0W 108.3 119.8 11.6 -46.1
                               
                 

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[mikekohl]

Most of the signals are C-band and circular.
Start with a 10-foot dish and dielectric type Feed,
or possibly a true circular feed such as those from ADL, and an antenna at least 8 feet in diameter.

 

[BrettTRay]

I would like to pick up the Aljazeera Channel on Intelsat 907 @ 27.5deg. but its a circular c-band signal and the elevation is something like 20degrees here in alabama.

 

[123tim]

Even if they are broadcasting in this direction its going to be tough at an elevation of under 9 deg.

Thanks. I was afraid that would be one of the possible answers. I have a very clear line of sight in that direction, but in this part of PA, 9 degrees is impossible even on the highest ridges (in my opinion). I had my hopes up when I saw that the footprint went past Ohio.

I had been interested in the Italian sounding Ku stations that I saw listed.

Thanks to everyone for their help.

Does anyone have the time and feel like taking on a a hypothetical question?
If I were on the extreme east coast, sitting on a cliff looking out over the ocean, what is the last satellite that I would be able to "see"? Would I need a larger dish (KU band) than I use now? (36 inch)

Not an important question by any means...I never plan to live on a cliff on the east coast. I like my real estate to remain real.

Thanks

 

[PSB]

I picked the below city and state as its right on the east coast........

                   Wilmington, NC 28412
          Latitude 34° 9.432'N Longitude 77° 54.846'W

                       Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m)   El  Skew
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           Thor 2/3 Intelsat 10    1.0W  97.4 107.0  2.1 -55.1
                               
                       Amos 1/2    4.0W  99.2 108.8  4.6 -54.8
                               
                Atlantic Bird 3    5.0W  99.8 109.4  5.4 -54.6
                               
                Nilesat 101/102    7.0W 101.0 110.6  7.1 -54.3
                               
     Telecom 2D/Atlantic Bird 2    8.0W 101.6 111.2  7.9 -54.2
                               
                     Express A3   11.0W 103.5 113.1 10.4 -53.6
                               
                     Telstar 12   15.0W 106.0 115.6 13.7 -52.7
                               
                   Intelsat 901   18.0W 108.0 117.6 16.2 -51.9
                               
                          NSS 7   22.0W 110.8 120.4 19.4 -50.7
                               
                   Intelsat 905   24.5W 112.6 122.2 21.5 -49.8
                               
                   Intelsat 907   27.5W 114.9 124.5 23.9 -48.6
                               
                  Hispasat 1C/D   30.0W 116.9 126.5 25.9 -47.6
                               


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Seems very similar to the way Lyngsat lists the satellites into regions.......

http://lyngsat.com/atlantic.html