FTA Chinese What do I need?

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NiteOwl

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Oct 12, 2005
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Hi,
I am new to FTA. I basically have no equipment yet. I do have a Dish 500 18" dish. My location is Enola, PA 17025 near Harrisburg. My wife is from Taiwan and she really would like to watch TV shows from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China. I'm a computer guy, so I'm thinking about using one of the PCI card receivers. What equipment will I need?

Thanks.
 
Hello WELCOME to the SatelliteGuys.US FTA forum!

Other than a card of your choice a 30" dish (min.) a KU LNBF and motor will be needed to get the most out of your system. LOADS of great channels like the CCTV channels on the G3C satellite at 95w.

Here are all the angles to the satellites from your area.....


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                         Enola, PA 17025
          Latitude 40° 17.532'N Longitude 76° 56.592'W

                         Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m)   El  Skew
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                       Telstar 12   15.0W 109.0 120.9 12.5 -46.1
                                 
                     Intelsat 901   18.0W 111.3 123.2 14.8 -45.3
                                 
                     Intelsat 603   20.0W 112.8 124.7 16.2 -44.7
                                 
                            NSS 7   22.0W 114.4 126.3 17.7 -44.0
                                 
                     Intelsat 905   24.5W 116.4 128.4 19.5 -43.1
                                 
                     Intelsat 907   27.5W 119.0 130.9 21.6 -41.9
                                 
                   Hispasat 1C/1D   30.0W 121.1 133.1 23.4 -40.8
                                 
                     Intelsat 801   31.5W 122.5 134.4 24.4 -40.0
                                 
                     Intelsat 903   34.5W 125.3 137.2 26.5 -38.5
                                 
              AMC 12 & Telstar 11   37.5W 128.2 140.1 28.4 -36.8
                                 
                          NSS 806   40.5W 131.2 143.1 30.3 -35.0
                                 
                        PAS 6B/3R   43.0W 133.9 145.8 31.9 -33.4
                                 
                           PAS 1R   45.0W 136.0 148.0 33.1 -32.0
                                 
                     Intelsat 705   50.0W 141.8 153.8 35.8 -28.1
                                 
                     Intelsat 707   53.0W 145.5 157.4 37.3 -25.6
                                 
                     Intelsat 805   55.5W 148.7 160.6 38.4 -23.3
                                 
                            PAS 9   58.0W 152.0 164.0 39.5 -21.0
                                 
                         Amazonas   61.0W 156.2 168.1 40.6 -18.0
                                 
           EchoStar 3 & Rainbow 1   61.5W 156.9 168.8 40.7 -17.4
                                 
                 Estrela do Sul 1   63.0W 159.0 170.9 41.2 -15.9
                                 
                     Brasilsat B2   65.0W 161.9 173.8 41.8 -13.7
                                 
                     Brasilsat B1   70.0W 169.3 181.3 42.8  -8.1
                                 
                 Nahuel 1 & AMC 6   72.0W 172.4 184.3 43.1  -5.8
                                 
                        DirecTV 5   72.5W 173.1 185.1 43.2  -5.2
                                 
                            SBS 6   74.0W 175.5 187.4 43.3  -3.5
                                 
                            AMC 5   79.0W 183.2 195.1 43.3   2.4
                                 
                          Nimiq 2   82.0W 187.8 199.7 43.1   5.9
                                 
                            AMC 9   83.0W 189.3 201.2 43.0   7.1
                                 
                     Brasilsat B3   84.0W 190.8 202.8 42.8   8.2
                                 
                           AMC 16   85.0W 192.3 204.3 42.7   9.4
                                 
                            AMC 3   87.0W 195.3 207.3 42.3  11.6
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 8   89.0W 198.3 210.2 41.8  13.8
                                 
                 Galaxy 11/Nimiq1   91.0W 201.2 213.1 41.2  16.0
                                 
                     Brasilsat B4   92.0W 202.6 214.5 40.9  17.0
                                 
                        Telstar 6   93.0W 204.0 215.9 40.5  18.1
                                 
                        Galaxy 3C   95.0W 206.8 218.7 39.8  20.1
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 5   97.0W 209.4 221.4 39.0  22.0
                                 
                        Galaxy 4R   99.0W 212.1 224.0 38.2  23.9
                                 
                            AMC 4  101.0W 214.6 226.5 37.2  25.7
                                 
                            AMC 1  103.0W 217.1 229.0 36.2  27.4
                                 
                           AMC 15  105.0W 219.5 231.4 35.2  29.0
                                 
                          Anik F1  107.3W 222.2 234.1 34.0  30.8
                                 
         DirecTV 6 & EchoStar 6/8  110.0W 225.2 237.1 32.4  32.8
                                 
                          Anik F2  111.1W 226.4 238.3 31.7  33.5
                                 
                    Solidaridad 2  113.0W 228.4 240.3 30.6  34.8
                                 
                         SatMex 5  116.8W 232.2 244.2 28.2  37.1
                                 
          EchoStar 7 & DirecTV 7S  119.0W 234.4 246.3 26.7  38.3
                                 
  EchoStar 9/Intelsat Americas 13  121.0W 236.2 248.2 25.4  39.4
                                 
                       Galaxy 10R  123.0W 238.1 250.0 24.0  40.3
                                 
                        Galaxy 12  125.0W 239.8 251.8 22.6  41.3
                                 
             Galaxy 13/Horizons 1  127.0W 241.6 253.5 21.2  42.1
                                 
 Intelsat Americas 7 & EchoStar 5  129.0W 243.2 255.2 19.8  42.9
                                 
                           AMC 11  131.0W 244.9 256.8 18.3  43.7
                                 
                        Galaxy 1R  133.0W 246.5 258.4 16.9  44.4
                                 
                           AMC 10  135.0W 248.0 260.0 15.4  45.0
                                 
                            AMC 7  137.0W 249.6 261.5 13.9  45.6
                                 
                            AMC 8  139.0W 251.1 263.0 12.4  46.2
                                 
                     EchoStar 1/2  148.0W 257.5 269.4  5.7  48.1

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Many chinese channels are on Intelsat Americas 5 (97W) and Galaxy 3C (95W).

NTD-TV, MAC-TV, DA_I, BL-TV,... are on IA5
CCTV4 and ATV are on G3

Check the following links for more details

-http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/China.html
-http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/Taiwan.html
-http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/Hong-Kong.html

I would recommend a motor like SG2100 (DMSI)
You could buy them all here... www.psbsatellite.com
 
I can receive CCTV and NDT-TV with an 18 inch dish with a linear LNB rigged to the feedpoint. IT looks like the best free Tiawan programs are on MAC-TV. For that you need at least a 30 inch Dish. Good luck and don't give up. Finding that first transponder can drive one buggy. ;-)
 
Thanks a lot guys! Looks like I will be shopping this weekend. Maybe I'll try the Fortec 90U dish and the SG2100 motor. I think the dish comes with a Fortec 0.4 db Universal LNB. Would I be better off with the 0.3 db Invacom QPF-031? What is MAC-TV? :p
 
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