In the US, No Sat 82 since Nimiq4, need advice

[danny johnson]

Where you at?...

I am in Indiana...I get 82 and 91 on my dish 500. They set side by side...I use NO skew. I hooked up one cable...found 82 then ..tweeked, shut down ...hooked both cables up and had 82 and 91. I did find one thing though but never investigated it but ran acrosss a Galxy and found it was 91....dont know why but it was so if ya see it..try it. Good luck.

 

[Mr Tony]

the reason you dont need to skew is because 86.5 (1/2 way between the sats) is close to your true south

edit: checking thelist sat calculator, 87W IS your true south...so you dont need to skew. Most everywhere else you have to

 

[coldnorth]

what will I get in las Vegas

I am looking to place an Bell Express VU 18" ~ 24" dish in Las Vegas on an older 2300 receiver. is it worth the hassle, what transponders will I get.
somewhere I read even with a 30 inch I will miss transponders?

 

[2k1Toaster]

Look at post #35 in this thread.

82 is a DEDICATED 1.2 meter dish and those are the signal strengths I get from night to day. Basically HD when the sun is up, otherwise too weak for a lock.

Colorado Springs, CO vs. Vegas has a better location so you would need something larger.

 

[coldnorth]

Look at post #35 in this thread.

82 is a DEDICATED 1.2 meter dish and those are the signal strengths I get from night to day. Basically HD when the sun is up, otherwise too weak for a lock.

Colorado Springs, CO vs. Vegas has a better location so you would need something larger.

Thanks, I am only looking for Transponders on 91 only. Will give a 24 inch dish a try in vegas

 

[2k1Toaster]

Thanks, I am only looking for Transponders on 91 only. Will give a 24 inch dish a try in vegas

Well 91 has the same old sat up in the sky, with the very broad footprint. You can pick that up with the standard dish. But you will get 0 on 82 with it, guaranteed.

 

[flapjack15]

I'm down in the C.Springs area I do have an 30 inches dish aiming at Bell 82 witch as a gain of 38.9 db(HiKuBand), I do get 82 in between 50 to 75 % during day time depending of the transponder I check, Night time I have a 10% signal drop, so I loose some transponders....
I'm currently looking at increasing my dish size but I have not made up my mind yet if I get a 36 or 39 inches, the thing to keep in mind is the actual gain of the dish, there is 36 inches dish that will give you a gain close to a 30 inches dish so you have to be careful on your dish selection.... I will let you know how I make out. Every 3 DB in gain you double your strength (in theory) You should get a gain of around 1.5 to 2 DB between a 30 and 36 inches dish from the same company.

 

[2k1Toaster]

I'm down in the C.Springs area I do have an 30 inches dish aiming at Bell 82 witch as a gain of 38.9 db(HiKuBand), I do get 82 in between 50 to 75 % during day time depending of the transponder I check, Night time I have a 10% signal drop, so I loose some transponders....
I'm currently looking at increasing my dish size but I have not made up my mind yet if I get a 36 or 39 inches, the thing to keep in mind is the actual gain of the dish, there is 36 inches dish that will give you a gain close to a 30 inches dish so you have to be careful on your dish selection.... I will let you know how I make out. Every 3 DB in gain you double your strength (in theory) You should get a gain of around 1.5 to 2 DB between a 30 and 36 inches dish from the same company.

Im in the springs, I have the same thing happening. Let me know what happens when you get results