Is Anyone Receiving Intelstat 35e ?

[Tunacaptain]

I'm wondering if anyone is receiving Intelstat 35e at 34.5 degrees West? It is mainly for the French Caribbean but the the beam reached a long ways north (I use it mainly for the audio radio channels which are in the clear)
Because of a tree block, I usually can get it only during the winter months. I tried to get it this week, but with no success whatsoever. Interestingly I can get Hispasat 5/6 next store with absolutely no problem.
Is anyone aware if they have changed their beam (I am in southern Canada near Ottawa)?
Thanks!

 

[mikekohl]

I'm wondering if anyone is receiving Intelstat 35e at 34.5 degrees West? It is mainly for the French Caribbean but the the beam reached a long ways north (I use it mainly for the audio radio channels which are in the clear)
Because of a tree block, I usually can get it only during the winter months. I tried to get it this week, but with no success whatsoever. Interestingly I can get Hispasat 5/6 next store with absolutely no problem.
Is anyone aware if they have changed their beam (I am in southern Canada near Ottawa)?
Thanks!

A well tuned 90 cm offset should bring in some of the channels in your location, as I am getting it in SW Wisconsin under test conditions. Same antenna on 30 West is definitely stronger/
34.5w is very fussy about pinpoint tuning, so recommend at least a 1.2 meter offset for some more gain, or use of a spectrum analyzer to fine tune each polarity separately. The fact that you got it last year means that 34.5 should become usable again once all leaves have fallen.

 

[Keith Brannen]

I am in Southwestern Ontario and have no problem getting 34.5W on my 80cm (except for one transponder, 11100 V 45000, which needs pinpoint accuracy, and a larger dish would be better).

 

[Brct203]

i receive it on a 90cm in western Connecticut. The reception is not as good as it used to be, but still ok, with not a lot of margin for rain fade though. As mentionned by Keith, 11100V is more difficult

As a francophone, i'm mostly interested in receiving FranceInfoTV and France 24, as well as some of the radio stations (Radio Transat is pretty good if you like classic rock)