tcass said:
I'm in Jackson, Miss.-area and want to "move" to New Orleans. can anyone tell me if the spot beam for New Orleans' stations will reach that far north?
As Pepper said, a little research does wonders; and using his links....
It looks like the footprint for "E-10 SpotBeam 12" just barely covers Jackson, MS. You should be able to go to Point Dish, select Sat 110 & Transponder 23, to see if you will have a strong enough signal to pick up NOLA channels from Jackson.
Looking at
http://ekb.dbstalk.com/E10spots/e10spots.pdf, Jackson is in SB-11, but on the edge of SB-12 & SB-15; and a good ways from SB-14, SB-07, & SB-10. I would say if you pick anything up on TP-23, that it is coming from SB-12 which serves NOLA.
It looks like all of MS, all but the SE of AL, and most of southern TN is on SB-11.
You may find NOLA at Sat-110/TP-23/SB-12.
You may find Monroe at Sat-110/TP-27/SB-15
You may find Shreveport at Sat-110/TP-18/SB-15
Not likely, but if the footprints are off, you would have interference from the below:
You may find Nashville at Sat-110/TP-23/SB-10
You may find Cincinnati at Sat-110/TP-23/SB-10
Edit:
If you move to NOLA, you won't be able to watch the Saints games unless you use an outside antenna to pick up Jackson OTA.
Hope you find a place to move to.