Newbie....please Help

Status
Please reply by conversation.

pitopr21

Member
Original poster
Aug 5, 2005
6
0
I new to the hobby and I want to know what i need to buy to get started. I live in area code 33569.
 
Ok..Where would be the best place to buy a good system that picks up the most channels?
 
Hello and WELCOME to the SatelliteGuys.US FTA forum :welcome

Can't use a Directv receiver it is NOT compatible. Here are all the angles to the satellites from where you are!

Code:
                     Riverview, FL 33569
          Latitude 27° 50.700'N Longitude 82° 18.750'W

                        Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m)   El  Skew
---------------------------------------------------------------
                                
                                
                    Intelsat 901   18.0W 102.7 107.4 14.1 -59.6
                                
                    Intelsat 603   20.0W 103.8 108.6 15.9 -59.2
                                
                           NSS 7   22.0W 104.9 109.7 17.7 -58.7
                                
                    Intelsat 905   24.5W 106.4 111.2 19.9 -58.0
                                
                    Intelsat 907   27.5W 108.2 113.0 22.6 -57.1
                                
                  Hispasat 1C/1D   30.0W 109.8 114.6 24.8 -56.3
                                
                    Intelsat 801   31.5W 110.8 115.6 26.2 -55.7
                                
                    Intelsat 903   34.5W 112.9 117.7 28.8 -54.5
                                
             AMC 12 & Telstar 11   37.5W 115.2 120.0 31.4 -53.1
                                
                         NSS 806   40.5W 117.6 122.4 34.0 -51.6
                                
                       PAS 6B/3R   43.0W 119.7 124.5 36.2 -50.2
                                
                          PAS 1R   45.0W 121.5 126.3 37.8 -48.9
                                
                    Intelsat 705   50.0W 126.4 131.2 41.9 -45.3
                                
                    Intelsat 707   53.0W 129.8 134.5 44.2 -42.8
                                
                    Intelsat 805   55.5W 132.7 137.5 46.1 -40.5
                                
                           PAS 9   58.0W 136.0 140.7 47.9 -37.9
                                
                        Amazonas   61.0W 140.1 144.9 49.9 -34.5
                                
          EchoStar 3 & Rainbow 1   61.5W 140.9 145.6 50.2 -33.9
                                
                Estrela do Sul 1   63.0W 143.1 147.9 51.1 -32.0
                                
                    Brasilsat B2   65.0W 146.3 151.1 52.3 -29.4
                                
                    Brasilsat B1   70.0W 155.0 159.7 54.7 -22.0
                                
                Nahuel 1 & AMC 6   72.0W 158.7 163.5 55.5 -18.7
                                
                           AMC 6   72.0W 158.7 163.5 55.5 -18.7
                                
                       DirecTV 5   72.5W 159.7 164.5 55.7 -17.9
                                
                           SBS 6   74.0W 162.6 167.4 56.2 -15.3
                                
                           AMC 5   79.0W 172.9 177.7 57.3  -6.2
                                
                         Nimiq 2   82.0W 179.3 184.1 57.5  -0.6
                                
                           AMC 9   83.0W 181.5 186.3 57.5   1.3
                                
                    Brasilsat B3   84.0W 183.6 188.4 57.4   3.2
                                
                          AMC 16   85.0W 185.7 190.5 57.4   5.1
                                
                           AMC 3   87.0W 190.0 194.7 57.1   8.8
                                
             Intelsat Americas 8   89.0W 194.1 198.9 56.7  12.4
                                
                Galaxy 11/Nimiq1   91.0W 198.1 202.9 56.1  16.0
                                
                    Brasilsat B4   92.0W 200.1 204.9 55.8  17.7
                                
                       Telstar 6   93.0W 202.0 206.8 55.4  19.3
                                
                       Galaxy 3C   95.0W 205.7 210.5 54.6  22.6
                                
             Intelsat Americas 5   97.0W 209.3 214.1 53.7  25.6
                                
                       Galaxy 4R   99.0W 212.7 217.5 52.6  28.5
                                
                           AMC 4  101.0W 215.9 220.7 51.5  31.2
                                
                           AMC 1  103.0W 219.0 223.7 50.3  33.8
                                
                          AMC 15  105.0W 221.8 226.6 49.0  36.1
                                
                         Anik F1  107.3W 224.9 229.7 47.4  38.6
                                
        DirecTV 6 & EchoStar 6/8  110.0W 228.3 233.1 45.4  41.3
                                
                         Anik F2  111.1W 229.6 234.4 44.6  42.4
                                
                   Solidaridad 2  113.0W 231.8 236.6 43.2  44.0
                                
                        SatMex 5  116.8W 235.8 240.6 40.1  47.0
                                
         EchoStar 7 & DirecTV 7S  119.0W 237.9 242.7 38.3  48.5
                                
 EchoStar 9/Intelsat Americas 13  121.0W 239.7 244.5 36.7  49.8
                                
                      Galaxy 10R  123.0W 241.5 246.3 35.0  51.0
                                
                       Galaxy 12  125.0W 243.1 247.9 33.3  52.1
                                
            Galaxy 13/Horizons 1  127.0W 244.7 249.5 31.5  53.1
                                
             Intelsat Americas 7  129.0W 246.2 251.0 29.8  54.0
                                
                          AMC 11  131.0W 247.7 252.5 28.0  54.9
                                
                       Galaxy 1R  133.0W 249.1 253.9 26.3  55.7
                                
                          AMC 10  135.0W 250.4 255.2 24.5  56.4
                                
                           AMC 7  137.0W 251.7 256.5 22.7  57.1
                                
                           AMC 8  139.0W 252.9 257.7 20.9  57.7
                                
                    EchoStar 1/2  148.0W 258.1 262.9 12.9  59.9

        Satellite Finder is (c) Copyright 2004, P. Lutus
 
I would check out our review area then visit one of our (Top of page) FTA sponsors :D
 
As someone who just went though the same thing, I would recommend the following:

1. Winegard 2076 Dish.
2. SG2100 motor.
3. Invacom .3 LNB or Fortec .4 LNB.
4. If you want the ability to get channels with AC3 (Dolby Digital 5.1 sound), Fortec Lifetime Ultra or Pansat 3500s.
5. If you don't need AC3, Coolsat 4000 Pro.

As for where to buy, I have used PSB (mod here) and Sadoun-both are first rate.

Good Luck :)
 
Status
Please reply by conversation.

question about my sg2100.

Will be ordering my motorized FTA System on Monday....

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Total: 0, Members: 0, Guests: 0)

Who Read This Thread (Total Members: 1)