newbie to fta

[ckny]

hello everyone,
I do not know much about the FTA thing. I'm trying to set up a system for my mother to watch foreign channels(Vietnamese) and other FTA channels in US as well. The one that doesn't require monthly fee or any hacking. I was wondering if someone can help me with this. I've already done little research but still not sure what to do. I am planning to setup for three receivers in three seperate rooms, and each one can watch different channel without interfere to others. Any information or help would be really appreciated! For instance like what sort of satellite dish, and lnb I need. Should I by a motorized satellite dish system or the fixed one with multi lnbs? THANKS!

 

[PSB]

Hello and WELCOME to the SatelliteGuys.US FTA forum

I would advice a motorized system but of course everyone will have to watch channels on the same satellite!
I would get at least a 30" dish (bigger is better) and a KU LNBF will also be needed.

Let us know your zip code and we will give you the angles to all the satellites from your location, if you are doing the install yourself its a good idea to set up the system without a motor first!

 

[PSB]

Only seems to be one FTA channel right now from Vietnam viewable from this country, so do your home work BEFORE you waste your money : )

http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/Vietnam.html

http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Channels/Channels-FTA-free-to-air-Satellite-TV.htm

There does seem to be some radio FTA have a look below!

http://www.global-cm.net/MPEGlistKuBandUS.html

 

[ckny]

Thank you much. My zip code is 30093, so what are the angles to all the satellites from my location? How do I get the correct angles? What tools should I use for that?

 

[PSB]

Norcross, GA 30093
          Latitude 33° 54.360'N Longitude 84° 11.040'W

                         Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m)   El  Skew
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                       Telstar 12   15.0W 102.0 106.8  8.6 -54.3
                                 
                     Intelsat 901   18.0W 103.8 108.6 11.0 -53.7
                                 
                     Intelsat 603   20.0W 105.1 109.9 12.7 -53.3
                                 
                            NSS 7   22.0W 106.4 111.2 14.4 -52.8
                                 
                     Intelsat 905   24.5W 108.1 112.9 16.4 -52.1
                                 
                     Intelsat 907   27.5W 110.1 114.9 18.9 -51.2
                                 
                   Hispasat 1C/1D   30.0W 111.9 116.7 20.9 -50.3
                                 
                     Intelsat 801   31.5W 113.0 117.8 22.2 -49.8
                                 
                     Intelsat 903   34.5W 115.3 120.1 24.6 -48.6
                                 
              AMC 12 & Telstar 11   37.5W 117.7 122.5 27.0 -47.3
                                 
                          NSS 806   40.5W 120.3 125.1 29.3 -45.8
                                 
                        PAS 6B/3R   43.0W 122.5 127.3 31.2 -44.4
                                 
                           PAS 1R   45.0W 124.4 129.2 32.7 -43.2
                                 
                     Intelsat 705   50.0W 129.4 134.2 36.4 -39.9
                                 
                     Intelsat 707   53.0W 132.7 137.5 38.4 -37.6
                                 
                     Intelsat 805   55.5W 135.6 140.4 40.1 -35.5
                                 
                            PAS 9   58.0W 138.6 143.4 41.7 -33.3
                                 
                         Amazonas   61.0W 142.5 147.3 43.4 -30.4
                                 
           EchoStar 3 & Rainbow 1   61.5W 143.2 148.0 43.7 -29.8
                                 
                 Estrela do Sul 1   63.0W 145.2 150.0 44.5 -28.3
                                 
                     Brasilsat B2   65.0W 148.0 152.9 45.5 -26.1
                                 
                     Brasilsat B1   70.0W 155.6 160.4 47.7 -20.0
                                 
                 Nahuel 1 & AMC 6   72.0W 158.8 163.6 48.5 -17.4
                                 
                        DirecTV 5   72.5W 159.7 164.5 48.6 -16.8
                                 
                            SBS 6   74.0W 162.1 167.0 49.1 -14.7
                                 
                            AMC 5   79.0W 170.8 175.6 50.2  -7.7
                                 
                          Nimiq 2   82.0W 176.1 180.9 50.5  -3.2
                                 
                            AMC 9   83.0W 177.9 182.7 50.6  -1.8
                                 
                     Brasilsat B3   84.0W 179.7 184.5 50.6  -0.3
                                 
                           AMC 16   85.0W 181.5 186.3 50.6   1.2
                                 
                            AMC 3   87.0W 185.0 189.8 50.5   4.2
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 8   89.0W 188.6 193.4 50.2   7.1
                                 
                 Galaxy 11/Nimiq1   91.0W 192.1 196.9 49.9  10.0
                                 
                     Brasilsat B4   92.0W 193.8 198.6 49.7  11.4
                                 
                        Telstar 6   93.0W 195.5 200.3 49.5  12.8
                                 
                        Galaxy 3C   95.0W 198.9 203.7 48.9  15.6
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 5   97.0W 202.2 207.0 48.2  18.3
                                 
                        Galaxy 4R   99.0W 205.4 210.2 47.5  20.8
                                 
                            AMC 4  101.0W 208.4 213.3 46.6  23.3
                                 
                            AMC 1  103.0W 211.4 216.2 45.7  25.6
                                 
                           AMC 15  105.0W 214.3 219.1 44.7  27.9
                                 
                          Anik F1  107.3W 217.4 222.2 43.5  30.3
                                 
         DirecTV 6 & EchoStar 6/8  110.0W 220.9 225.7 41.9  32.9
                                 
                          Anik F2  111.1W 222.3 227.1 41.2  34.0
                                 
                    Solidaridad 2  113.0W 224.6 229.4 40.0  35.6
                                 
                         SatMex 5  116.8W 228.9 233.7 37.5  38.7
                                 
          EchoStar 7 & DirecTV 7S  119.0W 231.3 236.1 35.9  40.3
                                 
  EchoStar 9/Intelsat Americas 13  121.0W 233.3 238.1 34.5  41.7
                                 
                       Galaxy 10R  123.0W 235.3 240.1 33.0  43.0
                                 
                        Galaxy 12  125.0W 237.1 241.9 31.5  44.2
                                 
             Galaxy 13/Horizons 1  127.0W 238.9 243.8 30.0  45.3
                                 
 Intelsat Americas 7 & EchoStar 5  129.0W 240.7 245.5 28.4  46.4
                                 
                           AMC 11  131.0W 242.4 247.2 26.9  47.3
                                 
                        Galaxy 1R  133.0W 244.0 248.8 25.3  48.2
                                 
                           AMC 10  135.0W 245.5 250.4 23.7  49.1
                                 
                            AMC 7  137.0W 247.1 251.9 22.0  49.8
                                 
                            AMC 8  139.0W 248.5 253.3 20.4  50.6
                                 
                     EchoStar 1/2  148.0W 254.7 259.5 13.0  53.2

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