Northern Locations-Still need 2 Dishes for Sat 119 & 110?

[theyukonkid]

Brevig Mission is located at 65.334235~N 166.492952~W

Near Nome, Alaska

I heard there was suppose to be a sat. launch that would solve this 2 Dish problem.

Any input would be nice.

Thanks

 

[Mr Tony]

yes you will need 2 dishes.
The one dish solution was for Puerto Rico

119 has the "core" programming and 110 has the HD/some additional channels

 

[tcreek]

A third disk for 129 is needed if you want more HD channels.

 

[theyukonkid]

A 3rd Dish????!!!??? I thought 2 Dishes were bad enough!

How many more channels does the 129 sat. offer?

 

[Mr Tony]

tcreek
I thought they were moving the 129 HD to a spotbeam on 110 for Alaska?

according to thelist they are moving HD to spotbeam 46 & 47 for AK folks
http://www.satelliteguys.us/thelist...=true&sort=BEAM&order=&beamMap=E10_SB4647.jpg

edit: schmuck you're right....lots of HD on 129 too

 

[theyukonkid]

for the second or third Dish what's the smallest size that will do the job?

 

[tcreek]

There are 30 HD channels for Ak/HI on 129. Plus I'm told if you use a 6' dish, you may be able to receive the Conus HD channels (movie channels) also.

 

[Mr Tony]

because the HD is on a spotbeam you might be able to get away with a smaller dish than the "normal" dishes

the spotbeam signal is aimed directly at Alaska versus the lower 48

 

[tcreek]

for the second or third Dish what's the smallest size that will do the job?

I use a 6' for 110 (could probably be smaller with the new sat they put up), a 48 inch for 119, and currently a 48 for 129. I have a 6' to put up for 129 one day.

 

[Mr Tony]

I wonder if you can get by with a 30 or 36" if you wanted just the spotbeamed stuff?

I remember when Puerto Rico put up their SD locals on spotbeam folks got acceptable results with a 18" dish (but no other programming on 110)

 

[tcreek]

I wonder if you can get by with a 30 or 36" if you wanted just the spotbeamed stuff?

I remember when Puerto Rico put up their SD locals on spotbeam folks got acceptable results with a 18" dish (but no other programming on 110)

I see 30 and 36 inch ones around town, but don't know anyone that has one. Everyone I know with Dish has at least a 48 inch.

 

[theyukonkid]

My hope was that a 30'' or 36'' would do. Its a lot cheaper to ship!

 

[tcreek]

My hope was that a 30'' or 36'' would do. Its a lot cheaper to ship!

I've been able to pick used dishes locally. I have not found anyone who will ship a 6 foot dish to me.


Have you looked at the spot beam map on the "The List!" tab? That will give you an idea of the signal pattern for your site.

 

[theyukonkid]

please decode

Have you looked at the spot beam map on the "The List!" tab? That will give you an idea of the signal pattern for your site.

I looked. I have NO idea what I'm looking for......

 

[Jim5506]

Go to the List.

Click on Subscription list Home.

Select the satellite you wish to explore.

Find the Alaska spotbeams.

The Beam column has all the spotbeam and conus beam maps for that satellite.

For instance Number 5121 on E10 @ 110 is a spotbeam for Juneau, and the map shows spots 46 and 47 for Alaska and Hawaii.

 

[digiblur]

If you need some true dbw numbers for those AK beams let me know.