Receiving Amazonas2 in BC

[guacharaca]

I have been out looking for a good location to plant a BUD in the back yard such that it will be able to see 58W. It is a problem because 58W is so low on the eastern horizon here in the west and my building is also in the way. I eventually found a location and thought I would verify it by trying to receive a Ku signal from Amazonas2 . I dragged over the portable 1.2 meter dish to the location and by using the vector on Dishpointer.com as a guide, I got a beep from the Stb. It is a weak signal but with some tweaking I received enough signal to watch the promo video about Amazonas2’s new technology. Amazonas2 is the furthest satellite from BC that I have been able to get a lock.

 

[boom]

nice...yeah that promo video is the only thing I've ever seen on there with my 36" Ku dish (I'm in NJ)

 

[crackt]

i didnt even know that promo was there. haha. its a medium signal here in sk on a 1m. if you can see that sat you should be close to hit 58w. its about 1.8 degrees lower for your location than 61w.

crackt out,.

 

[Jim S.]

Is there anything on 58 that's beamed that far north?

 

[crackt]

i havent seen any ku on 58w. i can get cband down to 37.5w and ive seen ku there too. i can hit 30w from out of town but not quite from my yard. its at 2.6 degrees elevation.

crackt out,.

 

[guacharaca]

2.6 degrees of elevation! Now that is flat country. Yes I noticed on the footprint charts that those C-band signals can go a long way. My original reason for obtaining 58W was to receive Caracol from Colombia on C. However they recently scrambled that signal. But I still want to achieve the goal of 58W for others Tps on C. I am also hoping to pick up that Thai station signal coming over the pacific once I get this 12 footer into the ground.

 

[putney]

i can get cband down to 37.5w and ive seen ku there too.

crackt out,.

I was trying for 37.5ºw but wasn't sure that I had found a TP with a NA footprint.
Can you enlighten me?

Thanks

 

[crackt]

I was trying for 37.5ºw but wasn't sure that I had found a TP with a NA footprint.
Can you enlighten me?

Thanks

3805v 2143. metro tv. its not listed anywhere but its there.

crackt out,.