what can I get from my location?

[icstephen]

I tried to search the forums for this but didnt find anything so I figured I would just ask, I know there is a software tool somwhere that will tell you if you put in your co-ordinates. The reason Im asking is that I'm thinking of moving and would like to see what I might be able to get. The co-ordinates are 62N 155W.

 

[qwert1515]

85.0°W AMC 16 Ku Elevation:0.5°
91.0°W Galaxy 11 C/Ku Elevation:3.2°
97.0°W Galaxy 25 C/Ku Elevation:5.8°
103.0°W AMC 1 C/Ku Elevation:8.2°
111.0°W Anik F2 C/Ku Elevation:11.2°
123.0°W Galaxy 10R C/Ku Elevation:15.1°

Your closest true south satellite would be: 148.0°W EchoStar 1.2 Ku
19.6° Elevation, that is very low, so I hope you have a very clear view to the South at that location.

 

[Anole]

First tool:
I put your 62N 155W into maps.google.com and found you are talking about Alaska
(had to zoom out a lot as Google didn't have much detail)

Second tool:
Any program that lists the birds for your location, would work.
Here's just one of them: GeoSatFinder - Satellite Finder Calculator - Satellite AV
Put in your city/state, or your zip code, or your coordinates, and it'll print out a table with aiming angles to all the birds.
The ones above the horizon are fair game.

The listing qwert1515 posted above is a bleak example
Are you sure you really want to go to Alaska?
Unless someone is paying you tons of money... well, enough said.

 

[voomvoom]

You get a job in Alaska Stephen? You will probably need larger dishes?

Al

 

[Mr Tony]

dang. If you move to Alaska you will need a larger dish.

But you can get some cool stuff on C-band from there

 

[icstephen]

thats what i was afraid of, but its not a done deal only thinking about it....maybe have to get a big c band dish.

 

[mikekohl]

Star Choice is doable---with the proper antenna(s).
Those numbers look strangely close to McGrath....not a whole lot
out in those neighborhoods except the occasional gold mine.

I put in a couple of twelve footers at a place called Flat, in the
Iditarod Gold District, about 90 miles west of there, in the early
1980s. Spent 13 years in the State Of Alaska, from 1974-1987.

Check out the Global website's Satellite Pointing Angles section for a
listing of everything in the arc----a number of Alaska locations are listed.

Don't freeze! I'll be thinking of you on my next trip to the mines in Siberia.

 

[icstephen]

Yea its McGrath, right now we are only considering it but if there is an offer I will probobly take it...would like to get away for awhile.