30W on Ku is good at least as far west as the Chicago area on a 30"(76cm) dish as long as you have good line of sight. I believe the elevation from my location is between 12 and 14 degrees above the eastern horizon. I believe we have a member in Colorado that receives it there but might be using a 1.8M dish.
I pick up 30 really well near Omaha, NE with either a 76 cm or a 1.2M dish. Signal quality is really quite strong.
Just wanted to let you know that it is receivable this far west. It goes further west, too.
thanks for all the replies, found 30w. press tv is the only english channel i have all the other channels are spanish. are there more english channels i'm not recieving?