Atlantic Satellites (0 to 61 degrees)

[cyberham]

I like Diseqc 1.2 with my Coolsat too. I just use USALS to get me in the ballpark. As long as I have a good transponder selected, I can just move the dish until I see a bit of signal, then fine tune it in. I redid the whole arc tonight and it was quite easy. Footprint for North American tps of 12.5W show 48dBW here supposedly. That means my 1m dish should see the 11622 and 11643 tps. With elevation here at 18 degrees to 12.5W, I just don't think those tps are active or I should see them.

 

[Pixl]

Anybody still interested in this thread? I just realigned my dish today and have again snagged Telstar 12 at 15W really well: MSNBC is 85%. I want to know if anybody has ever received Atlantic Bird 1 at 12.5W. I think it is impossible not due to elevation here (18 degrees) but since there are no active transponders aimed at North America.

I read a post about Atlantic Bird 1 last summer, someone on the East coast was seeing it, but only a few data TP's in the lower Ku band, no program channels. Although I have LOS at only 3.3 deg elevation for it, the terrestrial noise drowns it out.
I can see Telstar 12 on a fixed dish I have for it, I only get 6 ch's ITC. I don't see MSNBC. Could you put up the numbers for it?

 

[cyberham]

Any active tp, even data, would be welcome on Atlantic Bird to allow me to line up my dish with it. At 18 degrees elevation, it is a clear shot for me. A couple of months ago, I watched the sun rise from that direction and I could tell that I could receive easily down to 5 degrees elevation and probably lower as far as LOS is concerned.

I am receiving MSNBC with 84% on Coolsat and 70% on S9 now. It's 11709 V 3195. It is the first tp I lose when I lose Telstar 12. The reason I lose the satellite is the dish only needs to shift extremely slightly, especially in elevation, to lose signal quality. Yesterday, I loosened the bolts and the dish "fell" slightly perfectly into orientation. I tightened the bolts and was done. I receive signals on 10 transponders. I receive 10 video channels ITC, 2 of those are just information channels. There are many scrambled channels. And lots of radio channels too.

 

[Pixl]

Cyber,

Ok, thanks for the info, I keyed it in manualy and have it at 55Q.
Yea I'm only seeing 7 tp's so I'm missing a few. I think I might put up a bigger dish for this, presently using a 37" oval HughesNet dish. What are you using?
I'll try to find that post on 12.5w, may have been on another site. Should be a easy shot from Nova Scotia. I'm in Michigan squeaking over my neighbors garage for 15w at only 5deg elevation.

 

[cyberham]

I know you're missing the unscrambled Classic Arts tp since it is extremely weak, I can't get it locked in and only found it yesterday for the first time. Another poster has seen it, plus I've seen it mentioned on the Internet. I've counted two tps with the same Brazilian program; you may be counting it only once. Perhaps you're also missing the interesting tp with Angolan and Equatorial Guinea TV stations.

I have only one Digiwave 1-meter motorized dish installed now. The motor is able to tune 15W but it's 58 degrees east of my due south so the dish is looking quite ground-ward. I have pics in the photo gallery and the post where dish farms are showing.

 

[Pixl]

Well the only info I can find you have probably looked at already. Lynsat lists service from 12.5w to North America in the 11.5 - 11.7 only.
It was discussed briefly last March in this thread.
http://www.satelliteguys.us/free-air-fta-discussion/245455-can-i-get-atlantic-bird-1-a.html
and December here
http://www.satelliteguys.us/free-air-fta-discussion/273566-lowest-feasible-ku-elevation.html

 

[cyberham]

I reviewed those old threads. I guess I will just periodically check 12.5W. Maybe someday something will come through.

The peculiar thing about TV Pampa, the Brazilian on Telstar 12, is their ongoing desire to show women with the least amount of clothes doing peculiar things such as those dressed in tiny Santa Claus outfits in December sliding down a steep hill and crash landing in a tiny rubber swimming pool. The poor women's clothing generally went flying in all directions other than the direction the women were sliding. You'd think the producers could have planned that so it wouldn't happen...

 

[Bob2011]

The peculiar thing about TV Pampa, the Brazilian on Telstar 12, is their ongoing desire to show women with the least amount of clothes doing peculiar things such as those dressed in tiny Santa Claus outfits in December sliding down a steep hill and crash landing in a tiny rubber swimming pool. The poor women's clothing generally went flying in all directions other than the direction the women were sliding. You'd think the producers could have planned that so it wouldn't happen...

So you're saying I shouldn't wait to put up another dish for this satellite

 

[Pixl]

The peculiar thing about TV Pampa, the Brazilian on Telstar 12, is their ongoing desire to show women with the least amount of clothes doing peculiar things such as those dressed in tiny Santa Claus outfits in December sliding down a steep hill and crash landing in a tiny rubber swimming pool. The poor women's clothing generally went flying in all directions other than the direction the women were sliding.

Hmmnn.. you don't need to speak Spanish to enjoy that!
Think I'll get that bigger dish up.

 

[RT-Cat]

OH, you lucky guys without trees in your yard.

RT.

 

[Pixl]

OH, you lucky guys without trees in your yard.

RT.

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[Tron]

You East Coast Satelliteguys have all the luck!

 

[Andrew K]

You East Coast Satelliteguys have all the luck!

If you're in Louisiana, you're not that far west. Most of the programming is at 30W and a little on 15W. I always wondered why there aren't any Ku satellites beyond 129W over the Pacific.

 

[cyberham]

You East Coast Satelliteguys have all the luck!

How about the west coast? Elevation-wise, Vancouver can see to Superbird B2 at 162E (that's 198W for North Americans). Not sure there's much of a footprint from those satellites on us though. And the southern guys must have lots of good South American stuff.

 

[cyberham]

...I always wondered why there aren't any Ku satellites beyond 129W over the Pacific.

There are: 194W: got a big dish to catch Australia?; 180W: French Polynesian TV on FTA!!

 

[Andrew K]

There are: 194W: got a big dish to catch Australia?; 180W: French Polynesian TV on FTA!!

All the Ku channels are limited once you get past 129W. There's some C-band in the 130s, but even past that, there's a huge gap of no satellites at all.

 

[cyberham]

That's because there's no people in that gap. Hawaii is served by the US. Pacific Islands are served by Asia and Australia.

 

[remlap]

Hmmnn.. you don't need to speak Spanish to enjoy that!
Think I'll get that bigger dish up.

No you'd need to speak Portugese

 

[cyberham]

No you'd need to speak Portugese

Better than needing to speak Welsh. Prynhawn da!

 

[remlap]

Better than needing to speak Welsh. Prynhawn da!

Shwmae, nos da.

That's about my limit in Welsh, I come from a part of Wales that had Welsh systematically erased by the English.