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Here is a list of what is mainly on KU Band. You would need a 30" or larger dish and a KU Band LNB.
http://www.global-cm.net/MPEGlistKuBandUS.html
the right column says the language. A fair amount is on IA5 (97W) and you could use a fixed dish. There is some other channels sprinkled around a couple other satellites so a motorized might be good too
(I don't know if Chinese & Mandarin Chinese are kinda the same because there are some chanenls that are Manadarin Chinese...if not, my apologies)
Here is a list of what is mainly on KU Band. You would need a 30" or larger dish and a KU Band LNB.
http://www.global-cm.net/MPEGlistKuBandUS.html
the right column says the language. A fair amount is on IA5 (97W) and you could use a fixed dish. There is some other channels sprinkled around a couple other satellites so a motorized might be good too
(I don't know if Chinese & Mandarin Chinese are kinda the same because there are some chanenls that are Manadarin Chinese...if not, my apologies)
welcome
Here is a list of what is mainly on KU Band. You would need a 30" or larger dish and a KU Band LNB.
http://www.global-cm.net/MPEGlistKuBandUS.html
the right column says the language. A fair amount is on IA5 (97W) and you could use a fixed dish. There is some other channels sprinkled around a couple other satellites so a motorized might be good too
(I don't know if Chinese & Mandarin Chinese are kinda the same because there are some chanenls that are Manadarin Chinese...if not, my apologies)
Thanks Iceberg. Mandarin is one dialect of chinese. Cantonese is the other main one with many many less popular ones. I was hoping to get some responses from people who actively watch these channels and could comment on the quality of the shows.
I watch them now and then, even if I'm not a speaker of the language.
IA5 has quite a few Chinese channels, I believe most of which are from Taiwan, or from mainland expats in the States. There are many (!) game shows, news programs, dramas, comedies, and even a few religious (mostly Buddhist) stations.
If you had the ability to catch more than one bird, China's state TV is on G3c, along with their English and Spanish channels.
IA5 has quite a few Chinese channels, I believe most of which are from Taiwan, or from mainland expats in the States. There are many (!) game shows, news programs, dramas, comedies, and even a few religious (mostly Buddhist) stations.
If you had the ability to catch more than one bird, China's state TV is on G3c, along with their English and Spanish channels.
yes
The satellites are too close to use 2 LNB's (they are 2 degrees apart and minimum is 4)
G3C has CCTV4 in Chinese and CCTV9 in English (some times its Chinese with English subtitles)
The satellites are too close to use 2 LNB's (they are 2 degrees apart and minimum is 4)
G3C has CCTV4 in Chinese and CCTV9 in English (some times its Chinese with English subtitles)
The motor is something I can get in the future right?
So right now on my shopping this I plan to get the following:
31in fortec dish
coolstat 5000 receiver
compass (cheap one?)
sat finder (cheap one?)
coaxial cable
do I need to get anything else?
So right now on my shopping this I plan to get the following:
31in fortec dish
coolstat 5000 receiver
compass (cheap one?)
sat finder (cheap one?)
coaxial cable
do I need to get anything else?
A compass is pretty much a "shuld have"
The sat finder not really. Use the meter on the receiver
The dish & reciever are good. I use a Coolsat 5000 myself
You would just need a KU Band LNB
The sat finder not really. Use the meter on the receiver
The dish & reciever are good. I use a Coolsat 5000 myself
You would just need a KU Band LNB
Is this a good dish/lnb combo?
http://www.dishexperts.net/b2c/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=51
http://www.dishexperts.net/b2c/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=51
A compass is pretty much a "shuld have"
The sat finder not really. Use the meter on the receiver
The dish & reciever are good. I use a Coolsat 5000 myself
You would just need a KU Band LNB
looks fine.
You might want to check out the sponsers at the top. Might find a good deal there
Sadoun has a 31" dish/LNB combo for $60 or a complete set with receiver for a little more
You might want to check out the sponsers at the top. Might find a good deal there
Sadoun has a 31" dish/LNB combo for $60 or a complete set with receiver for a little more
Currently, CCTV4 is at G3C which you can watch for free, and at IA5, there one Taiwan government run channel MAC is also free, which re-run three or four times in a day. and couple buddhist channels, one fa lung kung channel you could watch for free also. There also couple preview channels from ETTV which can still able to watch for two or three more months once ETTV complete transfer their program to Dish. MAC and the other two buddhist channel also can watch free at SatMex6, those signal at Satmex 5 are already shutdown.
This link has a bnch of Free China TV
http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/China.html
How do I go about pointing towards these satellites?
http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/China.html
How do I go about pointing towards these satellites?
Click each link for the bird, over on the right.
That takes you to another Lyngsat page.
If the bird is xxxºE, it's on the wrong side of the planet.
If the bird location is between about 60ºW and 150ºW, you might have a chance.
Longitude of Los Angeles is about 118ºW, so 150ºW would be out over the Pacific, and 60ºW would be back east, roughly south of Cuba.
This list is based on slightly old info, but you might still find it helpful.
That takes you to another Lyngsat page.
If the bird is xxxºE, it's on the wrong side of the planet.
If the bird location is between about 60ºW and 150ºW, you might have a chance.
Longitude of Los Angeles is about 118ºW, so 150ºW would be out over the Pacific, and 60ºW would be back east, roughly south of Cuba.
This list is based on slightly old info, but you might still find it helpful.
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Culver City, CA 90232
Latitude 34° 1.008'N Longitude 118° 23.838'W
Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m) El Skew
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*** All Satellites 61ºW - 160ºW ***
EchoStar 3 / Rainbow 1 61.5W 110.0 96.0 18.7 -51.1
Estrela do Sul 1 63.0W 111.1 97.0 19.9 -50.6
Brasilsat B2 65.0W 112.6 98.5 21.5 -49.9
Brasilsat B1 70.0W 116.4 102.3 25.5 -47.9
Nahuel 1 71.8W 117.9 103.8 27.0 -47.1
AMC 6 72.0W 118.0 104.0 27.1 -47.0
DirecTV 1 72.5W 118.5 104.4 27.5 -46.8
SBS 6 74.0W 119.7 105.7 28.7 -46.0
EchoStar 4 77.0W 122.4 108.3 31.0 -44.4
AMC 5 79.0W 124.3 110.2 32.5 -43.2
Nimiq 2 82.0W 127.2 113.1 34.7 -41.3
AMC 9 83.0W 128.2 114.1 35.4 -40.6
Brasilsat B3 84.0W 129.3 115.2 36.1 -39.9
AMC 16/AMC 2 85.0W 130.3 116.2 36.8 -39.2
XM Roll (3) 85.1W 130.4 116.3 36.9 -39.1
AMC 3 87.0W 132.5 118.4 38.2 -37.7
Intelsat Americas 8 89.0W 134.8 120.7 39.5 -36.0
Galaxy 11 91.0W 137.2 123.1 40.8 -34.3
Nimiq 1 91.0W 137.2 123.1 40.8 -34.3
Nimiq 3 91.1W 137.3 123.2 40.9 -34.2
Brasilsat B4 92.0W 138.4 124.3 41.4 -33.4
Intelsat Americas 6 93.0W 139.7 125.6 42.0 -32.4
Galaxy 3C 95.0W 142.3 128.2 43.2 -30.5
Intelsat Americas 5 97.0W 145.0 130.9 44.3 -28.4
Galaxy 4R 99.0W 147.8 133.7 45.3 -26.2
DirecTV 1R/2/4S 101.0W 150.7 136.7 46.3 -23.9
AMC 4 101.0W 150.7 136.7 46.3 -23.9
AMC 1 103.0W 153.8 139.7 47.1 -21.5
AMC 15 105.0W 156.9 142.9 47.9 -18.9
Anik F1/F1R 107.3W 160.7 146.6 48.7 -15.9
DirecTV 6 109.8W 164.9 150.8 49.4 -12.5
EchoStar 6/8 110.0W 165.2 151.1 49.4 -12.2
Anik F2 111.1W 167.1 153.0 49.7 -10.7
Solidaridad 2 113.0W 170.4 156.3 50.0 -7.9
XM Rock 115.0W 173.9 159.9 50.3 -5.0
SatMex 5 116.8W 177.1 163.1 50.4 -2.4
+Anik E2 118.7W 180.5 166.5 50.5 0.4
DirecTV 7S/EchoStar 7 119.0W 181.1 167.0 50.5 0.9
EchoStar 9/Intelsat Americas 13 121.0W 184.6 170.6 50.4 3.8
Galaxy 10R 123.0W 188.2 174.1 50.1 6.8
Galaxy 12 125.0W 191.7 177.6 49.8 9.7
Galaxy 13/Horizons 1 127.0W 195.1 181.0 49.4 12.5
Intelsat Americas 7 / EchoStar 5 129.0W 198.5 184.4 48.8 15.2
AMC 11 131.0W 201.8 187.7 48.2 17.9
Galaxy 1R 133.0W 205.0 190.9 47.5 20.5
AMC 10 135.0W 208.1 194.0 46.6 22.9
AMC 7 137.0W 211.0 196.9 45.7 25.3
AMC 8 139.0W 213.9 199.8 44.7 27.5
Galaxy 14 146.0W 223.1 209.0 40.7 34.5
EchoStar 1/2 148.0W 225.4 211.4 39.4 36.2
+EchoStar 4 157.0W 235.0 220.9 33.1 42.8
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Those are channels that originate in China. Most of them are not beamed on this side of the globe
Those are channels that originate in China. Most of them are not beamed on this side of the globe
They should fix that
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