Dish 500 for 119 and 129 (FTA obviosly)

[techno935]

I was thinking of trying this when I aquired a Dish 500 from a garage sale. The dish was in the trash pile so I picked it up.

I wanted to try this:

119 and 110 are 9 degrees apart. Therefore,
I wanna hit the threshold and use it for 119 and 129. I know this is 1 degree more than the separation but I figured it could possibly work with some tweaking on the angles. I wanna get NASA and the Miami locals, (spotbeam) on 119 and the one FTE channel from 129 on the Dish 500.

Could this work?

 

[qwert1515]

It should work, but since 129 is weak in most of the US you should peak the dish more towards the 129 satellite.

 

[Mr Tony]

I'm not so sure it will work. 129 has an oddball footprint and south florida might be out of it. I know they don't sell D1000 in South Florida. The old 129 satellite use to be at 110 so when they moved the satellite it cuts out in the NE/S Florida and parts of south Texas.

Try and peak on 129 though....elevation/azimuth/skew setup would be for 124.5

 

[VinceT3]

get an antenna for miami locals.. you'll get better signal from a digital antenna..

 

[gpat]

Looking at the sat map (footprint)for your area it doesnt look that bad.
Galaxy 27 at 129.0°W - LyngSat Maps

I can get it in central Fla no problem ....but Ive got a 10 ft dish

 

[Mr Tony]

The colored areas apparently cannot get 129 (or its very weak)

 

[techno935]

it's not too much of a big deal. If I can consolidate the circular material into the 500, then I can eliminate the circular LNB @ 129 on the World Direct dish and add a linear for 129 (White Springs) therefore being able to eliminate the dedicated 129 linear dish and use it for AMC-1. (103)

 

[PopcornNMore]

I received these Miami channels crystal clear on my 75cm dish when I lived in North Port, Florida (below Sarasota) on the West side.

 

[Pepper]

never mind

 

[qwert1515]

What, are Miami locals FTE? (when I read the first post I thought Iceberg will kick this guy, but apparently not)

Yes they are, but that was a secret

 

[Mr Tony]

it isnt a secret. They've been posted on Lyngsat for a long time (damn maybe 2 years now). Only people who can get them are within the Miami spotbeam

 

[msimion]

Can you tell me if using dish 500 can I see also FTA channels?
In Europe I had a similar supplier and I can saw beside his package and other channels.

 

[qwert1515]

There's not much FTA you can get with a Dish500 but here's a list of the few channels you can get: http://www.satelliteguys.us/fta-mpeg2-faq-s/34131-what-can-i-get-18-dish-dish-500-a.html