Greetings all,
On this following website, you can compare the footprints of g19 vs g25 KU band. I am guessing this website is showing a computer predicted footprint of the satellite's KU Band:
SatBeams - Satellite Coverage Maps - Sat Footprints
G19 certainly does cover more of north america then g25 did. South: it projects a signal all the way down to Panama. Though it looks like Panama itself is not covered. G25 did not go much past mexico. North: G19 now projects a much stronger signal thruout almost of Alaska. G25 only projected a weak signal over Alaska. Except both G25 and G19 miss most of the Aleutian Islands. G19 now covers almost of Canada's Hudson Bay. G25's coverage stopped at the bay.
G19 puts out a stronger signal across Caribbean island chain.
Its fun to compare g19 against g25. And compare both of them against AMC-4. Which is intended for the USA, Canda, Western Greenland, Mexico and the caribbean. AMC-4 has a much higher ERP. With a maximum of 52-51db.
Compared to G25 which had a maximum of: 48db ; compared to G19 which has a maximum of 48.5db.
The much higher 51-52db ERP of AMC-4 explains why I get higher signal qualities from many of AMC-4 transponders in St Louis, Mo.
Still not sure how 12177 on G25 went from being the strongest transponder to now being the weakest of them all on G19.
*Side Note* IF you look at G19's KU contour. Zoom in on the map to NW South America. It looks like G19's KU beam might be receivable in parts of the nation of Columbia. And a very tiny slice of the coastline of Venezuela.
On this following website, you can compare the footprints of g19 vs g25 KU band. I am guessing this website is showing a computer predicted footprint of the satellite's KU Band:
SatBeams - Satellite Coverage Maps - Sat Footprints
G19 certainly does cover more of north america then g25 did. South: it projects a signal all the way down to Panama. Though it looks like Panama itself is not covered. G25 did not go much past mexico. North: G19 now projects a much stronger signal thruout almost of Alaska. G25 only projected a weak signal over Alaska. Except both G25 and G19 miss most of the Aleutian Islands. G19 now covers almost of Canada's Hudson Bay. G25's coverage stopped at the bay.
G19 puts out a stronger signal across Caribbean island chain.
Its fun to compare g19 against g25. And compare both of them against AMC-4. Which is intended for the USA, Canda, Western Greenland, Mexico and the caribbean. AMC-4 has a much higher ERP. With a maximum of 52-51db.
Compared to G25 which had a maximum of: 48db ; compared to G19 which has a maximum of 48.5db.
The much higher 51-52db ERP of AMC-4 explains why I get higher signal qualities from many of AMC-4 transponders in St Louis, Mo.
Still not sure how 12177 on G25 went from being the strongest transponder to now being the weakest of them all on G19.
*Side Note* IF you look at G19's KU contour. Zoom in on the map to NW South America. It looks like G19's KU beam might be receivable in parts of the nation of Columbia. And a very tiny slice of the coastline of Venezuela.
