New FTAer Here

[YAFTAER]

Hey All!!!

I'm getting into FTA. I got myself a Pantec and would like to know what are the main sats I can get with the most FTA spanish channels and especially ecuador channels. I heard SatMex is good but I was wondering what type of Dish and LNB i'd need for that. Would it possible to get a whole list of all the dishes I can get from Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9M2P4. Thanks in advance.

YAFTAER (Yet Another FTAer)

 

[PSB]

Hello and WELCOME to the SatelliteGuys.US FTA Forum!

You will need Ku-Band LNBF and as big a dish you can get, 1m would be great but around 30-36" are more common. Here are all the angles to the satellites from your area.....

          Latitude 44° 0.000'N Longitude 79° 0.000'W

                         Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m)   El  Skew
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                       Telstar 12   15.0W 108.7 120.9  9.8 -42.9
                                 
                     Intelsat 901   18.0W 111.1 123.3 11.9 -42.2
                                 
                     Intelsat 603   20.0W 112.7 124.8 13.3 -41.6
                                 
                            NSS 7   22.0W 114.3 126.5 14.6 -41.0
                                 
                     Intelsat 905   24.5W 116.4 128.5 16.3 -40.1
                                 
                     Intelsat 907   27.5W 118.9 131.1 18.3 -39.0
                                 
                   Hispasat 1C/1D   30.0W 121.1 133.3 20.0 -38.0
                                 
                     Intelsat 801   31.5W 122.5 134.7 21.0 -37.4
                                 
                     Intelsat 903   34.5W 125.3 137.4 22.9 -36.0
                                 
              AMC 12 & Telstar 11   37.5W 128.1 140.3 24.7 -34.5
                                 
                          NSS 806   40.5W 131.1 143.3 26.5 -32.8
                                 
                        PAS 6B/3R   43.0W 133.7 145.9 27.9 -31.3
                                 
                           PAS 1R   45.0W 135.8 148.0 29.0 -30.1
                                 
                     Intelsat 705   50.0W 141.4 153.6 31.6 -26.7
                                 
                     Intelsat 707   53.0W 144.9 157.1 33.0 -24.4
                                 
                     Intelsat 805   55.5W 148.0 160.1 34.1 -22.4
                                 
                            PAS 9   58.0W 151.1 163.3 35.1 -20.4
                                 
                         Amazonas   61.0W 154.9 167.1 36.2 -17.7
                                 
           EchoStar 3 & Rainbow 1   61.5W 155.6 167.8 36.3 -17.3
                                 
                 Estrela do Sul 1   63.0W 157.6 169.8 36.8 -15.9
                                 
                     Brasilsat B2   65.0W 160.3 172.4 37.4 -14.1
                                 
                     Brasilsat B1   70.0W 167.2 179.3 38.5  -9.2
                                 
                 Nahuel 1 & AMC 6   72.0W 170.0 182.2 38.8  -7.2
                                 
                        DirecTV 5   72.5W 170.7 182.9 38.9  -6.7
                                 
                            SBS 6   74.0W 172.8 185.0 39.0  -5.2
                                 
                            AMC 5   79.0W 180.0 192.2 39.3   0.0
                                 
                          Nimiq 2   82.0W 184.3 196.5 39.2   3.1
                                 
                            AMC 9   83.0W 185.7 197.9 39.1   4.1
                                 
                     Brasilsat B3   84.0W 187.2 199.4 39.0   5.2
                                 
                           AMC 16   85.0W 188.6 200.8 38.9   6.2
                                 
                            AMC 3   87.0W 191.4 203.6 38.6   8.2
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 8   89.0W 194.2 206.4 38.3  10.2
                                 
                 Galaxy 11/Nimiq1   91.0W 197.0 209.2 37.9  12.2
                                 
                     Brasilsat B4   92.0W 198.4 210.6 37.6  13.1
                                 
                        Telstar 6   93.0W 199.7 211.9 37.4  14.1
                                 
                        Galaxy 3C   95.0W 202.4 214.6 36.8  15.9
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 5   97.0W 205.1 217.3 36.2  17.7
                                 
                        Galaxy 4R   99.0W 207.7 219.8 35.5  19.5
                                 
                            AMC 4  101.0W 210.2 222.4 34.7  21.2
                                 
                            AMC 1  103.0W 212.7 224.8 33.9  22.8
                                 
                           AMC 15  105.0W 215.1 227.3 33.0  24.4
                                 
                          Anik F1  107.3W 217.8 230.0 31.9  26.1
                                 
         DirecTV 6 & EchoStar 6/8  110.0W 220.9 233.0 30.6  28.1
                                 
                          Anik F2  111.1W 222.1 234.3 30.0  28.8
                                 
                    Solidaridad 2  113.0W 224.2 236.3 29.0  30.1
                                 
                         SatMex 5  116.8W 228.2 240.3 26.9  32.4
                                 
          EchoStar 7 & DirecTV 7S  119.0W 230.4 242.6 25.6  33.6
                                 
  EchoStar 9/Intelsat Americas 13  121.0W 232.3 244.5 24.4  34.7
                                 
                       Galaxy 10R  123.0W 234.3 246.5 23.2  35.7
                                 
                        Galaxy 12  125.0W 236.1 248.3 21.9  36.7
                                 
             Galaxy 13/Horizons 1  127.0W 238.0 250.2 20.6  37.6
                                 
 Intelsat Americas 7 & EchoStar 5  129.0W 239.8 252.0 19.3  38.4
                                 
                           AMC 11  131.0W 241.5 253.7 18.0  39.2
                                 
                        Galaxy 1R  133.0W 243.2 255.4 16.7  40.0
                                 
                           AMC 10  135.0W 244.9 257.1 15.3  40.6
                                 
                            AMC 7  137.0W 246.5 258.7 14.0  41.3
                                 
                            AMC 8  139.0W 248.1 260.3 12.6  41.9
                                 
                     EchoStar 1/2  148.0W 255.1 267.3  6.3  44.0

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[YAFTAER]

cool, thanks a lot PSB, i'll get on that tomorrow after I go pick up a dish to fool around with. Thanks again.

 

[YAFTAER]

Hey once again, another question here. I was looking on lyngsat and found PAS 1R which carries ecuador channel TeleAmazonas. I notice the beam says Latin America would it still be possible to get it here in Canada and if so would it be KU-Band LNBF with as big a dish also?

 

[PSB]

Thats C-Band! Need a BUD Big dish around 10'

Have a look at the footprint.....

http://www.panamsat.com/global_network/pas1r_c.asp

KU Band frequencies are 5 digits.

C Band frequencies are 4 digits.

http://www.dmsiusa.com/charts.htm

 

[YAFTAER]

Hey Guys,

decided to go for it. been searching in Lyngsat but wondering if anyone else had a setup like i'm looking forward to doing, I would like Telemundo, Univision and as many Ecuador channels as possible with the least dishes, the best I found was one Ku band (Nahuel 1) and one C Band (PAS 1R). Wondering if there are different ways. Thanks in advance.

 

[YAFTAER]

kinda hard to get a c band dish so guess i'll go with two 33''+ dishes with KU LNBFs. The main three sats I would like to get is:

Galaxy 10R
Nahuel 1
AMC 5

I have found a Digiwave "Magic" Multi LNB mount that can connect 3 LNBs to one dish I was wondering if I can use that, for atleast the G10R and Nahuel 1 as they are pretty close to each other, would that work? If that would work then would it be possible to get G10R with Echo121 using this bracket also? New to this so trying to find the easiest way. Please let me know. Thanks in advance.

 

[PSB]

There is nothing FTA on 121w ?

http://www.lyngsat.com/echo9ia13.html

And Nahuel 1 does not broadcast into Canada....

http://www.nahuelsat.com.ar/ingles/satelites/index.html

 

[YAFTAER]

man, I keep getting confused with C Band and Ku. lol. so I guess 121w is out of the picture. Funny thing though on Nahuel 1 on Lyngsat when I check it out on SatTracker it said I should be able to get it, thats the reason I had my hopes up.

 

[YAFTAER]

Sorry for bugging once again. Went off im my Hunt to get a C Band dish and managed to get one from my boss. Now i'm about to setup and point to SatMex but was wondering if it is possible to get PAS 1R up here in Toronto, Ontario. The reason I wanna point to PAS 1R is as it has TeleAmazonas and Telemundo and Univision. 3 of my Favs. haha. Thanks in Advance.

 

[PSB]

Should be fine I get it here in Minneapolis!

http://www.lyngsat.com/tracker/pas1r.html

The above said your elevation would be around 27 deg.