Signal question

[tvropro]

How much hotter (EIRP & db) are local spot beams on 101 vs Conus stuff?

 

[Mr Tony]

I guess it depends on where in the spot beam you are. If you're right in the center of it the signal would be a little better than if you were say on the edge of it

 

[Mr Tony]

check satmaps above..they also show that info last I checked
Directv 9S 101W RB05 Chicago - Satkml

 

[tvropro]

Are there any maps? Conus goes down first in storms then the local spot. If I can get an idea on how many more db it may have I may know how much c/n in db over threshold overkill I need to cut down this rain fade. All conus was at 0 Q and the local spot was around 60 Q during the last wave that went through. Wish I had a spectrum analyzer that would show me the whole gambit.

 

[charper1]

I have been in some major rain storms with up to pea-sized hail and never had mine go out until the tornado gets too close or the power goes out and I'm in the safe place anyway with the weather radio.

 

[tvropro]

check satmaps above..they also show that info last I checked
Directv 9S 101W RB05 Chicago - Satkml

Got a direct link Ice? that stupid Google Earth plugin keeps crashing Firefox.

 

[Mr Tony]

Are there any maps?

did you check the link I posted in #3?
I dont have google earth on my computer so I cant see the maps themselves

 

[charper1]

Working on my Firefox; here is your capture

 

[raoul5788]

Got a direct link Ice? that stupid Google Earth plugin keeps crashing Firefox.

I have Google Earth and FF. I've never had any issues with it.

 

[tvropro]

did you check the link I posted in #3?
I dont have google earth on my computer so I cant see the maps themselves

I went to my other pc with google earth and it kept crashing FF. This pc told me it can't install, can't find location in msvcrt DLL. more buggy software . Maybe someone that can see the map can do a screen capture and post it here.

 

[tvropro]

I have Google Earth and FF. I've never had any issues with it.

Do a screen capture and post it here as a jpeg.

 

[charper1]

Do a screen capture and post it here as a jpeg.

I did that already a few posts ago.

 

[charper1]

Again

 

[tvropro]

Thanks can someone get a conus map for Chicago so I can compare and do some calculating.

 

[tvropro]

I found another site with with the conus values, it shows 44dbw. That means I need 12 db more of gain just to get to that point with conus. That would take one hell of a reflector size. Maybe a 20 foot dish Or DirecTv would need to be using a 3200 watt satellite.

DirecTV US, DirecTV US at 101W, , , 101 W DirecTV Tracking Frequencies, , coverage map, 101W, footprint, , , ,

 

[tvropro]

My 90cm gives me 6 db more gain then a stock Direct dish and it still is way too little to deal with rain fade. K band sucks pure and simple. It was designed for short transmission of VSAT and news feeds, not 24/7 hauls. Blame the ones in Europe for use as a broadcast band. The FCC should allow those frequencies to transmit at 5000 watts. So what if a few people glow down here from it.