Spot Beam question

[tomdkat]

How far does the footprint of a spotbeam extend outside of its intended dma?

 

[navychop]

Look here.

Don't hope for a lot of precision.

 

[tomdkat]

http://ekb.dbstalk.com/pictures/echo7.gif

so according to this map San Diego and Los Angeles are on the same spot?

 

[Robert NTSC Archivist]

Well today while the Dish Tech was upgrqading my antenna he told that if I could change my zip code to one from Roanoke Virginia I could actually get the spot beam