TELSTAR 12 @ 15° WEST

[FTABman0]

I was just curious to see if anyone on the east coast has tried to get TELSTAR 12 at 15° WEST on a fixed dish? Is it possible at all? What size dish are we talking here? I know it is KU and the footprint shows coverage in the US eastern side. Just curious to see if at all it would be possible. Maybe worth a weekend re-point project to see if it is remotely possible.

I see there is alot of stuff in the clear on this bird! :

Will have to read some members thoughts first before trying it. Your Ideas and thoughts welcome!

B~Man

 

[jayelem]

I tried (not hard enough) but I did try to get Telstar 12 from Chicago , if you do a search you'll find other threads about Telstar 12 and members on the East coast that had success.

 

[scottc98]

I can get this perfectly fine in columbus OH.

Been thinking about a fixed dish at this sat for a while.

Tested this out last weekend on a 90cm fortec with a Univ lnb (was trying 12.5W as well; no luck) on a temp tripod.

Pretty much everything on lyngsat is still there. SQ up in the 60s-80s on all of them

 

[cebu22]

No problem receiving this satellite in the Boston area. Fortec 36 inch dish, motorized system. Signal strength on some TPs in the high 80s.

 

[starman345]

Its pretty strong here. I get it on my 36" but have got it on a 76cm winegard. I bet you can hit it from your co-ordinates.

 

[ikki]

Is MSNBC really unencrypted on that bird?

 

[FTABman0]

It’s pretty strong here. I get it on my 36" but have got it on a 76cm winegard. I bet you can hit it from your co-ordinates.

Thanks starman! Good to hear from you again!

Thanks to all that jumped in here to give the suggestions! I always wondered if it was possible, the footprint looked good for my area and I guess now I will give it a try!

Weekend project a brewing on the horizon!



B~Man

 

[SatPhreak]

I was going to try it once until I saw that the elevation for my location is 0.9 degrees. I could never get that low of an elevation to my east because of trees. I can barley get enough to get Hispasat to the east. I could get that low of an elevation to the west but the farthest sat to the west with a footprint covering me is 148, and I can still get that on my motorized dish. Maybe if I move into a high rise someday I'll try it.

 

[ACRadio]

Is MSNBC really unencrypted on that bird?

Yup...they have a turnaround to monitor their Euro signal. I practically have a fixed dish on that satellite since my 8 foot Eastern arc dish stays on T12 most of the time.

 

[jayelem]

I would like to watch Brazilian programming from that bird , and I believe they have Angola TV too.

 

[FTABman0]

I would like to watch Brazilian programming from that bird , and I believe they have Angola TV too.

Right you are jayelem, TPA Internacional is on this bird!

Televisão Pública de Angola - Inicio

Ok, a weekend project is going into full swing if the WX holds out & I have time this weekend! It will seem odd having a dish pointed that far off the regular Arc!

Anyone Know The Proper Skew for TELSTAR 12 on A Fixed Dish?

I Got Something Like This At Dish Pointer:
Latitude: 39.1583°
Longitude: -81.5377°
Satellite Name: 15.0W Telstar 12
Distance: 40650km Elevation: 9.4°
Azimuth (true): 105.3°
Azimuth (magn.): 113.0°
LNB Skew [?]: -48.4°

B~Man

 

[Mr Tony]

sounds about right. I know in MN the skew for Hispasat is like -50