what's the difference between 91.0°W Galaxy 17 Ku 91.0°W Nimiq 1 Ku ?

[paulm]

91.0°W Galaxy 17 Ku
91.0°W Nimiq 1 Ku

are they the same thing? If not, how does that work?

 

[Davage]

Galaxy 17 is a standard Ku satellite running 11.7 to 12.2 Gigahertz linear polarity.

Nimiq is a direct broadcast satellite for Bell Expressvu running at 12.2 to 12.7 Gigahertz circular polarity..

(Plus or minus a few Megahertz each way Those are just rough numbers, but I think you'll get the idea. )


2 different purpose birds that are parked pretty close in space..

 

[shultz]

Their not the same...to pickup G17 you need either a standard or universal LINEAR lnb. Nimiq 1 uses a CIRCULAR lnb and is used for Bell tv.

 

[Mr Tony]

There's a couple spots like that where there are a DBS satellite & a KU satellite in the same ortbital spot

They can coexist because the frequencies dont cross

 

[skewed]

If your setting up a FTA point it to the nim-1 with a linear lnb and dial it in . Then do a blind scan of g17. This will work, nim-1 is strong and it was bleeding over my g-17 signal. When I scanned I saw I actually had the bird.