American Satellites

[pharxy]

Hi there again
i got my hispasat working !! all i needed was the skew corrected and a new sat finder lol.
i was now wondering (before i move it again) can my 80cm dish pick up the S. American satellites, like 68W etc.
thanks
Pharxy

[pontiend]

Have a look at.-www.satstar.net.
Scroll down to the bottom of the home page to.
' To start beamfinder 'click here.
Follow the promts.
Insert long and lat . dish size.A list of satellites thay you can recieve will be displayed.

[ABA]

only if its beamed at you and you are in its footprint try looking here

-http://www.lyngsat.com/

[pharxy]

checked the footprint...cant get it.
will try the west sats less than 40, to see if theres anything decent
thanks guys

[pedro2000uk]

Try 15w and the msmbc feed ... it is the us and not south america though ...... might say service as it's name.


There are a few brazilian channels . Cuba and odd channels that go clear ... not seen one for a while though

[mikie8]

68W will practically be on the horizon , so unless your on the west coast you wont see it due to buildings or the lay of the land .

also the futher you angle your dish toward the horizon the more atmosphere you look through and so the weaker the signal gets .

if your not in the footprint you may still see the sat but you may not ick up all transponders .

as always the larger the dish the more sky you can see . improving your lnb or replacing an old lnb may help .

good luck