PAS 8 in California possible?

[kayjaig]

Hello All,
Does it possible to catch PAS 8 in California? Loos like they are beaming in this area. However the satellite is located in 166 dergree East. I wonder what are the elevation and azimuth should i use? Any have a clue. Please.

[kevision]

Maybe, Hard to say. Sadoun has an angle calculator

http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Installati...Calculator.htm

while PAS8 isn't in the menu, you can simply enter its orbital location (166 degs) and your location.

A quick glance at Lyngsat makes it look like it will be very very low on the horizon maybe between 2 and 3 degs of elevation, so really depends where in CA you are.

It also looks like there aren't any active spot beams to the Pacific coast, but i see on the PAS 8 footprint map that they have 2 beams available.

So, it is worth a shot.