Atlantic Satellites

[mariucho]

Maybe someone can educate me. I live in mtl cda, 45.5 N, 73.9 W.....
I just set up a fortec ultra with a hh90 motor and an 80 cm dis, fortec universal lnbf. Can I get Atlantic bird 1, it shows a footprint..in the lyngsat website. If so what frequencies are reachable.

Also can someone give me a link on how to tell if the frequencies are associated with C band or Ku band.

thanks in advance. :roll:

[DruzeTito]

http://www.lyngsat.com/ab1.html

Just look at the "beam" column and if it says Americas then you can get it. Not much on this sat though beamed to North America. The way you can tell from c and ku is the frequency column. If the frequenc is in five digits (ie, 12080) then it is KU.. If it is 4 digits then its c band. Lyngsat first put c band tps at the beginning and then at the bottom is ku. Atlantic Bird 1 is all ku anyway.

[mariucho]

Druze,

Thanks for your reply. Explains why the hours of power scanning didn't result in squat...Well, I'll break it to my parents that no Italian channels are available here in North America. :cry:

[vj9999]

You can try Telstar 12 at 15W. They have some italian channels.

11732 H
29900 SR

http://www.lyngsat.com/t12.html

[DruzeTito]

No no wait... there are some Italian on Telstar 12. Tp 11732 H 29900. Try to aim at Telstar 12 @ 15 degrees west.

[DruzeTito]

Lol I guess we posted almost at the same time. :-)

[vj9999]

I beat you by a minute. You type too slow

[mariucho]

vj9999, DruzeTito

slow or fast typing...question is you both answered my questions fast.

thanks guys

[DruzeTito]

Hey hey, I type 70 WPM I dunno bout you.

But anyway tell us mariucho if you have any luck pulling in Telstar 12.

[mariucho]

I managed to get good signals on that transponder (11732 H
tp 23) however I only get loud beeps I guess they are test channels..On one though I get a video and beeping with a screen that says FUCINO E/S.

Oh well, at least I get the Bird. :?

[DruzeTito]

Yes there are probably test cards. Do you get normal channels?

[kenglish]

Telepace is available on Intelsat Americas-5.

Check lyngsat.com "free tv" and "free radio" headings for others. Sometimes there are a few on Galaxy-10R, too.

[DruzeTito]

nah.. the ones on G10R are long gone. :-(

[mariucho]

no I can't get any normal channels....Telepace on T5 yeah I get that one; however if I have to sit through a mass i'd rather do it live in my neighbourhood church... :roll: