Using DirecTV GlobalDirect 36" Dish and Directv International LNB for FTA channels

[Jrock]

Hello i use to have Directv's International package with the Worlddirect 36" Oval dish and Directv's international LNB w/feed for 95° . I no longer have Directv but still have the 36" dish and LNB w/feed for 95°. Will i be able to pick up Galaxy 25 and Intel_AM_5 to view FTA channels? I will be using a new FTA reciever which i bought Recently with my old Directv's 36' dish and LNB w/feed for 95° . I know i have to move my Dish direction from 95 to 97 to pick up Galay 25 and Intel_Am_5.

Any help will be nice thanks

[Iceberg]

sure it will work. People do it all the time with those dishes

The only thing I am worried about is if the KU LNB (The one that is aimed at 95) is only one polarity (since Direct only uses the H side)

[wejones]

Originally Posted by Iceberg

sure it will work. People do it all the time with those dishes

The only thing I am worried about is if the KU LNB (The one that is aimed at 95) is only one polarity (since Direct only uses the H side)

Last time I looked, DTV had transponders on both polarities, although most were on one polarity. The one or two on the other polarity might be for some other package. But DTV definately had transponders on both polarities.



EDIT: See http://www.sadoun.net/forums/new-fin...+international
and

http://www.sadoun.net/forums/new-fin...+international

For what transponders were in use on G3c several months ago.

EDIT-2: I just tuned to G3C, and they have made some confusing changes to the channels there. I'm no longer able to see the content of the channels on vertical polarity for some reason. I can see that the channels are still there, but I can no longer see what the channels are. :-(
The horizontal channels still seem to work like before, although I haven't checked to see that the channels are the same.
Strange.
Doesn't change the above comment, which was true several months ago, but the delivery of the vertical channels now seems to be different for some reason.

EDIT-3: There seem to be 3 DTV muxes on the vertical side above 11700, ie 11735, 11795, and 11915. These seem to be part of the DIRECTV Latin America network, or at least the NIT in the muxes lists them that way. The DTV transponders on the horizontal side, ie 11720, 11840, 11900, 11930, 11960, 11990, and 12140 seem to be part of the DIRECTV US network, ie the International channels. When I was able to extract the channel numbers several months ago, the channels on the vertical side seemed to be duplicates of channels found on the regular 101 sat. I just assumed that they must be sold along with the foreign channels, however perhaps they were being sold to spanish language customers?? So you may be right that the International customers may not need vertical polarity.

[Iceberg]

directv only uses H side on 95
the output on the KU LNB is single

[wejones]

Originally Posted by Iceberg

directv only uses H side on 95
the output on the KU LNB is single

As I said above, I think what you mean to say is that DirecTV only uses H for the International package. Because those three vertical transponders are definately DirecTV. They are labeled as DirecTV Latin America (taken right off the signal), but I don't really understand where they are going, since I don't think I'd get them in Maine if they were aimed at South America. Either they have some other package that use these vertical linear conus transponders, or perhaps they use the transponders to transfer some channels between uplink facilities or something? It is strange.