Ends of the arc/your location?

[cnagorka@gmail.com]

I've just thought of something...what are the realistic ends of the arc, calclulated by your east/west location? What I mean is, the sats are all over the sky, from horizon to horizon. But realistically, you couldn't see something that was right exactly on the horizon because I would think the signal would be lost in all of that atmosphere, and the beam would be at such an angle it just wouldn't work. Now- I live in WV, and I was amazed to find a couple days ago that I can get Hispasat 1D at 30W- the dish looks like it's almost pointing at the ground! So- from a given geographical point, is there a formula for figuring out what you could realistically recieve?

CN

[TexRedNK]

Hey CN.. Don't have an immediate answer, maybe some others will.. You might look for some 'sun data' links and work out some numbers. I'll see what I can find out for my location. There is some spherical trigonometry involved.
BTW.. 50 yrs ago, I worked a summer in Cabin Creek selling books ! That area was very primitive then. But the people were very friendly and generous. I hope the strd of living has improved !! C Ya ! George

[BYX]

Originally Posted by cnagorka@gmail.com

I've just thought of something...what are the realistic ends of the arc, calclulated by your east/west location? What I mean is, the sats are all over the sky, from horizon to horizon. But realistically, you couldn't see something that was right exactly on the horizon because I would think the signal would be lost in all of that atmosphere, and the beam would be at such an angle it just wouldn't work. Now- I live in WV, and I was amazed to find a couple days ago that I can get Hispasat 1D at 30W- the dish looks like it's almost pointing at the ground! So- from a given geographical point, is there a formula for figuring out what you could realistically recieve?

CN

I am in Florida 33023 about 4 miles to the beach and I can perfectly see TELSTAR12 @ 15.0°W.
You should give a try.

[Admin]

Check your longitude value. Assuming you have clear line of sight, usually you could go around +/-60 degrees East or West from your Longitude.

For example if your Longitude is 75 degrees West, you can get signal from satellites from 15W to 135W.

[StevenS]

If you want to find out the lowest satellite in the horizon from your location simply use our stationary set-up guide. Put in your zip code and select a satellite at a low longitude. Write down the azimuth and elevation. Then use a compass and angle finder to see if you can view its location without any obstructions. If your dish is big enough and you have a clear line of site you probably can get it

[boroda1]

I am at 122 W, my east limit is AMC5 at 87W with my SatControl motor.

122 - 87 = 35 degrees, 70 both ways

[brettbolt]

I'm at 121W and I can get 72W. There's not much out in the middle of the Pacific ocean, but I could probably get 180W if I put my dish on the roof. I'm thinking that the typical limit is about 60 degrees west or east of your current longitude.

[orac]

Originally Posted by cnagorka@gmail.com

Now- I live in WV, and I was amazed to find a couple days ago that I can get Hispasat 1D at 30W- the dish looks like it's almost pointing at the ground!

Don't forget that the typical offset dish will see the sky 22.5 degrees above a line perpindicular to the plane of the reflector.
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Neil

[Iceberg]

I'm at 93.3W (Minneapolis, MN) and can see from 30W (9 elevation) to 148 (15 elevation)

[Jim-S]

Southwest Michigan I get from 58w to 129w....I have only KU band.

[boz]

I'm in Birmingham, AL (86.7W) and the best I can do is Intelsat 3R at 43W to Galaxy 27 at 129W.

I could probably go further west, like to 148W but I can only get Ku linear. I have dish placement issues that prevent me from seeing the horizon. but I'm happy to get what I can given that my equipment is an old Primestar dish with a Hughes FSS LNB mounted on a no-name motor and Fortec Lifetime half-panel receiver.

[bubby-joe]

Telle-Satellite/Broadband used to have a viewing calculator in the Satcodx chart information that gave you all the satellites visible from your location, I'm not sure if its still part of there satellite information.

In my instance I should be able to see from 148.0W to 69.0W but in reality with the tall mountains in the way I'm lucky to see 79 degrees from my location. Some properties I've installed at locally could not see past 101.0W looking east, they were closer to the base of the mountain but a property across the valley could see all the way to 72.0W but on the other side nothing past 131.0W to the west.

[spongella]

I am at 75.8 long, 40.4 lat with the horizon in all directions with little or no obstructions. So far my arc ends at about 127 W. I checked the bouquets of the birds beyond 127 and very little if any FTA stuff so that works out fine.

As far as where my arc begins I have been able to get to 61.5 W, but I think I can go lower. Have to check on Lyngsat to see if there is anything interesting below that. I do want to get Amazonas if possible.

Oh, by the way, I noticed that my H-H motor will not go to 148W or 15W, not sure why.