Dish size for New Jersey USA

[fredfox]

I am in new jersey usa. How big does my dish need to be to get say, T5?
I get 80% signal but 0 quality, tried even a meter for signal.

[pmb1010]

Here's the "footprint" for T5:

http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Products/A...ar5_ku_pic.jpg

I'm in the "48" ring and can get the satellite with a 30" dish OK.
A Directv dish would be too small.

[bobkat]

A 30" dish is fine for NJ; "beeper" signal meters will not find T5; you need something like a Birdog or similar professional satellite finder.

kat

[kalamar]

Originally Posted by fredfox

I am in new jersey usa. How big does my dish need to be to get say, T5?
I get 80% signal but 0 quality, tried even a meter for signal.

If you set the Azmuth and Elivation correctly you dont need any meters. If you have 80 signal and zero quality, then you are on the wrong satellite. Recheck your settings.

[BrianC]

Fredfox,

I am in NJ also. I initially had a 30 inch dish which would barely get signal on T5,T6,G11, G10R and NO signal on many of the others (especially the Atlantic sats like Hispasat).
It's doable with the 30 from NJ but dont expect high quality levels.
I eventually went to 120cm dish which made drastic difference (like from 37% to 90% on T6 alone).
I would recommend starting out with T5 and T6. Once you can get them you can experiment a little more. I also have some trees in the distance so maybe you have a better line of sight.

One other thing: Make absolutely certain that you are using an ACTIVE transponder or you will get no quality level. Check on lyngsat website and plug in the freq, polarity and SR. DO NOT rely on the transponders that show up by default on your receiver. I delete them all and plug in from the lyngsat that way you never have to worry about which one to use to find the sat.

What part of NJ you at? I'm in Toms River.


-Brian

[josercerda]

Hi, I would like to know what size should be the dish that I need to install to watch the Galaxy 3C (95°W) satellite. I live in Cincinnati, Ohio and I am in the 49 region. Do you think that a 90 cm dish will be enough? I am interested in viewing the DirecTV programming for Latin America which is broadcasted in this satellite, I have an active subscription and the reciever with DirecTV in South America but given that Direct TV does not provide service outside the South American region I need to try and error on the type of dish :cry: and LNB :cry: that I have to use with my receiver.
Thanks for your help.

[dtsexpert]

90cm dish will get you G3C. I don't think you can sub to DirecTV Latin America if you live in the US.
Michael

Originally Posted by josercerda

Hi, I would like to know what size should be the dish that I need to install to watch the Galaxy 3C (95°W) satellite. I live in Cincinnati, Ohio and I am in the 49 region. Do you think that a 90 cm dish will be enough? I am interested in viewing the DirecTV programming for Latin America which is broadcasted in this satellite, I have an active subscription and the reciever with DirecTV in South America but given that Direct TV does not provide service outside the South American region I need to try and error on the type of dish :cry: and LNB :cry: that I have to use with my receiver.
Thanks for your help.

[josercerda]

Michael, Thanks for your help on the dish size, now, what about the LNB? What type should work?
Thanks

[BrianC]

I don't think you will be able to receive DTV Latin because more than likely it is spot beamed meaning that they focus the beam to only the area served.

If it did work, and I doubt it, then it should be a linear LNB since the lyngsat chart displays it as "V" and not R/L as in circular LNB's.

If you do get it to work please let us know. But I have blind scanned G3C many times and no sign of any DTV channels scrambled or otherwise.




Brian

[josercerda]

Brian,
Thanks for your input.
Let me give you a little more background on the DirecTV Latin America programming. There is a comany located in Miami called "Worldwide Satellite Service" that is currently selling the DirecTV LA package to the Latin community that live in Miami. The cost of the installation is $199 that includes a 18" dish, LNB and the receiver and you pay $39/month for the basic programming. I tried to subscribe to this ystem but the sales guy told me that they only offer this system to the Miami residents only because they don't have technical support out of Miami, however they told me that thay have several customers in Cleveland, Virginia and Chicago that are actually enjoying the LA package with them but the customers installed their own satellite dish and they just shipped the activated receiver. I want to do that but the sales guy does not know what type/size of dish I should be installing, he told me that one of the Chicago's customers is using an 6 foot dish but the sales guy did not give me the phone # of this customers to understand more about what he did.
What is clear is that I CAN SEE the channels, the problem is that I don't know what dish/LNB is suitable for my location. I am thinking in buying the 6' Sadoun dish with the Fortec Star FSKU-v LNBF and buy the receiver from these guys, but given that the dish can not be returnable that's why I need to be sure that 6' is big enough to get the G3C DSS channels.
Thanks again for your advice

[BrianC]

I have a 4 foot dish and never seen these channels so maybe you do need a 6 foot or so.
Give Sadouns store a call and ask for support. I'm sure one of those guys would have an answer for you and wouldn't mind, espeically if you buy a dish from them.
The number is on the main store page. You can get there quicker by deleting everything after /Forum...... in your web browsers address bar.




-Brian

[dtsexpert]

These transponder does cover N.America. Check out the link below:
http://www.panamsat.com/global_network/galaxy3c_ku.asp
You will need a linear ku lnbf and a Ku dish, perhaps 90cm.
Any blind search will not find these DSS transponders since they are not DVB.
Michael
PS: This topic is kind of in "grey area", so I don't think we should discuss this any further.

Originally Posted by josercerda

Brian,
Thanks for your input.
Let me give you a little more background on the DirecTV Latin America programming. There is a comany located in Miami called "Worldwide Satellite Service" that is currently selling the DirecTV LA package to the Latin community that live in Miami. The cost of the installation is $199 that includes a 18" dish, LNB and the receiver and you pay $39/month for the basic programming. I tried to subscribe to this ystem but the sales guy told me that they only offer this system to the Miami residents only because they don't have technical support out of Miami, however they told me that thay have several customers in Cleveland, Virginia and Chicago that are actually enjoying the LA package with them but the customers installed their own satellite dish and they just shipped the activated receiver. I want to do that but the sales guy does not know what type/size of dish I should be installing, he told me that one of the Chicago's customers is using an 6 foot dish but the sales guy did not give me the phone # of this customers to understand more about what he did.
What is clear is that I CAN SEE the channels, the problem is that I don't know what dish/LNB is suitable for my location. I am thinking in buying the 6' Sadoun dish with the Fortec Star FSKU-v LNBF and buy the receiver from these guys, but given that the dish can not be returnable that's why I need to be sure that 6' is big enough to get the G3C DSS channels.
Thanks again for your advice

[josercerda]

Michael, What do you mean by "Blind search" ??
Thanks

[josercerda]

Michael, can you please also send me a web link with the LNB that I need to buy from Sadoun for this application?
Thanks and sorry for taking so much time from you

[dtsexpert]

Link below:
http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Order/Dishes.htm
36" is a good start. #5 is the lnbf you need. For the dish, the larger, the better.
Michael

Originally Posted by josercerda

Michael, can you please also send me a web link with the LNB that I need to buy from Sadoun for this application?
Thanks and sorry for taking so much time from you

[josercerda]

Michael, Based on Brian's note I need a linear LNB, Is this LNBF that you are recommending me a linear one?
Thanks

[dtsexpert]

Yes, you will need a linear lnbf. Check out the link below, item 1 or 2 will do the job:
http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Order/LNBFs.htm
Michael

Originally Posted by josercerda

Michael, Based on Brian's note I need a linear LNB, Is this LNBF that you are recommending me a linear one?
Thanks

[josercerda]

Michael, I checked the item 1, and if you open the link says that this LNB is not suitable to work with DSS which is the DirecTV LA signal. I am still confused. Somebody can help me?
Thanks

[vj9999]

LNB doesn't care what kinf of signal you want to receive. Directv usa uses circular polarization. The tranponder on G3C that you are refering to seems to be on linear polarization (don't take my word for granted). What I am confused about is that lyngsat only shows one tranponder for directv latin America 11930 V and I have a really hard time beleiving that thye can squeze all those channels listed on just one transponder!? Am I missing something here?

[vj9999]

I get it now. These channels are on Galaxy 8i which is sharing space with G3C. Here is a correct link http://www.lyngsat.com/g95.shtml