Which satellites?????

MONKi

I'm aware that Astra 1, 2 , Hotbird and turksat are the most commonly viewied satellites, but are there any others that are worth pointing your dish at????

with this in mind, is it recommended to purchase more than on dish/LNB or get a motor??

Thanks, MONKi

Greenman

Why not look here. if you click on a satellite name you can see what they have to offer. If you click on the name of a TV or Radio station it usually has a web site.For example if you click on 16 degrees east you and then click on TMF you get this although in dutch you can see thats a music video channel. Its all down to taste and what you're into, take your time to look around. If you really get keen you might consider a cheap motorised system. Mine cost about 100euros to set up that is minus dish. . I hope I've been of help!!!:)

EKRIUQ

Greenman is there anywhere on that lynsat website that deals with analogue only

DMC

Anything on Lyngsat thats in pure white, like here is analogue in the clear.

MONKi

Thanks Greenman.

I read in one of the posts that with multiple dishes and LNBS youll get about 550 channels and with a motorised system you can get up to 1100. Is this true? If so, what equipment do you recommend for the motorised setup?



Thanks again lads

MONKi

Greenman

Hi Monki,
Recommend well thats a hard one as with cars most of the things they make these days are fairly good.
I have a Humax 5300,a 12 inch Jaeger acuator and a simple polar mount ,a Super Power Jack positioner and Triax 110 cm dish. With that I can move from 30 degrees east to 45 degrees west
If you start here you can read till your hearts content.
If you want more info you can PM me.:)

Mike 1972

theres one at 16E with some African stuff and some French ones at 5 and 8 deg west

also A Scandanavian one at 1w (i think)

http://www.satcodx.com/uke/ have a ful list

PANAMSAT 1R (315.0E - 45.0W)
PANAMSAT 3R, 6, 6B (317.0E - 43.0W)
NSS 806 (319.5E - 40.5W)
TELSTAR 11 (322.5E - 37.5W)
SATCOM C1 (322.5E - 37.5W)
INTELSAT 903 (325.5E - 34.5W)
INTELSAT 801 (328.5E - 31.5W)
HISPASAT 1B, 1C, 1D (330.0E - 30.0W)
INTELSAT 907 (332.5E - 27.5W)
INTELSAT 905 (335.5E - 24.5W)
NSS 7 (338.0E - 22.0W)
INTELSAT 901 (342.0E - 18.0W)
TELSTAR 12 (345.0E - 15.0W)
GORIZONT 26 (346.0E - 14.0W)
ATLANTIC BIRD 1 (347.5E - 12.5W)
EUTELSAT II-F4 (348.5E - 11.5W)
EXPRESS 3A (349.0E - 11.0W)
TELECOM 2D (352.0E - 8.0W)
ATLANTIC BIRD 2 (352.0E - 8.0W) French
NILESAT 101, 102 (353.0E - 7.0W)
ATLANTIC BIRD 3 (355.0E - 5.0W)
TELECOM 2C (355.0E - 5.0W)
AMOS 1 (356.0E - 4.0W)
INTELSAT 707 (359.0E - 1.0W)
THOR 2,3 (359.2E - 0.8W) Scandanavian
NILESAT 101, 102 (353.0E - 7.0W)
ATLANTIC BIRD 3 (355.0E - 5.0W)
TELECOM 2A (3.0E)
SIRIUS 2,3 (5.0E)
ASTRA 1A (5.0E) Cyprus
EUTELSAT W3 (7.0E)
EUTELSAT W1 (10.0E)
HOTBIRD 1,2,3,4,6 (13.0E) Eastern/Southern European French and Kurdish
EUTELSAT W2 (16.0E) Mostly African
ASTRA 1B,1C,1E,1F,1H,2C (19.2E) Mostly German
AFRISTAR (21.0E)
EUTELSAT II-F3 (21.5E)
ASTRA 3A (23.5E)
ARABSAT 2A,2D,3A (26.0E)
ASTRA 2A,2B,2D (28.2E) Sky Digital
EUROBIRD 1 (28.5E) Lots of UK Irish channels
ARABSAT 2B (30.5E)
TURKSAT 1B (31.3E)
EUTELSAT SESAT,W4 (36.0E)
HELLAS SAT 2 (39.0E)
EXPRESS A1R (40.0E)
TURKSAT 1C (42.0E) Turkish
EURASIASAT 1 (42.0E)
NEWSAT 1 (42.5E)
EUROPE*STAR 1 (45.0E)
EUTELSAT II-F2 (48.0E)
INSAT 3E (52.0E)
GORIZONT 32 (53.0E)
INSAT 2DT (55.0E)
MOST 1 (56.0E)
NSS 703 (57.0E)
INTELSAT 904 (60.0E)
INTELSAT 902 (62.0E)
INTELSAT 906 (64.0E)
INTELSAT 704 (66.0E)
PANAMSAT 7, 10 (68.5E)

NOTE Many of these satellites only carry a small number of channels (in many cases usng non standard data and FEC rates) some are only used for news corporate and outside broadcast feeds