true fta in alberta

[dartnut20]

hi, I live in Bonnyville ,alberta. Has anyone been able to pick up some true FTA up here... I been on Sat Finder and tried doing some searching and testing but could not find anything. I have a 39 inch dish and standard LMB . Just looking to see if anybody this far north is able to catch some true FTA, if so ,what sat and alignment your using.

thanks in advance

[FARJOHN]

IS your LNB a stannard or linuar ? You need a good linuar lnb........

[andyb2]

39" should be able to pick up a few sats but as FJ said it must be a linear LNB.A 1.2 meter dish would work well if you can find a free one out there.

[sneerboy]

hi, I live in Bonnyville ,alberta. Has anyone been able to pick up some true FTA up here... I been on Sat Finder and tried doing some searching and testing but could not find anything. I have a 39 inch dish and standard LMB . Just looking to see if anybody this far north is able to catch some true FTA, if so ,what sat and alignment your using.

thanks in advance


A 39 will get you gobs of sats where you is (I see you on the map). Throw out that lnb.
:)

[secheltpaul]

a linear STANDARD l n b f is what you want.

[Costactc]

Depending on what stb he's planning to use, I would suggest an invacom quad for linear and circular if he wants to do dn and bev as well.

[secheltpaul]

good point. just thinking cheapest.(like me) $10-20 l n b will work

[Costactc]

You know Paul, linear lnb would be cheaper but using the quad could save on another dish which would be required for the circular sats.

[secheltpaul]

very true.

[Sasquatch]

I totally agree with Costactc,,,,,,,,you will have the best of both worlds,,,,,make sure to get a motor though,,,,,

Cheers,,,

[dartnut20]

thanks for all the imfo, i will change LNB , but no one told me which sat to hit or alignment. I have both a nano, and nfusion.. any suggestions would be greatly appricated

[dartnut20]

paul, thanks for the imfo send on private message, im sure it will help

[secheltpaul]

The following information is used to correctly align your satellite dish in BONNYVILLE, AB Canada

Here’s 4 to try for
GALAXY 28 at 89west looks to be the strongest and you should get it for sure.
There’s ABC news and feeds . tp 11955 V 19532 ¾
Compass Reading: 142.0 deg./ Dish Elevation: 25.0 deg./ LNBF Rotation: -14.9 deg.

GALAXY 19 at 97west looks like you could get it don’t now a tp
Compass Reading: 151.4 deg Dish Elevation: 26.8 deg. LNBF Rotation: -9.7 deg.

AMC4 101west strong tp 11822 H 5700 ¾
12060 H 26700 ¾ bio history ch
Compass Reading: 156.2 deg / Dish Elevation: 27.4 deg / LNBF Rotation: -6.9 deg

GALAXY 16 99west 11771 V 14321 ¾ CBC news and feeds
Compass Reading: 153.8 deg /Dish Elevation: 27.1 deg /LNBF Rotation: -8.3 deg

Good luck

[Sasquatch]

will you be using a motor dartnut ???

[Sasquatch]

You will find a step by step instruction for either motorized or stationary

If you are planning to set up a motorized system herebelow:

hxxp://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Installation/HH-mount-installation.htm



and if you are planning to set up a stationary system:herebelow:

hxxp://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Installation/Satellite-Heading-Calculator.htm

and below you can find the sats available in yr area and dish size requirements

hxxp://www.dishpointer.com/

just replace the XX by TT

I noticed that you folks are pretty far North !!! Therefore the bigger the dish size the better,,,,,I would personally recommend a 120 cm or 4 ft dish minimum for yr area for true FTA and if you plan to use a motor,,,make sure it is the adequate motor size for yr dish size you can find info as per below:

hxxp://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Order/Motors/HH-Motors.htm

Let us know how it goes,,,,,

Good luck,,,,

Cheers,,,