AMC3 - PBS network feeds in SD and HD G10R (soon G18) - almost every Equity Broadcasting station, lots of occaisional sports feeds
Have you ever heard of Lyngsat? Here is a link to Americas satellites and what is on them. Great site for FTA stuff: http://www.lyngsat.com/america.html Click on a sat, and you can see what's available. ----- Original Message ----- From: F G To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 5:38 AM Subject: Re: [TVRO] Re: Expand the view What do you watch on those 2 satellites? AMC3 G10R ? David Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I live in central Texas and have a 30" Fortec dish.It works great for AMC3 and G10R,in fair weather,but loses the signals in heavy rain.My 48" dish holds up much better,but can pixelate at times in very heavy rain.I would go for a 36",at the least. Also G10R,has just been replaced with G18,and has stronger signals. Hope this helps. David > > I'd go for 30" or larger. The shipping gets expensive as you approach > 36"+. A 48" would probably be approaching overkill. Bigger is better > for the tight spacing sats, especially G10R with 121 (Echo 9) blaring > in next door. Here in the west I've done G10R just fine with a 26x36 > Primestar Oval dish. > > Shawn > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Richard A. Keirstead > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to use my FTA receiver to take a peak at Ku on satellite AMC 3 > > (87 degrees West) and Galaxy 10R (123 degrees West). Any hope I can do > > this with an 18 to 20" dish? If not, does anyone have a suggestion what > > size dish I should try? I am in North Carolina, USA. My largest dish is > > 8', but is C band only at this point. Suggestions, please. Budget is tight. > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1482 - Release Date: 6/4/2008 7:10 AM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
