Does altitude help?

[Largo]

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Hi,

I wondered about receiving KU FTA off Hispasat 1C from SE Arizona, US.
The "look angle" calculator says I'm -.4 below. Could my 5000 ft
elevation-location help? Is it usually possible to get signal from
these fringe locations--like 1 or 2 degrees elevation above horizon?
What's someone's technical evaluation in terms of dish size, lnb, etc.

Thanks,
Largo

 

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On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 17:32:35 -0700, Largo <tryagain@fullBS.bad.lnk>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I wondered about receiving KU FTA off Hispasat 1C from SE Arizona, US.
>The "look angle" calculator says I'm -.4 below. Could my 5000 ft
>elevation-location help? Is it usually possible to get signal from
>these fringe locations--like 1 or 2 degrees elevation above horizon?
>What's someone's technical evaluation in terms of dish size, lnb, etc.


Seems to me the 5000 ft would help. I would whip out a 1.8 meter and
try it.
I get it here in South Florida if that helps.,

 

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Largo wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wondered about receiving KU FTA off Hispasat 1C from SE Arizona, US.
> The "look angle" calculator says I'm -.4 below. Could my 5000 ft
> elevation-location help? Is it usually possible to get signal from
> these fringe locations--like 1 or 2 degrees elevation above horizon?
> What's someone's technical evaluation in terms of dish size, lnb, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Largo

You also need to be within the beam's footprint. Are you?

 

[Largo]

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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 06:19:17 GMT, Zoyburg <rats@attib.com> wrote:

>Largo wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I wondered about receiving KU FTA off Hispasat 1C from SE Arizona, US.
>> The "look angle" calculator says I'm -.4 below. Could my 5000 ft
>> elevation-location help? Is it usually possible to get signal from
>> these fringe locations--like 1 or 2 degrees elevation above horizon?
>> What's someone's technical evaluation in terms of dish size, lnb, etc.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Largo
>
>You also need to be within the beam's footprint. Are you?

Yes, it appears I'd be inside a 45 DBW ring. What size dish would
this need?

Thank you.
Largo

 

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"Largo" <tryagain@fullBS.bad.lnk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I wondered about receiving KU FTA off Hispasat 1C from SE Arizona, US.
> The "look angle" calculator says I'm -.4 below. Could my 5000 ft
> elevation-location help? Is it usually possible to get signal from
> these fringe locations--like 1 or 2 degrees elevation above horizon?
> What's someone's technical evaluation in terms of dish size, lnb, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Largo

It would seem to me if you are below the horizon then you are below the
horizon and are beyond a "fringe" situation even at 5000 ft elevation.
However experiement! Get the largest dish you can and a standard or
universal lnb and go for it.

 

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>> I wondered about receiving KU FTA off Hispasat 1C from SE Arizona, US.
>> The "look angle" calculator says I'm -.4 below. Could my 5000 ft
>> elevation-location help? Is it usually possible to get signal from
>> these fringe locations--like 1 or 2 degrees elevation above horizon?

no matter if you are at sea level or on top of a mountain your latitude and
longitude still remains constant. Even if you were able to "look" at those
satellites over the horizon, the footprint beam would probably be diminished
and none existant by the distance alone and the signal would probably be very
weak.

 

[Largo]

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On 01 Oct 2004 23:50:03 GMT, piecheech@aol.com (PieCheech) wrote:

>>> I wondered about receiving KU FTA off Hispasat 1C from SE Arizona, US.
>>> The "look angle" calculator says I'm -.4 below. Could my 5000 ft
>>> elevation-location help? Is it usually possible to get signal from
>>> these fringe locations--like 1 or 2 degrees elevation above horizon?
>
>no matter if you are at sea level or on top of a mountain your latitude and
>longitude still remains constant. Even if you were able to "look" at those
>satellites over the horizon, the footprint beam would probably be diminished
>and none existant by the distance alone and the signal would probably be very
>weak.

I wanted to know the possibility of getting FTA off Hispasat. Lyngsat
for 30W "Hispasat" appears that I'd be able to "see it" although
Hispasat 1C footprint say's I won't.

My next question is about lyngsat. What's the difference between the
European and the American beam? I assume that if programming says
this or whatnot is on the European beam, I won't be able to receive
it--even if the satellite is easily visible from my ground station
because that signal (and programming) is spotted onto another
continent. Is this assumption correct?

Thanks for your assistance.
Largo

 

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Largo wrote:
[...]
> I wanted to know the possibility of getting FTA off Hispasat. Lyngsat
> for 30W "Hispasat" appears that I'd be able to "see it" although
> Hispasat 1C footprint say's I won't.
>
> My next question is about lyngsat. What's the difference between the
> European and the American beam? I assume that if programming says
> this or whatnot is on the European beam, I won't be able to receive
> it--even if the satellite is easily visible from my ground station
> because that signal (and programming) is spotted onto another
> continent. Is this assumption correct?

Yes; you have to look at the footprint map of the appropriate beam.