dish setup question

[ccrocket]

I am getting a pansat 3500s wensday. I would like to have a motorize dish with it. I have a channel master 75cm Ellipticaldish. Can I put a motor on it and it pick up all the sats? :shocked

 

[PSB]

Hello and WELCOME to the SatelliteGuys.US FTA forum

Should be able to motorize a 75cm dish no problem!

I use a SG2100 motor but there are plenty similar models out there......

http://www.dmsiusa.com/sg2100.htm

Give us your Zip code and we will give you all the angles to the satellites from your location!

 

[Technojunky]

You can motorize any dish if you have a big enough motor. The specification of any motor that was designed to move a dish includes the maximum size, and in some cases they are kind enough to mention weight of the dish.We can not assume that every 90cm dish weighs the same. The motors are rated by maximum size dish, when they really are limited by weight and wind load more than size. I like to kick it up a notch. If a motor will handle my dish, I usually get the next size up so that the motor will handle my dish easily. Also, if you upgrade the dish to a bigger dish, you might not have to upgrade the motor as well. Get a motor with a long warranty on it, 2 or 3 years is nice.

 

[PSB]

The SG2100 will work on dish up to 1.2m!

http://www.dmsiusa.com/documents/Manual%20SG2100%20New1.pdf

If its a heavy dish have a look at the below modification done to reduce the weight of a Primestar dish.

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=42450&highlight=Primestar+mount

I have had my SG2100 for well over 2 years and it has never missed a beat!

 

[ccrocket]

my zip code 71753

 

[PSB]

                    Magnolia, AR 71753
          Latitude 33° 15.882'N Longitude 93° 14.352'W

                         Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m)   El  Skew
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                     Intelsat 901   18.0W  98.2  95.6  3.6 -55.8
                                 
                     Intelsat 603   20.0W  99.4  96.7  5.3 -55.6
                                 
                            NSS 7   22.0W 100.6  97.9  7.0 -55.3
                                 
                     Intelsat 905   24.5W 102.0  99.4  9.1 -54.9
                                 
                     Intelsat 907   27.5W 103.9 101.2 11.6 -54.3
                                 
                   Hispasat 1C/1D   30.0W 105.5 102.8 13.7 -53.7
                                 
                     Intelsat 801   31.5W 106.4 103.8 14.9 -53.3
                                 
                     Intelsat 903   34.5W 108.4 105.8 17.4 -52.5
                                 
              AMC 12 & Telstar 11   37.5W 110.5 107.8 19.9 -51.6
                                 
                          NSS 806   40.5W 112.6 110.0 22.4 -50.5
                                 
                        PAS 6B/3R   43.0W 114.5 111.9 24.4 -49.5
                                 
                           PAS 1R   45.0W 116.1 113.4 26.0 -48.7
                                 
                     Intelsat 705   50.0W 120.3 117.6 30.0 -46.2
                                 
                     Intelsat 707   53.0W 123.0 120.3 32.3 -44.6
                                 
                     Intelsat 805   55.5W 125.3 122.7 34.2 -43.0
                                 
                            PAS 9   58.0W 127.8 125.2 36.0 -41.3
                                 
                         Amazonas   61.0W 131.0 128.3 38.2 -39.1
                                 
           EchoStar 3 & Rainbow 1   61.5W 131.6 128.9 38.5 -38.7
                                 
                 Estrela do Sul 1   63.0W 133.3 130.6 39.6 -37.5
                                 
                     Brasilsat B2   65.0W 135.6 132.9 40.9 -35.8
                                 
                     Brasilsat B1   70.0W 141.9 139.3 43.9 -31.0
                                 
                 Nahuel 1 & AMC 6   72.0W 144.7 142.0 45.1 -28.9
                                 
                            AMC 6   72.0W 144.7 142.0 45.1 -28.9
                                 
                        DirecTV 5   72.5W 145.4 142.7 45.3 -28.4
                                 
                            SBS 6   74.0W 147.5 144.9 46.1 -26.7
                                 
                            AMC 5   79.0W 155.2 152.5 48.4 -20.6
                                 
                          Nimiq 2   82.0W 160.1 157.4 49.5 -16.5
                                 
                            AMC 9   83.0W 161.8 159.1 49.8 -15.2
                                 
                     Brasilsat B3   84.0W 163.5 160.8 50.0 -13.8
                                 
                           AMC 16   85.0W 165.2 162.5 50.3 -12.3
                                 
                            AMC 3   87.0W 168.7 166.1 50.7  -9.4
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 8   89.0W 172.3 169.6 51.0  -6.4
                                 
                 Galaxy 11/Nimiq1   91.0W 175.9 173.3 51.2  -3.4
                                 
                     Brasilsat B4   92.0W 177.7 175.1 51.3  -1.9
                                 
                        Telstar 6   93.0W 179.6 176.9 51.3  -0.4
                                 
                        Galaxy 3C   95.0W 183.2 180.5 51.3   2.7
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 5   97.0W 186.8 184.2 51.1   5.7
                                 
                        Galaxy 4R   99.0W 190.4 187.8 50.8   8.7
                                 
                            AMC 4  101.0W 194.0 191.3 50.4  11.6
                                 
                            AMC 1  103.0W 197.4 194.7 49.9  14.5
                                 
                           AMC 15  105.0W 200.8 198.1 49.3  17.3
                                 
                          Anik F1  107.3W 204.5 201.9 48.4  20.3
                                 
         DirecTV 6 & EchoStar 6/8  110.0W 208.8 206.1 47.3  23.7
                                 
                          Anik F2  111.1W 210.4 207.8 46.8  25.1
                                 
                    Solidaridad 2  113.0W 213.2 210.6 45.8  27.3
                                 
                         SatMex 5  116.8W 218.5 215.8 43.8  31.4
                                 
          EchoStar 7 & DirecTV 7S  119.0W 221.3 218.7 42.4  33.5
                                 
  EchoStar 9/Intelsat Americas 13  121.0W 223.8 221.2 41.2  35.4
                                 
                       Galaxy 10R  123.0W 226.2 223.5 39.9  37.1
                                 
                        Galaxy 12  125.0W 228.5 225.8 38.5  38.7
                                 
             Galaxy 13/Horizons 1  127.0W 230.6 228.0 37.1  40.3
                                 
 Intelsat Americas 7 & EchoStar 5  129.0W 232.7 230.0 35.7  41.7
                                 
                           AMC 11  131.0W 234.7 232.0 34.2  43.0
                                 
                        Galaxy 1R  133.0W 236.6 233.9 32.7  44.3
                                 
                           AMC 10  135.0W 238.4 235.8 31.1  45.4
                                 
                            AMC 7  137.0W 240.2 237.5 29.6  46.5
                                 
                            AMC 8  139.0W 241.9 239.2 28.0  47.5
                                 
                     EchoStar 1/2  148.0W 248.8 246.2 20.7  51.2

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Telstar 6 (IA-6) @ 93.0W would be your True South Satellite!

http://www.lyngsat.com/ia6.html

If you need help reading the above chart......

http://www.dmsiusa.com/charts.htm


Ku channels have a 5 digit Freq.

C-Band (BIG 6-10' Dish) use a 4 digit Freq.

 

[ccrocket]

thanks for the info....

 

[PSB]

You are welcome, good luck with the setup!