spot beams

[laura]

need a little clarification on spot beams
I know that there as been a lot of talk
about that but still not clear
ex..I live in Burlington..and I get signal
on 110 transponders 4/6/8/10
on 119 transp 1/3..which I believe
these are spot beams..now when I program card with RTM..how do I know
which channels to choose..I looked at
the spot beam maps in RTM..but still confused
tks

[t160hq]

All the spot beamed tiers in RTM have a number in (). For example (0) means no spotbeam and will be received anywhere in the US. (10) would mean spotbeam 10. I don't think these numbers actually correspond to spot beam transponders. I think it's just a convient numbering system. You have to use a combo of the sat (110 or 119) and the spotbeam id (X) to determine if they come in in your area.

Using your example of Burlington it is sat 119 spotbeam id (13) So any locals marked sat 119 SBid (13) will come in for you.
In this case sat 110 SBid (13) and (14) overlap sat 119 SBid (13).
So you may be able to receive channels from them as well.

t160hq

[laura]

I thank you very much for you reply..
it's getting more and more clear now,
one last question, what do you mean to use a combo of the sat (110-119)and the spotbeam id (X) to determine if they come to my area

tks

[t160hq]

Both sats 110 and 119 have spotbeams. So you need to look at both spot beam maps to see what's overhead.

Once you have the spotbeam numbers for you area you use the sat number and spotbeam number to see what tiers you can receive. The spotbeam id number for 119 in your area may not be the same as the spotbeam id number for 110 in your area. You may also be able to receive more the one spotbeam from the same sat.

In the Burlington example you can receive 3 spotbeams. 2 from the 110 sat and one from the 119 sat.

119 (13) <----- combo of sat and spotbeam id
110 (13)
110 (14)

All can be received in Burlington.

RTM lists both the sat number and the spotbeam id in the description of the tier.

t160hq

[ouxly40]

Blackout List as of 1 month ago:
BO# Sat SB Local Market
01 110 26 Albuquerque, NM
03 110 0 Atlanta, GA
04 110 30 Austin, TX
05 119 13 Baltimore, MD - testing
06 119 12 Birmingham, AL
07 119 13 Boston, MA
08 110 28 Buffalo, NY
09 110 13 Burlington, VT/Plattsburgh, NY
0B 119 14 Charlotte, NC
0C 110 0/11 Chicago, IL
0D 110 28 Cincinnati, OH
0E 110 28 Cleveland, OH
10 110 0 Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
11 110 0 Denver, CO
12 110 28 Detroit, MI
14 110 35 Fort Myers, FL
15 110 4 Fresno, CA
16 119 11 Grand Rapids, MI
18 119 14 Greenville/Spartanburg, SC
19 119 1 Honolulu, HI
1A 119 10 Houston, TX
1B 119 11 Indianapolis, IN
1C 119 9 Kansas City, MO
1D 110 27 Las Vegas, NV
1E 119 0/5 Los Angeles, CA
1F 119 15 Miami, FL
21 110 9 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
22 110 11 Nashville, TN
24 119 0 New York, NY
25 119 9 Oklahoma City, OK
26 110 34 Orlando, FL
27 110 13 Philadelphia, PA
28 119 6 Phoenix, AZ
29 110 28 Pittsburgh, PA
2A 119 3 Portland, OR
2B 119 14 Raleigh/Durham, NC
2C 119 4 Reno, NV
2D 110 4 Sacramento, CA
2E 119 11 St. Louis, MO
2F 119 7 Salt Lake City, UT
30 110 30 San Antonio, TX
31 119 5 San Diego, CA
32 119 4 San Francisco, CA
33 119 3 Seattle, WA
35 110 35 Tampa/St. Petersburgh, FL
36 119 6 Tucson, AZ
37 119 10 Waco, TX
38 110 13 Washington, DC
39 119 15 West Palm Beach, FL
3A 119 4 Chico/Redding, CA
3B 110 26 Colorado Springs, CO
3D 110 9 Des Moines, IA
3E 119 13 Harrisburg, PA
3F 110 34 Jacksonville, FL
41 110 9 Omaha, NE
43 110 3 Spokane, WA
44 119 9 Tulsa, OK
45 110 30 Tyler, TX
49 110 9 Cedar Rapids, IA
4E 119 12 Huntsville/Decatur, AL
50 110 28 Lexington, KY
51 110 11 Louisville, KY
52 110 4 Monterey/Salinas, CA
53 110 11 Marion, IL/Paducah, KY/Cape Girardeau, MO
57 110 30 Shreveport, LA
58 110 9 Sioux Falls, SD
59 110 34 Tallahassee, FL
5D 110 0 Jackson, MS
5E 110 0 Knoxville, TN
5F 110 0 Little Rock, AR
60 110 0 Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
n/a 110 0 Green Bay/Fox Cities, WI - testing

Credit for this info goes to nobody666

[laura]

thank u all very much..it's all clear now