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<blockquote data-quote="Fisty McB" data-source="post: 968961" data-attributes="member: 389824">One of the perks the OP has with their location. In my case, living on an island off the edge of the European/Eurasia landmass hinders reception of eastern satellites greatly - my limit is 52.5E but even if there wasn't trees in the way and the eastern horizon was completely flat, anything from 68.5E eastwards is below the horizon. <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/sad.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" data-shortname=":(" />The big one you're likely missing then is Nilesat/Eutelsat 7/8 West at least for Ku Band - there's little of significance west of this until you hit Hispasat at 30W and even then the FTA channels here aren't that exciting. Where I live I could potentially see to 81W before the horizon dips but there's very little aimed at Europe in the Ku Band beyond 30W - that's not to say that there aren't medium to strong beams on some of these satellites but they're almost all data and news feeds. C Band potentially opens up possibilities, but a large dish definitely needed!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fisty McB, post: 968961, member: 389824"] One of the perks the OP has with their location. In my case, living on an island off the edge of the European/Eurasia landmass hinders reception of eastern satellites greatly - my limit is 52.5E but even if there wasn't trees in the way and the eastern horizon was completely flat, anything from 68.5E eastwards is below the horizon. :( The big one you're likely missing then is Nilesat/Eutelsat 7/8 West at least for Ku Band - there's little of significance west of this until you hit Hispasat at 30W and even then the FTA channels here aren't that exciting. Where I live I could potentially see to 81W before the horizon dips but there's very little aimed at Europe in the Ku Band beyond 30W - that's not to say that there aren't medium to strong beams on some of these satellites but they're almost all data and news feeds. C Band potentially opens up possibilities, but a large dish definitely needed! [/QUOTE]

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