Satellite TV Forum

[bosejohn]

We are a small group of Indians in the remote locality of North west Australia ( 20.74 S &116.8 East ).
We are looking for receiving Indian Channels from Insat 2E at 83 deg E. Locally we are unable to get any support. Can some one  please help up us in choosing the right hardware. I visited satellite dish alignment forum and it is extremely useful as far as setting up dish is concerned. Little more information is required on how to adjust the LNB for correct Polarisation.
Also what would be the hardware were require in terms of Dish Size, receiver type etc.

[Devan Gopalan]

I am able to get a number of channels on insat 2e from the northern part of China. I used to get all DD channels but as end of 2005 all those channels have been shifted to insat 3A. I now get ETV (2 Telugu, 1 Kannada, Bengali, Gujarathi, Marathi,Oriya, Urdu) besides Kairali, Kairali people, Indiavision(all three Malayalam) besides DD news, DD 1, Jhangar (Hindi Bolywood), Janpat (hindi).
I cannot tune to Jaya or Tamilan for some reason. If you can tune to NSS6 (95 degrees) you can get over 37 free channels. This is the latest addition.

I am not an expert but go to IndiaSatWorld website, type insat 2E in google search and you will go to this site. It lists the channels available and the frequencies. Go to the top and click find satelite and then on the map click your region (find your latitude and longitude from internet-again from Google). If you click on your location on the map it gives how to set the antenna.
-Azimuth is the angle clockwise from true magnetic north and the elevation is the angle of tilt from horizontal.

By the way I am from Melbourne living in China now. Good luck!

[niraj rathi]

Well,
We are the largest dish antenna manufacturer in India . Saw your problem posted . May be we can help you in identifying the correct hardware (at least ) and I also do have some contacts in Australia who may help you . Please get back if interested.

[Babu Santhanam]

I am able to get a number of channels on insat 2e from the northern part of China. I used to get all DD channels but as end of 2005 all those channels have been shifted to insat 3A. I now get ETV (2 Telugu, 1 Kannada, Bengali, Gujarathi, Marathi,Oriya, Urdu) besides Kairali, Kairali people, Indiavision(all three Malayalam) besides DD news, DD 1, Jhangar (Hindi Bolywood), Janpat (hindi).
I cannot tune to Jaya or Tamilan for some reason. If you can tune to NSS6 (95 degrees) you can get over 37 free channels. This is the latest addition.

I am not an expert but go to IndiaSatWorld website, type insat 2E in google search and you will go to this site. It lists the channels available and the frequencies. Go to the top and click find satelite and then on the map click your region (find your latitude and longitude from internet-again from Google). If you click on your location on the map it gives how to set the antenna.
-Azimuth is the angle clockwise from true magnetic north and the elevation is the angle of tilt from horizontal.

By the way I am from Melbourne living in China now. Good luck!

Hi,
I am from Chennai and currently living in Adelaide. Watching Sun TV through subscription using Ku band dish which i set up myself. I also have a C band dish which i used to point to Insat 2e and Asiasat 3s to receive a number of programmes (zee smile, zee music, sahara from asiasat3s; etv, asianet etc. from insat2e). Jayatv and tamilan tv are not receivable as they are not in the global beam (but only in Zone beam which does not cover Australia; you may have out of footprint sometimes which will enable you see these channels occasionally!!). BBC is available on Panamsat2 satellite but requires c band dish. Ku band dish is small and convenient but channels received through them are mostly pay TV unfortunately. Hope i have been able to share some of my experiences. good luck to those who want to try and setup dish to receive FTA channels.

regards
Babu
babuchemy@yahoo.com

[Babu Santhanam]

Hi,
Back again,
You may be able to receive Sun TV from NSS6 using a large 2.3m c band dish, as the signal that serves Indian subcontinent covers most of Western half of Australia!
Babu
babuchemy@yahoo.com

[Sasi Kumar]

I have just moved to Melbourne, Australia and would like some advise on how I can get Malayalam channels here. Tanks and Have a nice day!

[anuadu]

I see someone mentioning about NSS6 here....has anyone successfully tuned into NSS6 and received Free to Air Indian channels.

[anuadu]

I live in Adelaide.

Can someone tell me if there is any Free to air Indian channels (Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil or English channels) avalivable here using a Ku Band 85 cm dish?

If yes, which sattellite and what channels?

[babuchemy]

Hi You CANNOT receive any free Indian channel in Australia using 'Foxtel' type solid Ku band offset dish of any size.

You CAN receive Free Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Urdu Indian channels, if you use a larger C band dish pointed at Asiasat 3 or Asiasat 4 satellite. If further info needed send me an email at babuchemy@yahoo.com. If you are in Adelaide, I can assist you personally.