All International Channels Moving To 118.7 Read ! February 22nd Is The Last Date When Dish Network Will Move All International Channels From Echo 3 (61.5 W), Echo 2 (148 W) To Anik 3 (118.7). So Please Be Ready To Upgrade Your Hardware ( Dish , Lnb ) You will require at least a 30 inch or bigger dish to get 118.7
You will also require a special Circular LNB.
118° (Circular 10750) dual SQUARE LNB I found it at this Link : http://www.ftatricks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6613
Some of the International channels on Anik 3 have moved to Nagra3 security and won't be available for some time. Can you be more precise as to what channels you are looking for.
LOu Lou.. WRONG ! We still getting many international on 148. Secondly, the link you gave us, require registration. Vic Flores, there are many channels are gone to n3. you won't be able to get them back soon. So, enjoy what ever you are getting.
Anik F3 is a satellite at 118.7W, and in the same general direction as 119W (Echo 7). If you are pointing to 119W, and seeing the 119W channels, you are also pointing to 118.7w - Anik F3. To get Anik F3 however, you need a 33" dish and a special LNB usually designed for 118 and 119. You can get it from DN as a part of 500+ or 1000+ package or from the generic market as LNB CB2008A or Digiwave 1189s. These last two cost about $20-$25 each. The presence of the name Anik F3 in the sat list of any FTA receiver is dependent on when the receiver was made. If made in the last 6-8 months, it will have that separate slate; if not, it will not have it. In any case, it is immaterial, because you can use any unused sat name an modify the contents as follows:- LNB type: Standard or Universal 2 for generic DSC-DP for Dish Pro. LNB Freq.:10750 or as low as 9750 DisEqC setting: same as the one used for 119W. First TP in the TP list: 11715 (V) - not necessary for a Blind scan. You can get the full TP list from Lyngsat site.
Usually for Pansat 2700 or 2500 to 2700 conversions, a Blind Scan is a good idea. You can also do a Scan all.
You will see that a lot of Internationals are on Anik F3. Note however, that Nagra 3 Security is already implemented on many of the channels, e.g. there are about 43 Indian/Pakistani/Bangla channels, but for the last 3-4 weeks nly 20 of these are available. If you spend on a new Dish and LNB, it might become redundant any day soon.
I have this LNB and you can't get 118.7W with this LNB. This LNB can't get 10750 frequency on Circular signal, i hope that Invacom correct it and put a new LNB with this add on the market.
