Satellite Dish Reception

We spent last summer (2014) in Alaska. We have Dish satellite and never lost reception traveling from Chicken to Homer to Valdez. We always received Sats 119 and 110. We lost 129 around Edmonton.

traveylin wrote:
We lost Sirius radio reception north of Whitehorse going to Anchorage. Satellite gets behind the curve of the earth.

I only lost satellite radio when I was on the north side of a mountain. Otherwise it worked fine, even in Fairbanks.

EEWally wrote:
Yep, Geostationary satellites over the north pole spinning axis are tough to achieve.

And if you find one, its in real trouble or you're watching a spy sat

We lost Sirius radio reception north of Whitehorse going to Anchorage. Satellite gets behind the curve of the earth.

I guess I'll just get my Fox News via morse code!

A one meter round dish will help. The sats are over the equater so that far north you are pointing the dish at the horizon so a lot of atmosphere to go through.

Yep, Geostationary satellites over the north pole spinning axis are tough to achieve.

My Alaska dish antenna looks like it is oriented to intersect the ground at about 500 yards, and is considerably larger than any RV antenna. The satellite is at a low angle and most RV antennas will not go that low, it matters not whether Dish or Direct. Some people have said they get service to Ft St John om Direct. The commercial parks have some cable (usually) and over the air works in some places. Do not expect much in northern Canada or rural areas.

Assuming DirecTV and a 18 inch dish you lose service north of Jasper. With a dome dish you'll lose service before Banff. With a slimline dish you may get service on 101 all the way to Alaska.