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If anyone requires this information to set up their motorized dish, here is a list of a few of the common satellites and the true FTA channels on each of them. I tried to pick true FTA signals and the strongest ones at that. Please realize that some of the TP frequencies may vary by +/- 0.003 GHz due to the fact that I used the Blind Scan method to acquire all the satellite TP frequencies. The SID numbers may also vary from what I have listed depending upon your system and how you renumber the channels after scanning, so also be aware of this possible discrepancy.

This list may help you during the alignment process of setting up a motorized dish. If you create a channel list that only contains these satellites, transponders and channels, then you will find it much easier to test your motorized system for tracking the arc properly since you will not have to bother with scrounging for the specific TP and channel on each satellite during the process. It works quite well, if you promise to overlook any typographical errors that I may have made while compiling this data. I did try my best to ensure that all were accurate, but I am a NUT! A CatfishNUT that is.

61.5 W Echostar 3
TP 12.661 V (This would be Right hand circular polarity before conversion)
SID 9902 - SR 20.000 –– VPID 4898 – APID 4899 – PPID 4898
(Congratulations! You are pointed at the 61.5 W Orbital Location)

72.0 W AMC 6
TP 12.052 V
SID 2266 - SR 6.890 - VPID 0120 – APID 0110 – PPID 0120
SATOPS NETU15 – (TEST)

79.0 W AMC 5
TP 11.741 V
SID 2277 - SR 11.110 – VPID 0610 – APID 0611 – PPID 0610
PROGRAM 110 (UENSS)

82.0 W Bell ExpressVu
TP 12.645 H (This would be Left hand circular polarity before conversion)
SID 829 (1829) – SR 20.000 – VPID 4417 – APID 20804 – PPID 4417
VuHD (this is an HD signal, it will not have video or audio, but is FTA and will function to test the signal since it is also MPEG2 compression).

85.0 W AMC 2
TP 11.195 H
SID 4878 – SR 3.978 – VPID 1623 – APID 1624 – PPID 1623
TV 1 – 11195H 85 AMC (ECHOSTAR SAT ACCESS & COLOR BARS)

87.0 W AMC 3
TP 11.736 V
SID 2684 – SR 6.102 – VPID 4130 – APID 4129 – PPID 4130
ENGLISH

91.0 W Galaxy 11
TP 11954 V
SID 2739 – SR 19.532 – VPID 0508 – APID 0456 – PPID 8003
ABC NEWS NOW (May not always be transmitting)

91.0 W Nimiq 1, 3
TP 12.398 V
SID 198 (1198) – SR 20.000 – VPID 5922 – APID 5923 – PPID 5922
XPRS2 ( BEV programming and IRD Information)

93.0 W IA-6
TP 12.175 V
SID 3392 – SR 5.147 – VPID 0110 – APID 0100 – PPID 0110
MACYS 4

97.0 W IA-5
TP 11.998 H
SID 3535 – SR 20.001 – VPID 4025 – APID 4035 – PPID 4025
Al Jazeera English

97.0 W IA-5
TP 11.836 V
SID 3421 – SR 20.770 – VPID 0308 – APID 0256 – PPID 0308
IRIB 2

101.0 W AMC 4
TP 11.822H
SID 4787 – SR 5.700 – VPID 1160 – APID 1120 – PPID 1160
TV English

103.0 W AMC 1
TP 11.828 V
SID 4790 – SR 5.789 – VPID 1057 – APID 1058 – PPID 1057
SSN (Safeway Satellite Network)

105 W Echostar AMC 15
TP 11.840 V
SR 26000 - SID 7000 – VPID 6434 – APID 6435 – PPID 6434
(Congratulations! You have a SuperDISH system pointed at 105 WL)

110 W Echostar 8, 10
TP 12.355 H (This would be Left hand circular polarity before conversion)
SID 9900 - SR 20.000 – VPID 6434 – APID 6435 – PPID 6434
(Congratulations! You have a DISH 500)

113.0 W Solidaridad
TP 12.079 H
SID 4067 – SR 25.634 – VPID 0044 – APID 0045 – PPID 0044
SunTV

116.8 W SatMex 5
TP 12.027 H
SID 4081 – SR 3.255 – VPID 0500 – APID 0501 – PPID 0500
Service 1

119 W Echostar 7
TP 12.370 V (This would be Right hand circular polarity before conversion)
SID 213 – SR 20.000 – VPID 4130 – APID 4131 – PPID 4130
(NASA TV)

121 W Echostar 9
TP 12.074 V
SID 9905 – SR 20.000 – VPID 4898 – APID 4899 – PPID 4898
(Congratulations! You have a SuperDISH system pointed at 121 WL)

123 W Galaxy 10R
TP 11.798 V
SID 4519 – SR 26.657 - VPID 0060 – APID 0061 – PPID 0061
KYPX (RTN – Little Rock)

129 IA-7/C
TP 11.964 H
SID 4531 – SR 2.920 - VPID 4194 – APID 4195 – PPID 4194
WHITE SPRINGS TV (May not broadcast 24 hours)

129 W Echostar 5
TP 12.457 V (This would be Right hand circular polarity before conversion)
SID 9901 – SR 20.000 - VPID 7714 – APID 7715 – PPID 7714
(Congratulations! You have a DISH 1000 system.)

148 W
TP 12.427 V (This would be Right hand circular polarity before conversion)
SID 9904 - SR 20000 – VPID 4898 – APID 4899 – PPID 4898
(Congratulations! You are pointed at the 148 Orbital position)
Hope you find this information helpful.

Thanks to Catfishnut