Free to Air Satellite Legitimate Reception Guide
To get the most out of a legitimate, unmodified FTA receiver you will need at minimum a 31-inch satellite dish and a dish motor. There are several satellites in space that carry in the clear broadcasts. The motor will allow your dish to be redirected to whatever satellite you intend on viewing programming from. You will also need an appropriate LNB, which is mounted to the dish and allows for the actual reception of FTA channels.
A popular LNB is the Invacom Quad LNB as it will allow you to run up to 4 receivers off of 1 dish and can receive signals from both the linear and circular KU band frequencies. This is an ideal configuration for viewers in North America.
Using an 18 inch or 22 inch dish that was designed for premium paid satellite service is not recommended. For example, DirecTV and Dish Network dishes are, for the most part, too small to properly receive most FTA channels. Most FTA channels, although Ku band, are lower in frequency than the premium provider's channels. Furthermore, the minidishes used by Dish Network and DirecTV are fixed dishes, they have no motor. Since the FTA channels are spread across many satellites, you will need a motor, which allows the receiver to automatically move the dish so that you may receive all the FTA channels available.
English Language FTA Channel and Satellite List
| (Updated Dec 10, 2007) Channel Name | Satellite | Freq Pol SR | VPID APID |
| 3ABN | AMC 4 | 11819-H 5700 | 1160 1120 |
| ABC News Now | Galaxy 28 | 11953-V 19546 | 508 456 |
| Al Jazeera English | Galaxy 25 | 11998-H 20000 | 4025 4035 |
| Angel One *C* | EchoStar 7 | 12516-R 20000 | 7202 7203 |
| Apostolic Oneness Net | AMC 4 | 11860-H 28138 | 3145 3146 |
| Apostolic Oneness Network | Galaxy 3C | 12047-H 20000 | 1280 1281 |
| Ariana Afghanistan TV | Galaxy 25 | 11874-H 22000 | 1280 1281 |
| AZCAR Training | Galaxy 25 | 11778-H 3980 | 33 34 |
| CCTV 9 | Galaxy 3C | 11780-H 20760 | 513 660 |
| Church Channel, The | Galaxy 25 | 12177-V 23000 | 47 48 |
| Correctional Education Assn. | Galaxy 10R | 12136-V 2667 | 33 34 |
| Create TV | AMC 3 | 12179-V 30000 | 305 308 |
| Daystar | Galaxy 10R | 11799-V 26660 | 67 42 |
| Daystar | Galaxy 25 | 11836-V 20765 | 515 516 |
| Ebru TV | Galaxy 25 | 12083-V 22000 | 4027 4037 |
| Emmanuel TV | Galaxy 25 | 12177-V 23000 | 4085 261 |
| Emmanuel TV (716) | Galaxy 25 | 11716-V 22000 | 2008 3008 |
| Fashion TV America | Galaxy 25 | 12177-V 23000 | 37 38 |
| Federal Judicial TV Net | Galaxy 26 | 11901-H 3011 | 4096 4097 |
| Global Christian Network | AMC 4 | 11860-H 28138 | 3113 3114 |
| God\'s Learning Channel | Galaxy 25 | 12177-V 23000 | 59 60 |
| Gospel Broadcasting Network | AMC 6 | 12141-V 2573 | 33 34 |
| Gospel Music TV | AMC 4 | 11860-H 28138 | 3161 3162 |
| Hope Channel | AMC 4 | 11983-H 5900 | 2260 2220 |
| Infomercials | Galaxy 25 | 11867-V 22000 | 1056 1057 |
| Infomercials 2 | Galaxy 25 | 11867-V 22000 | 1320 1360 |
| Infomercials 3 | Galaxy 25 | 11874-H 22000 | 4194 4195 |
| Infomercials 4 | Galaxy 25 | 11874-H 22000 | 4096 4097 |
| Infomercials 5 | Galaxy 25 | 11991-V 22000 | 865 866 |
| JCTV | Galaxy 25 | 12177-V 23000 | 113 114 |
| KCBU RTN Salt Lake City UT | Galaxy 10R | 11799-V 26660 | 65 66 |
| KDEV-LP RTN Aurora CO | Galaxy 10R | 11799-V 26660 | 46 45 |
| KEGS RTN Las Vegas NV | Galaxy 10R | 11720-V 27691 | 64 63 |
| KFDF RTN Fort Smith AR | Galaxy 10R | 11720-V 27691 | 58 57 |
| KFTL ind Oakland CA | AMC 6 | 11889-H 1660 | 4197 4198 |
| Kingdom of Jesus Christ | Galaxy 25 | 11874-H 22000 | 1560 1520 |
| KKTU ABC Cheyenne WY | Galaxy 10R | 11720-V 27691 | 41 42 |
| KKYK RTN Camden AR | Galaxy 10R | 11799-V 26660 | 60 61 |
| KLMN Fox Great Falls MT | Galaxy 10R | 11720-V 27691 | 61 62 |
| KPBI MyNet Fort Smith AR | Galaxy 10R | 11720-V 27691 | 43 44 |
| KQUP RTN Spokane WA | Galaxy 10R | 11799-V 26660 | 36 37 |
| KTVC RTN Eugene OR | Galaxy 10R | 11799-V 26660 | 34 35 |
| KTWO ABC Casper WY | Galaxy 10R | 12105-V 2222 | 4130 4131 |
| KUIL Fox Beaumont TX | AMC 4 | 11707-V 2170 | 4194 4195 |
| KWBF MyNet Little Rock AR | Galaxy 10R | 11799-V 26660 | 62 63 |
| KWBM MyNet Hollister MO | Galaxy 10R | 11799-V 26660 | 38 70 |
| KWCE RTN Alexandria LA | Galaxy 10R | 11720-V 27691 | 50 51 |
| KWWF RTN Waterloo IA | Galaxy 10R | 11720-V 27691 | 55 56 |
| LLBN | AMC 4 | 12017-H 2033 | 4130 4131 |
| LoveWorld | Galaxy 25 | 12122-H 20000 | 799 800 |
| Maharishi Channel | Galaxy 25 | 11867-V 22000 | 4176 4177 |
| MHz Worldview | Galaxy 25 | 11789-V 28125 | 2960 2920 |
| Miracle Channel, The | AMC 4 | 11860-H 28138 | 3177 3178 |
| Montana PBS | AMC 3 | 12145-H 4340 | 33 38 |
| Muslim TV Ahmadiyya Intl | AMC 3 | 11734-V 6102 | 4130 4129 |
| NASA TV *C* | EchoStar 7 | 12370-R 20000 | 4130 4131 |
| New York Network | AMC 5 | 12179-H 23000 | 120 121 |
| Nigerian TV Authority | Galaxy 25 | 11896-V 22000 | 656 657 |
| Ohio News Network | SBS 6 | 11739-H 6616 | 33 34 |
| Patient Channel, The | AMC 3 | 11714-H 4850 | 49 50 |
| PBS DTV | AMC 3 | 12126-H 14028 | 49 52 |
| PBS NPS 1 | AMC 3 | 12179-V 30000 | 193 196 |
| PBS NPS 2 | AMC 3 | 12179-V 30000 | 209 212 |
| PBS NPS 3 | AMC 3 | 12179-V 30000 | 225 228 |
| PBS NPS 4 | AMC 3 | 12179-V 30000 | 241 244 |
| PBS X | AMC 3 | 12179-V 30000 | 177 180 |
| PBS XD | AMC 3 | 12179-V 30000 | 289 292 |
| PBS XP | AMC 3 | 12179-V 30000 | 273 276 |
| Peace TV | Galaxy 25 | 11789-V 28125 | 789 790 |
| Pentagon Channel | AMC 1 | 12102-V 20000 | 4096 4097 |
| Press TV | Galaxy 25 | 12053-V 22000 | 1301 1311 |
| Research Channel | Galaxy 10R | 11805-H 4580 | 110 111 |
| Russia Today | Galaxy 25 | 11966-H 22000 | 7001 7002 |
| Saudi Arabian TV 2 | Galaxy 25 | 11998-H 20000 | 4527 4537 |
| Smile of a Child | Galaxy 25 | 12177-V 23000 | 4130 4131 |
| Spirit Word Channel, The | Galaxy 25 | 12115-V 22426 | 2562 2563 |
| Supreme Master TV | Galaxy 25 | 11716-V 22000 | 2003 3003 |
| Tip TV | AMC 3 | 11714-H 4850 | 33 34 |
| Trinity Broadcasting Network | Galaxy 25 | 12177-V 23000 | 33 34 |
| University Network, The | Galaxy 26 | 11865-V 3516 | 308 256 |
| University of Washington TV | Galaxy 10R | 11805-H 4580 | 112 113 |
| unknown infomercials | Galaxy 28 | 11780-H 29000 | 1024 1025 |
| Veterans Affairs Knowledge Network | Galaxy 10R | 11735-H 16204 | 310 300 |
| WBLU MyNet Lexington KY | Galaxy 10R | 11720-V 27691 | 45 46 |
| WGMU MyNet Burlington VT | Galaxy 10R | 11799-V 26660 | 68 69 |
| White Springs TV | Echo 5/Galaxy 27 | 11964-H 2920 | 4194 4195 |
| WMQF Fox Marquette MI | Galaxy 10R | 11799-V 26660 | 1062 39 |
| WNGS RTN Buffalo NY | Galaxy 10R | 11720-V 27691 | 53 54 |
| Word Network, The | Galaxy 25 | 11966-H 22000 | 46 45 |
| WOUB PBS Athens OH *C* | Echo 5/Galaxy 27 | 12673-L 20000 | 5666 5667 |
| WPXS RTN Mount Vernon IL | Galaxy 10R | 11799-V 26660 | 57 58 |
