Satellite (Free-to-Air)

Why pay monthly for satellite radio, when you can get LRN.FM on satellite for free? As of 7/1/2010 we have launched LRN.FM on Free-to-Air Ku-Band Satellite. You can find LRN.FM on Galaxy 19, Transponder 11, 11929 MHz, Vertical Polarization, Symbol Rate: 22000 , SID: 16, ONID-TID: 3016. It costs us hundreds of dollars per month to provide this service, so we’ve created a chip-in so you can help us cover our costs. You can see the chip-in in the right column.

If you have a view of 97 degrees West in the southern sky in North America, you only need to get a Ku-band dish and Free-to-Air receiver, hook it up, and you’ve got LRN.FM (and a bunch of other channels) 24/7 with no subscription fees! (It also makes for a good audio source with which you can rebroadcast LRN on FM or AM!)

Here’s our current coverage map. Click for a detailed signal map with minimum dish width for your location:

Long term, it’d be great to cover Europe, Australia, and the rest of the world, but that of course will cost much more.