Thread: CBC at 107.3W

For now I just have a motorized Ku setup, and am considering a 6' dish... the kind that's solid and comes in panels that need attached. I am aiming to receive some Canadian channels, and Lyngsat shows the CBC channels ITC on Anik F1. Is anyone having luck receiving these? If so what's your dish size? These are labeled as S2, so I'm wondering if it's going to be difficult if I play around with a 6' dish. I'm not far from the Canadian border, but I'm too far to get anything OTA.

They come in pretty strong at 70% with my 6ft Fortec dish. Havent been there for 2 weeks but Ive read they are still ITC

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Plenty strong here with an 80+Q on the S9 and 10ft. (the following is only my opinion) Don't think you'll have a problem getting it.

Does having a solid dish have any advantages over a mesh dish with signal quality? I'm thinking of buying a solid dish from Sadoun. They're within driving distance of me. I was planning on getting one of those dishes with the round base which I can put some sand bags to hold it in place temporarily on my deck... that way I can move it around if I want to aim for different satellites.

As long as the mesh holes are small enough, there's no advantage to solid. So, a solid will work on Ku, where some coarse mesh dishes don't work so well.[Like mine] Consider a polar mount. A polar mounted dish automatically adjusts skew. It can be moved even during inclement weather from the comfort of your easy chair. Without an actuator, it can be moved sat to sat, and held in place with an angle iron(substituting for the actuator) and held in place with pre-drilled holes or a large vise grip. Polar mounts maximize scanning/viewing time, Tune up and pretty much forget. I see the 6ft with polar mount is on sale.

My 6ft dish can get cbc any day and im close to the tip of the upper peninsula of michigan. Its the 6ft dish from sadaun with the polar mount and a dmx741 lnbf. Works great. Can move my dish 12 clicks in either direction and still get cbc. Very strong where im at.

I'm in Arizona, and I get a solid 70% Q with my 7.5 Echostar and my S9. I watch CBC daily, and enjoy the heck out of it!

My family owns a cabin in Ontario, and watching CBC and CTV is always nice. The news is a bit different. Here in Ohio, I'm too far to receive any Canadian OTA channels, and there is never anything mentioned about Canada. It's like some mythical distant land. I'd like to have the option of receiving Canadian news. How many channels are at this TP?

6 footer works fine here in Minnesota

There are 5 stations of the CBC and 6 of SRC (French CBC)...
Halifax
Toronto
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Vancouver