C Band on a small dish

[aarona1983]

Hi,

Wondering if it is possible to receive anything on SES 1 (MeTV, Decades, Heroes and Icons,etc) on a 1.2M dish? Lyngsat list these as regular DVB-S and not S2, is this still correct? My location is southeast Florida. Don't have access to put up a large C band dish Anybody have results on receiving other satellites too?

Thanks,

 

[comfortably_numb]

You may find this thread helpful. It contains my experiments, including the channels you mentioned:

https://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/posts/4389409/

Also, danristheman is the resident mini-bud expert around here, I'm sure he'd be happy to help

 

[danristheman]

Yes you can and cannot. Metv no, Start tv yes, Decades yes, H and I yes, Movies no, you would have to be getting higher than 13 db. Movies was at 11db I could be wrong. You also west coast feeds to.

 

[Brct203]

Keep in mind that he's in SE Florida, where the signal is a bit weaker than in the central midwest. But still probably worth attempting.

 

[danristheman]

You have to be spot on with the scaler 1/2db can kill the signal. Take your time with it.

 

[cyberham]

It's taken a while but I now have my 1.2-metre Ku dish installed. I can view 85W to 105W or so and 30W to 8W. It's working well on Ku. In 2019, what is the least expensive way but quality C-band LNB and conical scalar?

 

[comfortably_numb]

In 2019, what is the least expensive way but quality C-band LNB and conical scalar?
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KE4EST sells a C-band LNB/Scaler bundle on his website. It's a good deal; that's the one I have.

 

[danristheman]

1 or 2 rooms?

 

[MikeI]

Is that stand heavy? Wouldn't winds / thunderstorms knock it over?

Sent from my VS995 using the SatelliteGuys app!

 

[cyberham]

Heavy enough for this dish. Especially with its concrete feet. I doubt I could put my 8' C-band dish on it safely.

 

[mwdxer1]

Yes you can and cannot. Metv no, Start tv yes, Decades yes, H and I yes, Movies no, you would have to be getting higher than 13 db. Movies was at 11db I could be wrong. You also west coast feeds to.

I had no idea that C Band could be received on something that small. Even my 8.5 foot dish has its limits. Some weaker signals in MPEG4 are tough to get to lock. I get most but not all.

 

[danristheman]

I used to get a lot on c band only somethings you can do living in apartment.