1.2 m dish for C Band????
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It is interesting as a HOBBY to try to catch C Band Signals (and yes you can pick up some on a 1.2 meter dish) however if your looking to watch C Band programming then your going to be disapointed.
Thats my 2 cents.
Thats my 2 cents.
If it comes down to money, go with you best decision on that one.
If it's neighbors, get a 1.2 meter.
If you don't care, get a BUD.
Personally..I'm still not sure what to do. Your in my boat as well. Maybe if I throw out my coordinates maybe Pete would have an opinion. 26.2 north 80.1 west. Location location...as they say in real estate.
If it's neighbors, get a 1.2 meter.
If you don't care, get a BUD.
Personally..I'm still not sure what to do. Your in my boat as well. Maybe if I throw out my coordinates maybe Pete would have an opinion. 26.2 north 80.1 west. Location location...as they say in real estate.
I would think it would be worth getting a C-band LNBF to use with 1.2m dish
I started with a 40" Primestar dish and got great signals on a handful of C-band channels, best one was ASN on the Anik F1R satellite @ 107.3ºw
http://www.lyngsat.com/anikf1r.html
Of course you want at least a 6' dish for C-band but you will certainly do better than I did with my 40" dish.
And remember rain fade is not as much of a problem with C-Band.
http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=39119
I started with a 40" Primestar dish and got great signals on a handful of C-band channels, best one was ASN on the Anik F1R satellite @ 107.3ºw
http://www.lyngsat.com/anikf1r.html
Of course you want at least a 6' dish for C-band but you will certainly do better than I did with my 40" dish.
And remember rain fade is not as much of a problem with C-Band.
http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=39119
Have you read this?
http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=32726
Rain fade isn't much of an issue like Pete said. My 10 footer is 150 feet from the house. It was raining so hard once that I actually lost sight of it for a while, but we were still watching digital. Clear as ever. Analog started to fade a tad, but completely watchable.
http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=32726
Rain fade isn't much of an issue like Pete said. My 10 footer is 150 feet from the house. It was raining so hard once that I actually lost sight of it for a while, but we were still watching digital. Clear as ever. Analog started to fade a tad, but completely watchable.
I have a 1.2 m dish in central Florida on PAS-9 and get outstnding receptioon on CCTV and NHK but no DW-tv or Cubavision as unfortunately with the small dish 3840 has intereference which I have not been able to overcome yet - tried an Norsat 8115 and it kind of helped in that I have a stronger signal, but still tiles. Tried a Buzz 2010F - what a laugh. It was not only no help, but not as advertised, at least for C Band use.
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