C Band and a 120cm dish... pointless?

[nwkn1g]

I was given a terrible ground mount 120cm dish. I paired it with a Titanium C140 lnb and have only been successful locking onto 105w 3881H. I scan in and can watch the CH-1, CH-2 and CH-3 channels but no matter what, nothing else locks.

Where the dish is currently sitting I can only see a small portion of the arc. I'm wondering if there are any other birds out there that might be possible before I try moving it somewhere else. Or is it a lost cause and I should just put a KU lnb on it? I'm located in Southern Nevada if that matters. Thanks

 

[cyberham]

I've received watchable channels using a 1-metre and a 1.2-metre dish on C-band from 139W, 117W, 115W, 105W, 101W, 97W and 91W in recent months. Many of the channels received were from Mexico therefore in Spanish. Blind scan those satellites and you may be lucky to receive some.

 

[primestar31]

I was given a terrible ground mount 120cm dish. I paired it with a Titanium C140 lnb and have only been successful locking onto 105w 3881H. I scan in and can watch the CH-1, CH-2 and CH-3 channels but no matter what, nothing else locks.

Where the dish is currently sitting I can only see a small portion of the arc. I'm wondering if there are any other birds out there that might be possible before I try moving it somewhere else. Or is it a lost cause and I should just put a KU lnb on it? I'm located in Southern Nevada if that matters. Thanks


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Nothing under 8 feet is worth bothering with for C-band. Those times are passed now, as most need far more s/n ratio to be lockable.

 

[FTA4PA]

If you like international news I am able to get France 24 (English) on 47.5w easily on my 6ft solid dish from Sadoun.

Do you have the center plate? Every little bit of signal reflection helps.

P.S. That is a circular polarity feed so you would need the slab inserted in your lnbf.

 

[cyberham]

If you already have the small dish mounted, why not just try rather than listen to others who may never have tried a small dish?

Here were my results from January this year while using a 1.2m offset dish on C-band across the arc from 139W through 84W. Since the weather is now nice, I plan to check this again in the coming days if I can get its motor working.