Last weekend I tried out my new Fortec 1.8m prime focus dish on C band and was very happy with the results. Most signals received were between 65% and 70% on my Coolsat 4000 receiver.
Last night, I decided to try using a DMS International BSC621 on my CM 1.2m motorized offset dish using brackets designed by another member on this forum. Without doing any fine tuning to get the highest possible signal (it was getting dark outside) I started to scan in some C band satellites and was very impressed. In fact, signal quality was better than on my Fortec 1.8m dish with signals ranging from 68% to 82%. Signals on AnikF1R were the strongest. Plus I wasn't even using a coned scalar ring.
People often say that C band on a 4' dish is ok for experimenting, but not too good if you want to actually watch C band programming. After my results last night I tend to disagree. I must have received 90% of everything up there with no picture breakups and it was even clearer than KU band signals on the same dish.
I even received scrambled programming on Galaxy 14, AMC 11 and Galaxy 15 with signals in the mid 70's.
Now I am wondering if my 1.2m offset dish works as good as my 1.8m prime focus dish would my 1.8m offset dish work as good as a 10' prime focus dish. I just may drag out my CM 1.8m offset dish out of the garage this weekend to find out.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I wasn't able to receive KU band signals for some reason using the BSC 621 LNBF. There were signals, but not strong enough. Perhaps I need to perform some adjustments tonight. With the KU feed being deep inside the BSC 621 maybe the focal distance needs to be adjusted. Or perhaps the feed isn't dead center and needs adjustment.
Attached are some pictures:
Last night, I decided to try using a DMS International BSC621 on my CM 1.2m motorized offset dish using brackets designed by another member on this forum. Without doing any fine tuning to get the highest possible signal (it was getting dark outside) I started to scan in some C band satellites and was very impressed. In fact, signal quality was better than on my Fortec 1.8m dish with signals ranging from 68% to 82%. Signals on AnikF1R were the strongest. Plus I wasn't even using a coned scalar ring.
People often say that C band on a 4' dish is ok for experimenting, but not too good if you want to actually watch C band programming. After my results last night I tend to disagree. I must have received 90% of everything up there with no picture breakups and it was even clearer than KU band signals on the same dish.
I even received scrambled programming on Galaxy 14, AMC 11 and Galaxy 15 with signals in the mid 70's.
Now I am wondering if my 1.2m offset dish works as good as my 1.8m prime focus dish would my 1.8m offset dish work as good as a 10' prime focus dish. I just may drag out my CM 1.8m offset dish out of the garage this weekend to find out.
I wasn't able to receive KU band signals for some reason using the BSC 621 LNBF. There were signals, but not strong enough. Perhaps I need to perform some adjustments tonight. With the KU feed being deep inside the BSC 621 maybe the focal distance needs to be adjusted. Or perhaps the feed isn't dead center and needs adjustment.
Attached are some pictures: