Comments from a newbie to FTA

[k4otl]

Now I know why C band is raved about, it's sooo much better than Ku! (Not that Ku is terrible) I only have limited coverage of the arc on C band but 101,103, and 105 have so much on them FTA, it's come in handy too, good backups of channels I get OTA. I'm loving it already! Not that I need another reason/means to watch TV

 

[cyberham]

Now I know why C band is raved about...

I can relate to your comments and excitement after starting my satellite Ku adventure over 14 years ago. I've just joined the C-band Club with a legitimate dish installation of a Perfect 7.5-foot prime focus. I've wanted one of these for at least 23 years and thought about them back in the 1970s. No motor control here but I can easily manually swing the dish equipped with Titanium LNBF between 150W through 89W. Can it receive anything? You bet! I've added 6 dB to my reception of 139W ARCS over my 4-foot offset dish. And 135W and 125W have so many channels scanning in even before I fine tune that I can't wait to point at a satellite with more channels ITC such as the satellites you mentioned.