Ku Band on mesh dish

[rlariv]

There seems to be a combo C/KU band LNB that one could buy and have both your C and KU band from one dish (currently I have two dishes)... Since my C band dish is 8 foot mesh, will the KU stuff work OK with that ? someone told me that the dish should be solid for KU... I was not sure if it was just better to be solid - or - if it __had to be__ because KU does not work with Mesh dishes..

 

[vfrjim]

Basically if you can insert a #2 pencil through the mesh, it will not perform well with Ku.

 

[rlariv]

SO I am hoping you are suggesting the whole pencil, because my mesh has holes that do not allow the whole pencil - but I can slip the lead into the hole just fine... so its just the lead part... thats a pretty small hole one would have to have...

 

[Anole]

Lot of good info in the C-band section.
Specifically, this post directly addresses your question:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/1082431-post126.html

 

[rlariv]

excellent reference... thanks... have to measure mine - but I think .250 inches is really big holes for what I expect to measure...

 

[mark_calgary]

If you already have two dishes you can also get a second receiver and be able to use both dishes simultaneously. I have two DVB cards in my machine, one connected to a 90cm Ku only dish and the other connected to the big dish (C/Ku). Both are slaved through blind scan capable Pansat receivers.