mini-BUD for ABC/ESPN feeds?

[signal.quest]

I have been investigating the possibility of using a mini-BUD to get the ABC/ESPN feeds. Has anyone had any luck with this? Or for the CBS football feeds? I live in NE PA. If anyone has done this successfully what LNB and dish was used? Thanks.

 

[bruin95]

I have been investigating the possibility of using a mini-BUD to get the ABC/ESPN feeds. Has anyone had any luck with this? Or for the CBS football feeds? I live in NE PA. If anyone has done this successfully what LNB and dish was used? Thanks.

I don't have a mini-bud, but I can safely say that you're not going to be able to get the NFL feeds on it. They're DVB-S2 and you're going to need a good size dish to even get a peep from those signals. Probably a 10 footer and up, depending on where your location is.

 

[Mr Tony]

get a 6 footer. It will save you hours of endless headaches trying to get games only to have 0 signal or a pixeling signal.

They seem to use lower power so even a 6 footer on some sats are hit and miss. Most come in good enough

The CBS feeds are DVB-S2 9/10 FEC. I dont even get a whiff of them on a 6 footer

 

[Tron]

The CBS feeds are DVB-S2 9/10 FEC. I dont even get a whiff of them on a 6 footer

9/10 FEC! Didn't even know there was an option for such poor error correction. I thought 7/8 was the worst. They must need all the bandwidth they can get for the original data...

 

[stogie5150]

9/10 FEC! Didn't even know there was an option for such poor error correction. I thought 7/8 was the worst. They must need all the bandwidth they can get for the original data...

Well, I'll show you what they look like...

But once you see them, you'll be looking for a bigger dish...

 

[Lak7]

Well, I'll show you what they look like...But once you see them, you'll be looking for a bigger dish...

Couldn't have been better said!!!!!!!!

 

[Mr Tony]

9/10 FEC! Didn't even know there was an option for such poor error correction.

DVB-S2 has that FEC option

 

[Tron]

Well, I'll show you what they look like...

But once you see them, you'll be looking for a bigger dish...

With that 12 foot Paraclipse, I'm sure a 9/10 FEC doesn't matter ...

I imagine that a 10 foot dish is minimum for such a signal. I do know where there's a 10 foot Winegard (or Perfect 10, can't tell the difference) in my neighborhood, but its damaged...