neighbor offered the blessing

[outbackjack]

well my girlfriend was told by my neighbor to expect ten or more dishes in the side yard in the next couple years i have to check with the town ordinance but this might have opened the floodgates to c band

 

[HIFI]

sweet! be sure to send lots a pics

 

[toucan-man]

That's cool, what's the story? Ten dishes? Why so few?

 

[eurosport]

Wow... I've only got 5 dishes in my side yard and one out front!

 

[outbackjack]

neighbor watched when i tried setting up my four footer and i gave up. so they already know i have a bigger dish in the garage once i master learning fta from the 90cm one. they also watched direct come here and tell me they cant do a setup because of the trees so im stuck with cable outside of fta. i am currently debating messing with the four footer before i get the six footer from sadoun. the rest will be added over time

 

[brentb636]

Congratulations, and good luck. I think you should consider an 8 footer , instead of the 6 footer, and give yourself a chance of picking up more of the DVB-S2 feeds on C-band. The 6 footer is really "entry level" C-band, compared to my pre-entry-level 4 foot mini-BUD . I wish that I had at least an 8 footer out there.

 

[outbackjack]

brentb636 thanks for the information. i will be checking my towns codes to see if i can go 8 foot (was going to check for 6 foot). was the 4 footer worth while for minibud? or did it just get a couple more channels than a 1.2m?

 

[eurosport]

...was the 4 footer worth while for minibud? or did it just get a couple more channels than a 1.2m?

4 foot and 1.2m are the same size.

 

[outbackjack]

eurosport84 your right it was a brain fart but i didnt realize it until latter in the evening. i really meant would the four footer gain much more than mini c on my 90cm wsi dish.

 

[brentb636]

Oh yes, the 4 footer does much better than a 90cm mini-C !!!

 

[eurosport]

Oh yes, the 4 footer does much better than a 90cm mini-C !!!

Absolutely.

 

[outbackjack]

thanks for the encouragement okay so now that i have confidence with messing with a four footer. two questions. will the dmx 741 do just fine for c experiments or will i do better with another specific c band lnb? second is what location being i have no idea or way to motorize should i look towards for the most fta hd or atsc? my los runs from 123-30w. ive looked at the list but i know some signals will never be reached with a four footer.

 

[eurosport]

Galaxy 17 at 91w has some strong signals that should be receivable on a 4ft. The dmx 741 should do fine. Brentb636 gets lots of stuff with his 4ft mini-bud. I've never tried a mini, as I have 2 full-size buds here. Good luck with it!