What C-band FTA comes in well with 6' dish?

[Fizbi]

Is there a list of FTA channels that comes in (reasonably well to very well) with a 6' dish?

Probably best to hear only from those folks who actually own a six footer.
I know bigger is better, but I may not want to grow a monster dish farm if I can help it.

I'm interested in only English FTA channels.

 

[Blindowl1234]

I've had the six footer for several months now and I'm pleased. I'd say I probably get 98% of whats up there. The only issue I have is that I have to manually got outside and move mine from sat to sat....I can live with that for now. I'm actually enjoying the C band more than the KU stuff. As for channel lists etc..I just went with the info from "the list" and lyngsat. Blind

 

[rodder]

same here mind works very well only problem i have is some of the 4-2-2 feeds.

 

[Fizbi]

I've had the six footer for several months now and I'm pleased. I'd say I probably get 98% of whats up there...

Thanks Blindowl.

I guess a better question would have been, "What can't you get?".
But 98% is pretty good. Can you get KCWY13 on that 6 footer?

same here mind works very well only problem i have is some of the 4-2-2 feeds.

Rodder, thanks. On the 4-2-2, is it due to the dish size or some other factor?

 

[vanalex]

I have a 67" (5'7") dish for Cband that I am playing with now and I also get pretty much everything too. I have not noticed the problems with the 4:2:2 as previously mentioned. The most problems I have are with the weaker feeds and peaking the dish each time I move it. Me, a Merc II and a bird dog are the motor and fine tuner and we some problems sometimes, but with a little playing I can usually get things. Have been doing this for about a year now. Will hopefully have a bigger dish mounted for football season in the next 6-8 weeks.

 

[rodder]

yes i can get Kcwy13. A lot of 4-2-2 signals are hard to get because of dish size.

 

[pro96]

yes i can get Kcwy13. A lot of 4-2-2 signals are hard to get because of dish size.

Unless you do 4:2:2 KU which it will do

 

[Mr Tony]

I have 2 of them and ditto what others wrote

98% of the DVB stuff up there in both 4:2:0 & 4:2:2
DVB-S2 is touchy but can be picked up as long as the FEC isnt 7/8 or 9/10

I have to ghetto move the dish but it works fine
KCWY is touchy for me. I think its "kinda" on a spotbeam...winter it comes in great but summer it can be tough. You being closer to it than me you shouldnt have an issue

 

[Mr Tony]

rodder

I think you mean DVB-S2. I can get 4:2:2 just fine on the 6 footer

 

[Fizbi]

yes i can get Kcwy13...

I see a C-band dish in my future.

I'm thinking maybe I don't want to go on a scavenger hunt. I'm not getting any younger or stronger, and I don't feel like rolling a 9' dish down the highway.

The sponsors have some nice full package deals for sale. :up

 

[Fizbi]

...KCWY is touchy for me. I think its "kinda" on a spotbeam...winter it comes in great but summer it can be tough. You being closer to it than me you shouldnt have an issue

Even KCWY13 has trouble getting KCWY13, but that's because they have two BUDs fighting over the same rel estate.