I just finished reading a back issue of Tele-Satellite International magazine where they were experimenting with picking up
C-Band on a 1.2 meter dish and a 1.0 meter dish as well. This was the 0603 issue and is no longer available on the website but I would be glad to try to copy the text of the .pdf file I have and post it for anyone interested.
They used a C-Band LNB with a modified mounting bracket fixed to a FortecStar dish with a cone shaped sclar ring. The picked up a few dozen channels of various satellites including AMC 15 and I 805. They were located in Canada and were picking up Atlantic birds.
I for one would like to experiment with this some day soon, but, I will have to upgrade my 80cm dish first.
Has anyone tried this? I know this subject has been addressed here before and the smaller dish size and why it won't work has also been dealt with, but, if Tele-Satellite can make it work in Canada on Atlantic birds, it would seem like the same thing may be possible here in CONUS.
Any ideas?