I remember reading that article. They mainly used
C-Band satellites over the Atlantic where they are more than 2 degrees apart
I know I have been able to use a Primestar dish (40x30) to get C-band. The very strong stuff. I could get ASN on AnikF1 and a couple feeds on G4 (the 4:2:2 ones) but at the time I could not lock on the nets.
As for the higher FEC, nope. I can't lock the Equity muc on G3 with my 6 footer without pixelation and the meter is at 60 (Pansat's threshold is 30) . The nets on G4 come in just fine
