C-Ban with a 120cm dish.

mhoward · #1 (**permalink**) 10-09-2005, 01:52 PM

There was some discussion a while ago about receiving C-Band satellite with a 120cm dish, but I have not read anything about it since. Sadoun was going to do some testing, but I have not heard the results?

Any News as to how effective this approach is?

lubrikator · #2 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008, 01:33 PM

I know is a pretty old post but would be very interesting to know the result,so please if some one did any work with this kind of dish and want to post anything would be appreciated,regards.

pmb1010 · #3 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008, 02:08 PM

It works, but very poorly. You only get the strongest of signals.
If you are going to go thru the trouble to put up a 4 foot, put up a 6 footer.
It works so much better. An 8-10 footer is even more highly recommended, but I could only do a 6. I was happy with the 6 till the motor broke.
And the other thing is the 4 footer needed a conical scalar ring, in order to use the offset dish & LNBFs for Cband. I was lucky to find one years ago they are very scarce

Don't use the H180 motor though. It's a POS.

lubrikator · #4 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 10:55 PM

Thanks a lot pmb1010,I was "playing" with the idea, but is not worth it,regards.