1.2m dish
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I don't think so. For half decent c band you will need a dish of at least 6' (1.8). A 1.2m dish will cover yourself entirely on ku band, I use a 10' mesh and 8' solid for c band.
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It might be possible to get some of the transponders. I have pulled in one or two of the stronger ones with a 1 meter in arkansas before. According to the sat footprint you should get a stronger signal than me so you should do a little better. I get all transponders solidly with my 1.8 Meter sadoun.
I used to get the ASN/TV Guide channel on 107 using a 1.2 meter dish. IMO, C band should be avoided on offset dishes because there is not a lnb made that will work correctly with these dishes. Of course if that is all you have then try it but you will probably get frustrated with C band on a 1.2 meter dish.
A prime focus dish of at least 6 ft. or 1.8 meters is the minimum size I would recommend for C band. EB
A prime focus dish of at least 6 ft. or 1.8 meters is the minimum size I would recommend for C band. EB
Good luck with that. I know that Anik F1R has some extremely strong tp but I can't see a 1m dish getting it done. If by chance it does, maybe a few pics would be nice.
I think you will enjoy this project. It was a lot of fun for me to put different C band lnbs on a 1.2 meter offset dish.
Here are a few things to look for or to think about while doing this project:
1. Water or moisture will be your biggest enemy.
A lnb that is designed for an offset dish will have a sealed feed horn. The lnb on an offset dish tilts up so water will enter the lnb feed tube and cause moisture problems. A C band lnbf is not sealed, so moisture will eventually give you problems no matter what you do to try and prevent it. The only way to keep moisture out is to effectively seal the c band lnb feed tube. This is easier said than done!
2. Scalar rings are optional.
There is not a known C band lnb that has a feed tube long enough to support a .6 FD ratio dish. Most C band lnbs are marked to around a .44 FD ratio, so the tube is not near long enough to support a .6 or greater FD ratio.
The FD ratio for my 1.2 meter dish is .5. I always had the scalar ring all the way at the far end of the feed tube on All tested C band lnbf's. I could never get the signal to peak by moving the scalar forward on the feed tube. Adding another 3 inches of feed tube on the c band lnb would have probably helped or at least allowed me to peak the signal on my dish. I found some transponders to be stronger on some satellites without using a scalar ring or feed horn. Other transponders on some satellites would not lock without using a scalar ring.
3. Do not adjust the dish
Installing a lnb on your dish does not change or move the positions of the satellites in the sky. It may appear that the dish needs to be raised or lowered when you install a C band lnb on a small dish, but in reality, the lnb is not mounted in the correct spot on the dish. If the dish is tracking the arc correctly on the Ku band, then do not adjust the dish on C band, else the dish will not track the arc correctly expect for maybe a select few satellites!
Attached is a picture of a sealed feed horn. Anything short of a complete seal of the lnb feed tube will eventually give you moisture or condensation problems! EB
I figured you would have got an answer to that question. Maybe this info is top secret or classified? Lol J/K.
77ta
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Sorry, missed the question some how. I use an esx241 c band only lnbf. I can swap out lnbs between it and my ku lnb in less than 5 minutes.
Location is significant when it comes to small dishes, but 99w is great for most locations in the US. On 99w I get the puerto rico network channels,lesea channels, kcwy, krbk, the sd gdmx mux, and the fox syndication feeds. In addition I get the cbs sd channels on 95W, couple of channels on 97W (walk and something else), and city tv on 111W. Those are the ones I watch, there are also several Spanish channels that I don’t use and a ton of scrambled channels come in.
Note the signal strength for most of the US for 99W is 42.6 eirp, most of Canada gets 107W at 42.0 so a 1.2M should have a shot at pulling some channels in.
Location is significant when it comes to small dishes, but 99w is great for most locations in the US. On 99w I get the puerto rico network channels,lesea channels, kcwy, krbk, the sd gdmx mux, and the fox syndication feeds. In addition I get the cbs sd channels on 95W, couple of channels on 97W (walk and something else), and city tv on 111W. Those are the ones I watch, there are also several Spanish channels that I don’t use and a ton of scrambled channels come in.
Note the signal strength for most of the US for 99W is 42.6 eirp, most of Canada gets 107W at 42.0 so a 1.2M should have a shot at pulling some channels in.