C-band LNB question

[gmd63]

I have a couple of Ku dishes and would like to get a 6 foot C band dish this spring. Have not had C band in decades.

I see you can get C and KU-band combo LNB's do this work well? and which would be a better pick a C and Standard KU LNB or C and Universal KU?

If you can get a combo LNB then could I just use the 6' C band dish with the C/KU LNB and just use one dish? or do the small KU dishes work better and keep both separate?
Thanks.

 

[Mr Tony]

Me personally...keep both separate if you can

The combo units some folks have had issues with because the focal point isnt the same on both and skew can be different

 

[Anole]

The following two come to mind if you want to experiment with C- and Ku- band:
CK-1 from SatelliteAV (or Sadoun) - it's Standard
BSC-621 Standard & 621-2 Universal, from any DMSI dealer.

Unless you want some particular Ku-bird that needs Universal, I wouldn't bother.
58° w comes to mind, but I don't think anything else over to 30° w does (which is also Standard).
I'm doin' good to see 58, and don't care, so Standards would be fine for me.

The dual band LNBF's seem okay on C-band, so if you like to play, ya might consider one.
Otherwise, there are a few attractive C-band-only LNBFs:
BSC-421 @ DMSI dealers
B1-stacked by Eagle Aspen @ Sadoun
C1 @ SatelliteAV
Think there was another one, possibly Digiwave, but not sure.
I'm sure others will chime in with more choices.

 

[Cham]

I use a Chaparral Corotor II and seperate Ku and C band LNBs. Works great on both C and Ku, but you need a receiver that can control the skew motor or there is no major advantage of having this type of setup over an LNBF like the BSC-621x series. A seperate 1m+ motorized dish for Ku is best, there are some really hot Ku LNBFs available for the offset style dishes and you can add a HH motor to point wherever you want (in the Clarke belt of course).
C.