CbAnd Dish size

[slimmswitch]

Whats the smallest dish that can be used to catch cband signals?

Thanks

 

[lilyarbie]

It varies........

C-band signals can be intercepted using a 120cm dish (4 foot) with a low noise LNB, but most around here recommend at least an 8 to 10 foot dish for best results. For more information on the 120cm dish, check out Cascade's experiment with a 120cm dish in the FTA forum here at satellite guys.

 

[PSB]

I have been lucky enough to bag a few C-band signals using my 40" Primestar dish, but I am still working on it : )

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=71113

 

[Wayn23]

Whats the smallest dish that can be used to catch cband signals?

Thanks

The minimum recommended size is 8 1/2 ft. but a 10 ft. dish is better, although you can get some stuff with a smaller dish it won't be able get everything if you want to sub to C-band analog or 4DTV programming.
The satellite spacing of 2 degrees means you need a large dish to see only one sat at a time, the 1.2 meter dish probably can see 3 sats at a time and would not work well in the crowded end of the arc AMC7 - Galaxy10 where there are lots of analog and digital channels.