Thanks , I know a 6 foot is bare minimum even for DVB-S but me being a Cuban , at least I have a Dish!!! lol, so I am happy. I can get the MVS Mux on 58W with 95 Quality on the CS 8100 which is not only 8PSK but also MPEG4 but it is scrambled with Irdeto so I get no picture nor sound. My setup is fixed for now and with the help of the birdog I can fine tune it properly so it can lock signals better. As an example the fixed 80 cm on Hispasat @ 30W at ground level gets the Uruguayan mux perfectly with 75 Quality but on several 90 cm Motorised on tripods that I tried it, I still have to bump it. So a fixed solid 6 foot I am confident will get me quite a few.
No Blind Scan here , my other receiver , the CS 6000 does blind Scan DVB-S , but thats it. Now the birdog will also help me with its spectrum analizer (it gives me frecuency and potential bandwith or SR).
Good to hear , west end has most since I can not see properly east of 58W due to a close big tree (even the branches are just to the left side of the LNB if I look from behind the center hole on the dish) but the rest is clear, well maybe in the winter if snow accumulates over 2 feet on the neighborg's roof then I will loose 139W (well have not locked it in yet, lol, but as per dishpointer it should not be a problem now).