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dpope
04-04-2017, 08:22 PM
hi, everyone and good evening, I recently found a 1.8 m dish for sale 75 $$ 71 inch they say it will work good for c band , personally I do not think so, could someone tell me if this would work decent for that. it is prime focus, on ebay.

el bandido
04-04-2017, 08:36 PM
1.8 meters is about right for ku band.
Yes. You can get c band with a 1.8 meter or smaller dish. I have used a 1.2 meter dish for c band tests. The smallest diameter I would suggest for c band is 7.5 feet or about 2.3 meters. 3 meters and up will give you most of what is supposed to be available.

Costactc
04-05-2017, 03:04 AM
I have used a 1.8m dish on c band in the past with adequate results, unfortunately those tougher tp will not scan in. I would suggest a 3m dish(10') for c band.

easily confused
04-05-2017, 08:10 AM
I'm using a 2.3 meter dish and it works ok but there are a number of transponders I can't pull so I'd go bigger if you can.