Can I get C Band channels with a KU band satellite dish? 

Thanks for the information.

@@NorthcoasterHobby Your channel makes me want to have a big and motorized dish in my garden, but in europe, the direct satellite reception didn't exist before the small dishes, so there is no surplus of big dishes. I looked up the aperture, so in C-band the LNBs are adjustable typically from F/D ranging from 0.28 to 0.42, and in europe the offset dishes have 0.6 or 0.62, so a C-Band LNB would overilluminate the european dish and a european LNB (X band or Ku ? dont know but say 10 GHz ) would underilluminate the C-band dish and therefore not benefit of its size. Cheers, F4HYZ

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Great video as always

@@donbest5024 Thank you!

Trying to make a satellite dish out of a kitchen dish is probably not worth the effort. It would have to be more of a bowl, and a pretty big bowl at that.

@@NorthcoasterHobby Some years ago I watched a video on RU-vid about a guy actually making a satellite dish out of the kitchen bowl. He succeeded in getting one or two channels. People were joking about him receiving the food channel. There is a documentary I believe called 'The Dish'. It is about Iran where people make satellite dish out of big pot lids. People aren't allowed to own satellite dishes there.

You’re welcome, I appreciate you watching it! Here’s a video on KU band LNBs: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YFwCjksv5J8.html Here’s one on C-band: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tjmaN62efGc.html The idea of how an LNB works is the same for both C band and KU band. Hope these help, best wishes.📡

I would say not likely, based on the fact that these channels generally have a higher FEC of 5/6 (forward error correction), channels with a higher FEC have a higher carrier-to-noise ratio, so more signal is required to decode the channel over the noise floor. A larger dish is usually needed for transponders with a higher FEC. But you can always give it a try, if you have the equipment. But I wouldn’t buy the equipment expecting that result. A bigger dish is better in this hobby. I have trees (neighbors) that block signals as well. It’s a bit frustrating but I just try to think of ways to work around it. Best wishes.📡📡

It depends on the satellite you tune to, and your location. If you try using a C-band LNB on a KU band dish you may only get a few very strong transponders, so it might be only a few channels, depending on the satellite. Like I said in the video, you’ll need a large C-band dish to really enjoy C-band satellite. Thanks for watching.

I’m not sure about the DirecTV scalar ring but I know circular C-band isn’t used in North America. Free satellite TV channels are linear polarized.

They’ve moved C Band up to 3.8 GHz. You’ll get channels you can generally receive with an antenna, international channels, news feeds, an other oddball channels. You won’t get pay TV or cable channels, only unencrypted channels.

Absolutely, it’s just something I’ve never personally tried.

Not that I’m aware of right now, but I will do my best to keep you updated!

thanx wish were were neighbors lol

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Yes they can.

You’ll need a much bigger dish to receive MeTV. Try to find an 8 or 10 foot C band dish.

It depends. If the dish is solid surface, yes. If it’s mesh, then only a dish with very tight mesh (small holes) will work. The KU signal is so small it might pass right through the mesh as opposed to being reflected back to the LNB.

So I could set up a c band dish with 2 lnbs, one for c band and one for Ku band?

@@pomegranatestew4278 Yes, that can be done.

@@NorthcoasterHobby Thank you very much. I am very happy to be a subscription of this channel.

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