C Band BUD Available Channels - ABA DSS

**Landscapeman** · June 30th, 2009

I have a opportunity to get a BUD and all it needs is a LNB. What birds are available and any good channels? Thanks

**gibahca** · June 30th, 2009

you should get it before you find out what you can get.
You may get scared.lol

**Landscapeman** · June 30th, 2009

lol. I have to remove it from a neighbors. I have to wait till this weekend, I figured that I would find out what to do first.

**gibahca** · June 30th, 2009

just playing with you my friend.
Did you have checked lyngsat or ftalist?!?!
you can get a ideia but you'll get feeds and much more besides what have been posted online.

**gibahca** · June 30th, 2009

bud one more thing keep this post up to date please.
i like to know what you can get.
i'm trying to get space in the backyard to place a 8ft and i dont know if i'll be able to do it before summer ends.

**Landscapeman** · June 30th, 2009

I have been tooling around lyngsat. I was unsure what I could get with my FTA receivers. I know or remember the days of 4dtv when there was c band channels worth watching.

**gibahca** · June 30th, 2009

i think they still there.
what you have?
hope no VS or SV for true FTA or feeds

**sly** · June 30th, 2009

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Originally Posted by Landscapeman

I have a opportunity to get a BUD and all it needs is a LNB. What birds are available and any good channels? Thanks

i would get it. it is worth it i think sat 101 has the best channels they take sometime to setup but worth it if you have the room got mine setup but now i have to get a good receiver that will power the dishmotor so it will move. just a newbie at this c-band thing so i am still finding out stuff i am doing wrong all the time hehe but ill get it i love this hobbie

**gibahca** · June 30th, 2009

thats the way it is.
Hope we can here more form you my friend about your testings.

**deanluna** · June 30th, 2009

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Originally Posted by gibahca

i think they still there.
what you have?
hope no VS or SV for true FTA or feeds

so, no vs or sv for true fta?.,.,.,
what would you recomend for a true fta stb?

**gibahca** · June 30th, 2009

coolies are good ones.
my visionsat works great too.
with my VS's models i can only get 50% or less channels.
i think there is a good thread by arbor about good stb's for true FTA.

you can do it with VS or SV but there are even close to the best ones for that kind job.

jarvisjn · June 30th, 2009

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Originally Posted by Landscapeman

I have a opportunity to get a BUD and all it needs is a LNB. What birds are available and any good channels? Thanks

If you mean real c-band programming, there are only a few freebies but most are shopping and religious channels now. There are two companies you can get a subscription to callnps.com and skyvision.com (who is probably a customer of NPS. Also it requires an 4dtv receiver. It runs on Motorola's propriatary system called digicipher II that has never been beaten that I know.

If you want to use it for DVB FTA I'm sure you will get in a crystal clear reception but you need a separate device to move the dish's actuator arm. Maintenance is a beeeatch. I have one.

**cisco123** · June 30th, 2009

yup get a old coolsat for true fta.......

dirtywill2001 · June 30th, 2009

pansats have a good blind scan as well

originalfacsimi · July 1st, 2009

I would take all the suggestions that all of our learned people have provided you with and then go to the stb sites that you feel will interest you and see what their STB's have to offer. Quite a few will do both Ku and C band so its the best of both.
Not sure what is detailed about getting and installing this BUD but if it is nominal, no brainer. TV forever.

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Originally Posted by Landscapeman

I have a opportunity to get a BUD and all it needs is a LNB. What birds are available and any good channels? Thanks

**jamal59** · July 1st, 2009

You can get a feed horn off of ebay for a good price. You will need a prime focus feed horn. Or You can also upgrade the present feedhorn with a digital lnb ( more expensive). I did this already with mine. I then changed to a prime focus feed horn that is more for FTA. It has Ku lnb and the C lnb combo. (paid around 50 for it) With it I can move more freely from sat to sat. I can scan for Ku band along with C band. check with Lyngsat for channels.
Keep the old c band receiver, you will need it to move the dish.

**gibahca** · July 1st, 2009

BSC621-2-C-KU-LNBF right???
yeah that is the one

jarvisjn · July 1st, 2009

I guess my answer wasn't as good as the others by the amount of thanks that other posters got while I got none. Sorry if I didn't help. My 15 years experience with c-band doesn't hold a candle to someone who says "right, yep, way to go"......

**deanluna** · July 1st, 2009

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Originally Posted by jarvisjn

I guess my answer wasn't as good as the others by the amount of thanks that other posters got while I got none. Sorry if I didn't help. My 15 years experience with c-band doesn't hold a candle to someone who says "right, yep, way to go"......

maybe we just got scared when you mentioned the word 'subscription' when talking about true fta.,.,.,lol.,.,.,don't worry bud.,.,your knowledge is valuable and appreciated.,.,

bassist · July 1st, 2009

We had one that sat idle for a while b/c the actuator arm broke. I got a wild hair & bought a WS241 (cband only) & lifted the dish by hand and found 91w (it has the EWTN feeds, which my wife likes & the CW east, west & mountain feeds) plus 99w which presently has the Caribbean feeds for the 5 major networks. And apparently there are a lot of wild feeds on cband also, though I don't have a means of electrically moving the dish. My cost $13 shipped for the lnb, $36 including shipping for 2 coolsat 4000s.