KU on C Band Dish

[wium]

I have a 2.4M C band dish .Should i decide to cover it with fibre glass mat using resin and hardening will i be able to receive KU band singles.

 

[mephisto]

You'll be able to receive Ku band with the dish as it is, the only thing you need for that is a proper lnb, some c-120 flange lnb and proper feedhorn for PF antenna. Note: there's a possibility for some losses in signal, due to a dish mesh (porous) structure, but I guess it shouldn't be higher than 15-20%.

 

[Channel Hopper]

As suggested, try first without modifying. Then as a test (on a day without wind) stick some kitchen foil onto the mesh surface with wallpaper paste to see how much the signal improves.

 

[Costactc]

As long as the holes aren't too big you should have no problem picking up ku sats with that dish, however, signal quality will not be as strong as if a solid dish was being used.