Dish 20" for FTA?

[jrc_01]

It's possble? I'm planning to instal a Dish 500 reflector 20" in Puerto Rico to capture 110 and/or 119.

[solariZ]

i was wondering the same thing....
although im in NC my wife purchased a 20" dish recently not knowing they needed to be a little bigger but i dont know if you can still receive something with those size dishes??

thanks

[greg47]

i was wondering the same thing....
although im in NC my wife purchased a 20" dish recently not knowing they needed to be a little bigger but i dont know if you can still receive something with those size dishes??

thanks

20" dish will not receive any true FTA signals. True FTA satellites are spaced 2 degrees apart in space and your dish will not be big enough to collect enough signal to produce a useable signal. A 76 cm would be the smallest that you should consider with a 1 meter being the best for Ku band signals and true FTA signals. Nasa tv on 119 on Echostar 7 would be the only worthwhile signal you could recieve with that 20" dish.