Look at the size of the dishes to answer your question.

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Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
Does the same thing with Ku-band analog. And *doesn't* happen with
C-band digital. (our most critical link at work is Ku-band digital; we
have a C-band digital hot standby)

Why operate within Ku-band at all, if the C-band link is more reliable?

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craigm wrote:

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Why operate within Ku-band at all, if the C-band link is more reliable?

Look at the size of the dishes to answer your question.

But if the C-band system was running as a hot standby, they'd have to have
the C-band dish and transponder rental as well..

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Doug Smith W9WI wrote:

craigm wrote:
Look at the size of the dishes to answer your question.

Why operate within Ku-band at all, if the C-band link is more reliable?

Well, not really, because our Ku-band dish is the same size as the C-band...

I have a 40cm plastic dish which receives our national services
very satisfactorily (except, perhaps, during deluges and solar
occultations). I doubt that it would have enough gain at C-band
to do anything useful here.

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