Very interesting. Maybe you could tell a satellite or two you receive well and the transponders you receive on it.
Not a problem.
Lets start with C-Band from 40.5W, last time I checked I received over 200 channels from this satellite.
I think it was somewhere around 220 last time I counted and was probably most if not all of the listed transponders?
This was with a Precision Antennas 2.0m prime focus dish using a variety of LNB's such as Norsat, Titanium and Zinwell with polariser barrels and feeds with dielectric plates.
Other satellites I have received and locked C-Band frequencies with the same setup are listed below:
57E, 53E, 51.5E, 49E, 46E, 38E, 20E, 10E, 4.9E, 3.1E, 2.9E, 0.8W, 5W, 8W, 11W, 18W. 22W, 27.5W, 43.1W and 47.5W.
I am blocked from receiving 55.5W, 58W and 65W due to trees and buildings at my current location but think they will also be receivable with a 2.0m dish.
Some of those satellites are harder to receive than others. Paksat at 38.0E is a notoriously difficult catch in the UK but I managed to lock frequencies from it
For the purpose of
@kippysat I think a 1.8m or 2.0m dish will provide many hundreds of channels from the various satellites visible to a UK location and be a great introduction to the world of C-Band.
For anyone based in the UK with a 24/7 critical need for C-Band reception in all weather conditions I would recommend a dish larger than 2.0m. The OP of this topic is possibly in this category?
However, for hobby purposes and reception of hundreds of C-Band channels I think a 1.8m or 2.0m dish will do the job more than adequately.