How to convert circular feed to linear
I have an old Seaview c band feed horn that is manufactured for circular polarisation. Can any one suggest how it can be used on linear. It has a 4 ring scaler which I presume will provide extra gain...
View ArticleMeasuring and calculating zone-1 and zone-2 dish
Yesterday I managed to adjust my excel satellite dish specs calculator, to calculate non-flat paraboloid dishes (such as the zone-1 and -2 dishes in the UK) as well. Of course you could measure them...
View ArticleCalculating waveguide size
i am studying av-comm polarizer and "polopipe" (from brazil) (device for convert circular to linear) i have found some calculation about wavelenght in pipe but i have two variant of the same equation :...
View ArticleSky figures look marginal on lnb vl only
On our community system there are more requests for Sky Q and on the most recent the Sky installer checked the feeds and said that the dish needed alignment. He also said "Our DCSS switch needs power...
View ArticleWhat are these?
What are? today I found these 2 at home in a box, and other things from a long time ago
View ArticleWill a garden wall be strong enough to mount a 90cm dish on?
Hi guys. Moved house to a place with loads of space, huge plot. I have a garden wall looking south built out of concrete blocks and render over the top. At least I think it is, it might be a just...
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Installing a 1.2m channel master / polar mount help required please.
Hi all, After picking up an ebay bargain a while ago i rebuilt the polar mount and mounted the dish at the start of the summer, since then other things have had to take priority over the hobby.... I...
View ArticleThe raven g50 mesh dish
I have had this boxed up in the back of the shed for years, last week I got a chance to use it on a system. Having put the thing together it is almost certain the feed arm (#2 in the assembly...
View ArticleSlow moving actuator = e2 error
On my 1.8m's declination jack, the count is really slow. So slow, in fact, that the Vbox often throws E2 error - despite it counting (maybe a few a second?). I am surprised that it's doing this - given...
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Dxsatcs.com-roman-david
does this guy read this forum ? (roman david) i have seen a nice motorised feedhorn for ka/ku i would like to know servo model model and where can i find some plastic sprockets ? BR
View Article40e c-band on 1.2m dish
I am looking into possibility of installing a fixed 1.2m CM dish pointing at 40E C band. Does anyone have any experience with this satellite on a similar dish size? It comes in loudly on my 1.8m but...
View ArticleTwin receiver setup.
Hi and thanks for being out there and letting me join the site. I have very basic knowledge of setting up dish lnb and receivers, for myself and family over the years, I expect ive done 10. All fairly...
View ArticleReceiving 2 satellites with 1 degree difference on same lnb
Hello, Has anyone ever tried if it is possible to receive two satellites with an offset of one degree on the same LNB? For that: is it possible to receive Eutelsat 9e and 10e on the same LNB with a...
View ArticleMy Wavefrontier T90 install (with pictures)
Hey all, After two/three days work (being postponed for weeks as I just moved into a new house, and there were other priorities like not having my clothes on the floor), my brand new WaveFrontier T90...
View ArticleLooking for a motorised satellite system installer
I moved house a couple of years ago and I miss my motorised satellite system. I installed the previous system myself but 10 years have passed and it's not something I fancy doing now, especially in the...
View ArticleNoob looking for direction
Hi, Today i found a bag with two satellite recievers one being a techno mate tm5300d+ m2 super+ i also have a dish on my house that says 'technomate' not sure if its motorish? Does this matter? How can...
View ArticleReplica ADL C-Band Linear Polarity Feed
In connection with some signal scans of 38.0 East in C-Band I decided to get a couple of fake ADL linear polarity C-Band feeds fabricated. One feed was for a genuine ADL WR229 single port flange with a...
View ArticleTeleves or fracarro?
Hi all. Planning to set up sat system prefarably 1m. Been looking at Televes & Fracarro 1m. It seems the Televes has 40.5 db gain at 11.7 ghz Fracarro is 40.2. Does anyone have experience with...
View ArticleMoved house - Scottish Borders dish farm v2 & v3
Sadly the old dish farm is no more - Ive moved house and had to spend a very sad weekend dismantling the ultra complicated multi lnb / multi dish system that had evolved over the last 15 years or so. I...
View ArticleEgis in polarmount and multifeed system for ku and c band
good evening to all, I'm considering installing a new antenna over 2 meters instead of my Gibertini 150 powered by Jaeger Smr 1224. The aim is to preserve the KU and C bands in a range of 180° ,...
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