BSC 621 C/Ku lnb to C/Ka LNB

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OK, well wasn't sure if this was a goer, but I took the Ku LNB off a BSC C/Ku combo LNB as Ku was never very good and grafted a Hughes Ka LNB with the XMW FD9000 feed to the end. using half the casing that housed the Ku LNB and snugly fitting the Ka feed inside with some skrinkdown to waterproof it.
The C LNB probes remain at 10 and two O'clock with the Ka probe at 12 O'clock. then the whole thing is fitted in the AV Comm barrel.
One big bonus was that the barrel gives me both V and H on Ka band without having to move the LNB at all. I'm sure you theory people will have a better idea how this is working???
Anyway it works really well, looks a bit like a torpedo but hey C and Ka from one LNB and I would say that the Ka is no worse that siting the LNB offset by a few degrees
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OK, well wasn't sure if this was a goer, but I took the Ku LNB off a BSC C/Ku combo LNB as Ku was never very good and grafted a Hughes Ka LNB with the XMW FD9000 feed to the end. using half the casing that housed the Ku LNB and snugly fitting the Ka feed inside with some skrinkdown to waterproof it.
The C LNB probes remain at 10 and two O'clock with the Ka probe at 12 O'clock. then the whole thing is fitted in the AV Comm barrel.
One big bonus was that the barrel gives me both V and H on Ka band without having to move the LNB at all. I'm sure you theory people will have a better idea how this is working???
Anyway it works really well, looks a bit like a torpedo but hey C and Ka from one LNB and I would say that the Ka is no worse that siting the LNB offset by a few degrees
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.. Re: the dual Ka polarity - it's a bit hard to spot, but have you got the Hughes at 45° to the AV-Comm internal wall steps my loverly ?.
 

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Blimey, that's one big combo you have there scopus. Nice work :)
 

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Blimey, that's one big combo you have there scopus. Nice work :)
Luckily Llew the whole thing is quite light. It's a fair length though....
 

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.. Re: the dual Ka polarity - it's a bit hard to spot, but have you got the Hughes at 45° to the AV-Comm internal wall steps my loverly ?.
Will double check dear, but I think the steps are at 9 and 3 o'clock and the Ka probe is at 12 o'clock. Will do a photo tomorrow looking up the barrel.
 

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I have done a MKII version made out of a C Band tit, drilled out the backplate and used a spare Ku holder from a spare BSC621.
The C Band is now on the underside on the dish with the Ka as it was before. With the steps being at 12 and 6 o'clock as before I seem to have lost the horizontal on Ka, but the vertical Ka has seem a big improvement. C Band is now correct also with V at RHC and H at LHC...P1010029.JPGP1010030.JPGP1010031.JPGP1010032.JPGP1010033.JPG
 

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There is much to be said abot tits and inserting a fair length........


Oh wait, wrong forum......
 

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.. that's why i was asking you the other night about the dual Ka polarity. I was suspecting you had the Ka probe at 45° with the Cband barrel side steps at 6 to 12 o'clock which would have given you a sniff at both polarities.
 
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