Do They Still Make Fibo dishes?

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Looks good. Think I will go for it, a nice project for me.
 
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There's a thread on this but most pictures of the project are missing... Thanks to a certain Sheffieldian.
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OK will have a browse. Just trying to find out which lnb the Vsat DS 120 Gregorian uses.
 
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nelson_b said:
A Visiosat one not far from me ... took these pics a few years ago... but its still currently in use ...
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That's funny. It has its secondary mirror (and LNB ) upside down as compared to the picture of @Trust1 in post #10.

BTW: Visiosat is the old name for Cahors, IIRC.

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That is one of my favorite topics! I have 5 dual-reflector dishes installed (one is not visible on the picture) DualReflectors.jpg
You can see 55-90-120 cm Gregorian dishes.
But I had some experiments in the past with Gregorian-Frankensteins, yes it was 1.8m Prodelin IMG_20140724_113502.jpg and also 1.2m Channel Master IMG_20151011_132730.jpg . Will do more job like this in the future.
 
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a33 said:
That's funny. It has its secondary mirror (and LNB ) upside down as compared to the picture of @Trust1 in post #10.

BTW: Visiosat is the old name for Cahors, IIRC.

greetz,
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Indeed --
I wondered about that .. a look at some Cahors website pics shows the smaller dish with its reflector mounted that way .....

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a33 said:
That's funny. It has its secondary mirror (and LNB ) upside down as compared to the picture of @Trust1 in post #10.

BTW: Visiosat is the old name for Cahors, IIRC.

greetz,
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I showed the 120 version , the other one is 90 cm
 
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scopus said:
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One of these dishes on signal box close to where I live too..any ideas what they are used for?
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Could possibly be because landline internet & or/3G coverage of that location is very poor and Railtrack needs a fast secure comm link to the (probably automated) signal box.

Got a few smaller ones around here, on betting shops and the like, and one on a chemists shop (for betting on how long the patients will live after they take the prescriptions, maybe :))
 
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jeallen01 said:
Could possibly be because landline internet & or/3G coverage of that location is very poor and Railtrack needs a fast secure comm link to the (probably automated) signal box.

Got a few smaller ones around here, on betting shops and the like, and one on a chemists shop (for betting on how long the patients will live after they take the prescriptions, maybe :))
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Yes, I would assume it's for Railtrack comms, but the box near me, has decent 4G coverage, and the is manned.
 
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Yes, I would assume it's for Railtrack comms, but the box near me, has decent 4G coverage, and the is manned.
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Certainly the one in my picture is a manned signal box ... but mobile phone coverage will be poor or even non existent - up beyond Ribblehead.
I would ask the signalman what the exact usage of the dish setup is , but he is always tucked away inside his box - whenever i,v been out waking near there ....
 
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nelson_b said:
Certainly the one in my picture is a manned signal box ... but mobile phone coverage will be poor or even non existent - up beyond Ribblehead.
I would ask the signalman what the exact usage of the dish setup is , but he is always tucked away inside his box - whenever i,v been out waking near there ....
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Knock on the door, smile and wish him (0r her) Happy Christmas, and then ask him what the dish is for :)
 
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Knock on the door, smile and wish him (0r her) Happy Christmas, and then ask him what the dish is for :)
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You can try but he is probably on strike.
 
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Knock on the door, smile and wish him (0r her) Happy Christmas, and then ask him what the dish is for :)
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Used to know a few Signalmen, but most have now passed away now. I have a railway contact, will ask him to make some enquires...
 
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scopus said:
Used to know a few Signalmen, but most have now passed away now. I have a railway contact, will ask him to make some enquires...
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Took a walk up Ribblehead today (not been up there for about a year) ....
The dual reflector Visiosat dish (post 20) has been replaced by a " Tooway " ... had a good look around but could not see the Visiosat discarded anywhere nearby :( ....

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nelson_b said:
Took a walk up Ribblehead today (not been up there for about a year) ....
The dual reflector Visiosat dish (post 20) has been replaced by a " Tooway " ... had a good look around but could not see the Visiosat discarded anywhere nearby :( ....

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The greg has gone off the box at Caverswall near me, can't see a Tooway replacement either.
Is Blea Moor box due for closing soon? Judging that it needs a coat of paint.
 
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nelson_b said:
Took a walk up Ribblehead today (not been up there for about a year) ....
The dual reflector Visiosat dish (post 20) has been replaced by a " Tooway " ... had a good look around but could not see the Visiosat discarded anywhere nearby :( ....

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Not going to "like" this as they have totally ruined their setup with this plain ugly TooWay........
 
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