One dead Hughes LNB.

[John]

... here's a nice little jobby that could be useful to you Chris

Emitor Satlook Mark IV FTA

 

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... here's a nice little jobby that could be useful to you Chris

Emitor Satlook Mark IV FTA

At the moment I have a Satlink WS-6933


Still programming the data base in it. Only thing I don't like about this meter is to resolved tv picture.

It gives the signal strength and signal quality, but no picture.

The old Satlink meter I had, had a 5" screen, but was limited to dvb-s only.

 

[John]

At the moment I have a Satlink WS-6933
View attachment 95599 View attachment 95600

Still programming the data base in it. Only thing I don't like about this meter is to resolved tv picture.

It gives the signal strength and signal quality, but no picture.

The old Satlink meter I had, had a 5" screen, but was limited to dvb-s only.

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... Gotcha, didn't realise you had obtained something

 

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I have had it a while now, and still trying to build the data base up.

I have to put the ka freqs in as a ku freq.

But it works quite well, for all I need :-)

 

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Hughes lnb with omt and original Feedhorn On newsnet, notice the ber.


Hughes lnb with Xmw Feedhorn also on newsnet.


Hughes lnb with new Xmw Feedhorn.

Feeling very happy with this combo at the moment.

 

[John]

View attachment 95712 Hughes lnb with omt and original Feedhorn On newsnet, notice the ber.

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Hughes lnb with Xmw Feedhorn also on newsnet.

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Hughes lnb with new Xmw Feedhorn.

Feeling very happy with this combo at the moment.

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Excellent results Chris, just remind me which dish you have it on now and is it at prime position

 

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Excellent results Chris, just remind me which dish you have it on now and is it at prime position

At the moment, it's on my 1.5 Gibertini, about 2 or 3° from prime. I will go and take a photo in a min, just scanning 19.2°E H.

 

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Here are the crazy scans, from the Hughes 18ghz lnb, 3° from prime on 19.2°E

Horizontal Scan


Vertical Scan



And for @John

 

[Vipersan]

Is that a Saorsat lnb by it's side ?
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Do you get Saorsat in Somerset ??

 

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Is that a Saorsat lnb by it's side ?
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Do you get Saorsat in Somerset ??

Yes that is the saorsat lnb, but never had a sniff of a signal though :-(

 

[Vipersan]

Yes that is the saorsat lnb, but never had a sniff of a signal though :-(

Had one of those on my rig for a while ...
ended up carved up for the feed as it was useless to me too ..
lol
I can get everything that the Saorsat covers with a Hughes so mine was no longer needed ..
;)

 

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Had one of those on my rig for a while ...
ended up carved up for the feed as it was useless to me too ..
lol
I can get everything that the Saorsat covers with a Hughes so mine was no longer needed ..
;)

I used 2 doner lnb's for the feed horns on the direct Tv.

Now the test cards have gone on 31e I don't know if I will leave it on there.

As its mostly used for data now.

 

[John]

Here are the crazy scans, from the Hughes 18ghz lnb, 3° from prime on 19.2°E

Horizontal Scan
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Vertical Scan
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And for @John

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Nice one.
For some reason i thought you had a 1.25 Gibby dedicated to 18GHz.
I'm going to take my 18GHz off the changer on the 1.8 next week and put it on a dedicated 1.25 Gib and just run Vertical for the time being until something more interesting and frequent turns up on the Horizontal . The 1.8 now spends most of it's time on C-band and i am missing the Newsnet ladies

 

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Nice one.
For some reason i thought you had a 1.25 Gibby dedicated to 18GHz.
I'm going to take my 18GHz off the changer on the 1.8 next week and put it on a dedicated 1.25 Gib and just run Vertical for the time being until something more interesting and frequent turns up on the Horizontal . The 1.8 now spends most of it's time on C-band and i am missing the Newsnet ladies

I had tried to use the Hughes 18ghz on my ISS 1m but then I had the omt and its Feedhorn.

Since then I have purchased an Xmw Feedhorn, that turned up today, so I then swapped them over.

As for the 1m ISS it still has the 21ghz ka/ku combo on it pointing at 7°E but I do get a very strong signal, but the ber is just killing me.

 

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Nice one.
For some reason i thought you had a 1.25 Gibby dedicated to 18GHz.
I'm going to take my 18GHz off the changer on the 1.8 next week and put it on a dedicated 1.25 Gib and just run Vertical for the time being until something more interesting and frequent turns up on the Horizontal . The 1.8 now spends most of it's time on C-band and i am missing the Newsnet ladies

I have done a similar thing. Installed my spare Hughes on my 1.2 Greg and fed it to LNB 2 on the Icecrypt. Funny thing is the greg prefers the the OMT with the Hughes feedhorn than the XMW feedhorn, over a dB difference!

 

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I had tried to use the Hughes 18ghz on my ISS 1m but then I had the omt and its Feedhorn.

Since then I have purchased an Xmw Feedhorn, that turned up today, so I then swapped them over.

As for the 1m ISS it still has the 21ghz ka/ku combo on it pointing at 7°E but I do get a very strong signal, but the ber is just killing me.

Chris, just watch the feedhorn cap on the XMW, mine were not sealed and I got moisture behind it. Some silcone cured it though....

 

[John]

Chris, just watch the feedhorn cap on the XMW, mine were not sealed and I got moisture behind it. Some silcone cured it though....

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@scopus .... you on a dirty weekend again ??.

 

[scopus]

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@scopus .... you on a dirty weekend again ??.

Week, not weekend!! Near Whitby for some fresh air...lol

 

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@scopus .... you on a dirty weekend again ??.

I will have a look through the garage and see what I can find.

Thanks for the tip ;-)

 

[scopus]

I will have a look through the garage and see what I can find.

Thanks for the tip ;-)

Gently pull the cap and see if it comes off, if does, then seal it with some silicone sealant.