2.4 DH Antenna installation

blademedia said:
Found NPRM in workshop ideal, have 450x450 paving from patio, will put five in each corner, that will give me extra 0.33 Tonne (ton)
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Need to install winch for moving base up/down runway base then finished
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Oh yes, i can see some nice terracotta pots with lovely plants in each corner of the finished article. Coming on nicely now.
Will you be having "Open Days" later in the year, i can see me wanting to have a drive down to you lol
 
Dish in disguise!
 
Brilliant setup!
Keep going - looking very much forward to seeing reception capabilities!
 
moonbase said:
What is the feed assembly, triple Ku Band feed
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Found time to look at this today, its modified for KU, will do KU tests with this and note signal levels, the gentlemen is a boffin, the design might take some beating
 

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blademedia said:
Found time to look at this today, its modified for KU, will do KU tests with this and note signal levels, the gentlemen is a boffin, the design might take some beating
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I am looking forward to the test results, its a very good dish and should give some good catches when setup.

Rgds
 
scopus said:
I have got them on my dishes, they work very well...
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Thanks, dish is where I feed the birds I don't mind little birds landing and pooing its the pigeons, didn't realise dish was so high up cant reach of 6ft steps,

Might have to tilt dish right back to install them, don't want to put ladders on it and warp it
 
green everywhere it's so nice;) what's about compare DH vs CM?
 
satmania said:
green everywhere it's so nice;) what's about compare DH vs CM?
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Many thanks, they will be very little in it between both dishes, both are quality well made dishes , I prefer the look of a prime focus dish and its lots easier to handle, if I can see 68.5E and get some C band channels I want I might use the channel master as a fixed dish pointing at 68.5.
 
John said:
Youv'e been busy
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Yes John landscaping round the dish area, I had to drill and tap the feed arm threads they all needed doing, arms ready for installing now, the second levelling system worked great five minuets and it was level,

Going to service the actuator tomorrow and make new gaskets for it, I might get round to lining it up over the weekend.
 
blademedia said:
Yes John landscaping round the dish area, I had to drill and tap the feed arm threads they all needed doing, arms ready for installing now, the second levelling system worked great five minuets and it was level,

Going to service the actuator tomorrow and make new gaskets for it, I might get round to lining it up over the weekend.
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Yep, thats looking really good, nobody can grumble about that.
You know when you get your bullseye feed, what had you got in mind/ brand whatever, for the Ku & Cband lnb's
 
John said:
Yep, thats looking really good, nobody can grumble about that.
You know when you get your bullseye feed, what had you got in mind/ brand whatever, for the Ku & Cband lnb's
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Thanks John, mainly doing the extra work for my own benefit but it will take others eye from it,

I will be using Norsat/SMW, ive not made my mind up yet, as you know the bullseye is cheap compared to what the LNB's will cost.
 
i am waiting eagerly to know the result and comparing ( CM vs DH )

we never had a chance to try any CM dish but we allready try some 20 years old 2.4 DH

DH 2.4 get better result compare to 2.1 PF local dish with same lnb ( black ultra with matched feed similer to invacom feed

i do not know - but i believe that CM and europian dishes has better quialty than the american one

CM 2.4 is a flat offset - while the DH 2.4 is a much deeper PF ( F/D = 0.38 )​
 
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