Raven 1.8m Install Progress

[moonbase]

@mapperuo

That looks a useful type of clamp from the neewer range of products. Is it part of a tripod assembly or a standalone item?

 

[mapperuo]

@mapperuo

That looks a useful type of clamp from the neewer range of products. Is it part of a tripod assembly or a standalone item?

Aye it’s neewer, was a two pack of these

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[mapperuo]

Maybe someone can confirm if this seems likely, but I have gained my missing 2db by replacing the O Ring in my C120 LNB - I thought they were just to keep water out but perhaps keep the signal in too?

 

[Channel Hopper]

You may have removed some humidity in the feed during the dismantling.

 

[mapperuo]

Well the hard labour is almost done, I just have to reassemble the other Raven now it's in its new home.. then the wiring begins.. But it looks wet all weekend so doubtful we'll be done this week

 

[scopus]

Well the hard labour is almost done, I just have to reassemble the other Raven now it's in its new home.. then the wiring begins.. But it looks wet all weekend so doubtful we'll be done this week

Nice dish farm!

 

[moonbase]

Nice dish farm!

Aye, proper good kit, not a DiSEqC motor in sight as far as eye could see ?

 

[mapperuo]

Aye, proper good kit, not a DiSEqC motor in sight as far as eye could see ?

Thanks all!

Just one, hiding at the front on the 1.2m Gibby, Only 3 motorised dishes to be fair. Rest are fixed.

Was going to motorise the 2nd 1.2m Gibby I have but decided to just fix it on 7e instead, 3 is plenty.

 

[moonbase]

...Just one, hiding at the front on the 1.2m Gibby, ...

Keep it hidden, it will spoil the appearance of a nice landscape.

 

[mapperuo]

Well the final dish is on! Thankfully isn't in the way of the other Raven so thats good. Now the immense wiring job and landscape cleanup to do...

 

[jeallen01]

OMG!!!!!!

 

[Channel Hopper]

Where is the 3.8m going to sit ?

 

[jeallen01]

Where is the 3.8m going to sit ?

On the mezzanine floor that he's going to build on top of that lot (will kill the new grass, mind You)

 

[mapperuo]

Where is the 3.8m going to sit ?

Might need to evict the neighbours for that but that’s alright

 

[mapperuo]

Been spending a while finalising the two Ravens, I have got them as good as they'll be and have some interesting results between the RX Feed Arms model and the TX/RX heavy duty arms:

Scan of 16e on both 2 minutes apart, currently raining but OK for a comparison, showing about a 1-1.5db difference towards the TX/RX arms. Some freq comparisons are a bit higher than others which makes me wonder if I need to tweak the LNB skew a bit on one of them.

 

[Channel Hopper]

The arms themselves 'shouldn't' make a difference of course, but unless you have LNBs with identical characteristics and there are no differences in the reception a couple of metres apart, you might be looking at subtle reflector imperfections, though again there shouldn't be. Try running a metal detector across the whole surface to verify the mesh runs right to the edges.

Even assemblers at the factory can have a bad day.