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    Cheap C-band lnb?

    have a go its great fun cheapo plaxus 18deg lnb ws1 conical scaler and oversize lnb bracket my televes 1m did better than the cm 1.2 as its a damn site easier to mount the lnb on the televes using the oversize mount and wooden wedges (pegs) got dozen or so from 40e and a couple from 5w...
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    mind the dishes

    spot on thats where the fortec had just come down from its (summer) upturned waterbutt mount :eek: even by my lax standards it was a bridge too far Excellent - another fan of tyre mounts good effort -close but no cigar the bonus prize was the Patent CM pallet mount on the shed roof I'm...
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    mind the dishes

    I love this section my dish farm, top Left CM1.2 polar mount cband right 1.0 Televes h-h mount Bottom L 90cm Televes, tyre mount middle fortec 1.8 in stealth mount, performs better that way right unicorn/STC reference 1.5m on 1224 jaeger oh yeah and the sky bracket hider
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    Small C-Band dishes. Technical Thread

    I bought my Panorama C Band LNBF on Ebay from MXMart what was the noise figure on yours, mine also came from mxmart but is marked 17k even though advertised as 13k he says its a typo and the same as the 13k ??
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    Small C-Band dishes. Technical Thread

    A conical Scalar is a must on 1 Meter but on 1.2 Meter the Flat Scalar will do just find for most dishes. I can confirm there is NO signal increase with the WS conical scalar ring instead of the flat prime focus scalar ring (panorama) on my CM 1.2
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    Small C-Band dishes. Technical Thread

    as CH says set your skew for maximum signal the linear sat. skew is not needed for the circular sats
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    Where to buy channel master dishes

    satellitetvshop.co.uk Knockaraha, Clogher, Claremorris, Mayo
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    Manchester - Penta 85, TM-2600, Black Ultra LNB - need help with install

    but I don't feel comfortable up a ladder at my age :-). dont feel too bad about it I'm terrified of heights, with hindsight , radio engineer was probably not the best career choice then, the number of interviews I've walked out on, when the how are you at height question pops up. some days I'm...
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    recognise this old dish

    350 there 350 back
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    arabsat lancaster

    yeah, youre dead right I realised what it was next to on the arc right after I posted -Duh- never go near 28e myself, try to forget its there:) I guessed he was in the UNI, would have a fantastic take off from a southerly window, maybe one of those transparent 85cms would do it
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    recognise this old dish

    had some good ebay results recently ,the motors probably worth the asking price alone. its a 700 mile round trip though be interesting to see how it compares to the TM1500, those feed supports look all wrong to me whaddaya think 1.7 m used to be a standard size if I remember right, it was...
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    recognise this old dish

    What material is the reflector ? not sure, not picked it up yet its just under 6foot dia cheers SD
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    arabsat lancaster

    seham, Im 20miles south of you I get 26e badr4 at 70% on a 90cm televes you might get away with lidl dish pointing through the window look at where the neighbours sky dishes point can you see that direction from a window?
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    How not to join an external coax cable and other how not to photos

    I don't get it, why shouldn't the coax go in the gutter ? I had mine in there for over 10yrs until we got new gutters :mad: both the eighties sky install and , rg58,59 tv and rg81 hardline rg11 for the various ham radio feeds to be honest the weight brought the gutter down apart from trapping...
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    recognise this old dish

    Hello and, anyone recognise this 1.7m PF a fleabay purchase along with an echostar3600
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