Thread: WS International Promotion

On the matter of ideas, since there seems to be little interest in making lnb's that can electronicly do both circular and linear signals with out going out and manually adding/removing a disk, (only one lnb that I know that can) how about controlling the disk with a solenoid? It can be controlled remotely with a diseqc command.

Originally Posted by Vorg

On the matter of ideas, since there seems to be little interest in making lnb's that can electronicly do both circular and linear signals with out going out and manually adding/removing a disk, (only one lnb that I know that can) how about controlling the disk with a solenoid? It can be controlled remotely with a diseqc command.

What would be nice is if WSI would make their C/Ku LNB more effective on 1.2M offset dishes. I'd venture a better horn design specific to offset dishes would go a long way to getting the performance that the electronics promise on the screen.

As for lin/circ ... simple. Replace the built in 2X DISQC switch with a 4X one. port 1 C-linear port 2 C-circular ( your solenoid idea? ) port 3 Ku-linear port 4 Ku circular.

Other than changing out the switch and getting a better horn, WSI's existing ( and very nice ) LNB offering wouldn't actually need much work at all.

Just another idea...

Originally Posted by Cold Winter

What would be nice is if WSI would make their C/Ku LNB more effective on 1.2M offset dishes. I'd venture a better horn design specific to offset dishes would go a long way to getting the performance that the electronics promise on the screen.

As for lin/circ ... simple. Replace the built in 2X DISQC switch with a 4X one. port 1 C-linear port 2 C-circular ( your solenoid idea? ) port 3 Ku-linear port 4 Ku circular.

Other than changing out the switch and getting a better horn, WSI's existing ( and very nice ) LNB offering wouldn't actually need much work at all.

Just another idea...

Having a minibud, I'd love to see them offer a combo C/Ku lnb optimized for the offset dish but I doubt our numbers are sufficient for it to make sense for them financially.

The difference with an offset should just be in the feed horn right? so if it was made two parts, you could just mix and match the two parts.

In theory yes but I'm just doubtful that the the R&D for such a new product would be worthwhile.