C/Ku/IF Frequency Calculator/Converter

**melgarga** · 07-15-2009 04:01 PM

I've threated to do this for a while now. Anyone else tired of grabbing the calculator, punching in the stuff to find IF and image freqs and scribbling it down on a piece of paper? I sat down last night and plugged it all into an xls file. I think my feed hunting, rx programming and 4D manipulating is going to be a bit easier from now on.
Hope it helps out some others as well.

**Smith, P.** · 07-15-2009 05:25 PM

Now if you could add Ku LOF=11250 and make it work on my standalone calculator ...

**melgarga** · 07-15-2009 06:48 PM

Sure. Different LOFs are not a problem. I didnt think about 10600 or 11250 since I dont have a universal at all, and havent had a use for a circular LNB in years.
On a stand alone calculator, try one of the old HP programmables, or any of the TI-8X series, maybe even a palm pilot or equivalant.
If your talking a $3.99 one from Walgreens, then I thinking probably not.....lol

**Smith, P.** · 07-15-2009 07:17 PM

Actually, not from Walgreens, but those what came free last few years.

**Iceberg** · 07-15-2009 07:25 PM

very neat. Thanks for posting

**melgarga** · 07-15-2009 07:27 PM

The TI-8X series are definately not in the low budget catagory. I've got an 83 and a 86. Both are way smarter than I am. I have to study the manual before I even attempt anything beyond basic math. Too much of a headache.....lol
BTW, did you ever find a C band feed to get your DSR back up and running?

**Smith, P.** · 07-15-2009 07:38 PM

Not yet, didn't get my guts for buying BSC621 to slap it to vacant 1m offset dish and try pick 133W for the poor DSR-922.

**melgarga** · 07-15-2009 07:56 PM

Thanks Ice. It was born of a thought one evening while juggling 4D generic calculations. Ultimately I can see integrating all the generic map info into the thing somehow and make to whole feed hunting process a bit more streamlined.

Smith, I know you meant 133W (G1) but you might want to edit for posterity's sake before it's carved in granite....lol
Good luck on getting it on a 1m dish. I think it might be kind of touchy to say the least. If you pull that off there will be many 4D users that would be happy to know that.

**zamar23** · 12-17-2009 08:12 AM

melgagra

Useful calculators! Can you make it more universal, so that a SINGLE XLS calculator can be used for any frequency by selecting or entering that freq value in its dedicated visible field without duplicating such fields?