Early LNBF

[stecle]

I took down a C-Band system the other day which hasn't been used in many years. I noticed there was only a single RG-6 going to the feed horn which I immediately found odd.

After taking off the feed horn cover I discovered an LNBF. This system was installed in the early 90's and this LNBF has to be 25 years old.

Tee-Com was a major C-Band distributor here in Canada back in the 80's-90's. They had a line of products marketed under the Star Trak name, which were made by other companies.

This LNBF sure looks and feels like a Chaparral. When I get some free time I am going to see if it still works.

 

[Brct203]

I took down a C-Band system the other day which hasn't been used in many years. I noticed there was only a single RG-6 going to the feed horn which I immediately found odd.

After taking off the feed horn cover I discovered an LNBF. This system was installed in the early 90's and this LNBF has to be 25 years old.

Tee-Com was a major C-Band distributor here in Canada back in the 80's-90's. They had a line of products marketed under the Star Trak name, which were made by other companies.

This LNBF sure looks and feels like a Chaparral. When I get some free time I am going to see if it still works.

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i'm not sure when they started making C-Band LNBFs, but my first satellite system in 1990 had a Ku LNBF. The system was an Amstrad SRX-100 made specifically for SES's Astra 1A. It came with a 60cm fixed dish and a 1.8 dB LNBF. That LNBF lasted only a few years, but worked ok.

 

[pacificrim]

I just pulled off a slightly older version (going by serial number) of this LNBF this week. The dish is/was a 6ft Star Trak. I didn't bother with taking the dish.

I agree that it looks like a Chaparral. One reason I kept this was for the cap, in case I lose the one on my Corotor II.