phlat's Ku caper......

[phlatwound]

I agree -- your are now hooked

My neighbors watch with their binoculars to try to see what I am doing! When they can't figure it out they come over to see, and forget to leave the spyglasses behind!

edit:: That was said with tounge in cheek -- but one neighbor came, saw, and just left!!!

hey Pop, I know you are familiar with my part of the country here, it's too hilly and tree-covered to see across my own yard with binoculars, much less have the neighbors checking my projects out!

 

[Mr Tony]

phlat
Did you find G10 yet?

 

[phlatwound]

phlat
Did you find G10 yet?

Not yet, this evening is the first chance with decent weather I've had to try again. In the last hour I've gotten good signal and pictures at 87, 93, 97, 101 & 105 (without changing dish elevation). Heading out now drop the dish about 10 degrees and take a shot at G10.

 

[Mr Tony]

its nice having 7 sats with pretty much the same elevation

 

[phlatwound]

Heading out now drop the dish about 10 degrees and take a shot at G10.

I was on it in less than a minute.

Here's some numbers for G10:

11718 V 27692 87-88%
11799 V 26656 94%

I'm thinking about splitting the spare coax out of my BUD ribbon cable and hooking it to this dish temporarily, then we could even watch it in the house!

 

[phlatwound]

its nice having 7 sats with pretty much the same elevation

Yes, indeed! The tip you gave me about the tolerance on the LNB skew helped a lot, I was able to play with it this time and saw that it wasn't that critical. :up

 

[Mr Tony]

I was on it in less than a minute.

Here's some numbers for G10:

11718 V 27692 87-88%
11799 V 26656 94%

looks good. I would check a couple more from thelist to make sure but you are on G10 CONGRATS!

I'm thinking about splitting the spare coax out of my BUD ribbon cable and hooking it to this dish temporarily, then we could even watch it in the house!

I would

 

[Mr Tony]

Yes, indeed! The tip you gave me about the tolerance on the LNB skew helped a lot, I was able to play with it this time and saw that it wasn't that critical. :up

when working near true south skew is not that critical. ON my C-Band I ghetto move from AMC1 over to G11 and dont even touch the LNB (I have a LNBF so I manually have to move the LNB)

 

[thomas34461usa]

I was on it in less than a minute.

Here's some numbers for G10:

11718 V 27692 87-88%
11799 V 26656 94%

I'm thinking about splitting the spare coax out of my BUD ribbon cable and hooking it to this dish temporarily, then we could even watch it in the house!

Hey Phlatwound,
Looks like a nice setup you got there to work on your dish! All you need is a cool glass of Ice Tea and a grilled burger! From the background I spoted a steer. Do you do any farming up there? Look like you have a nice place!
Take Care,
Tom

 

[phlatwound]

I missed your post Tom, but yes we do raise a little beef here, and do some hay and fescue seed farming, but no crops, just a small operation.

I got my pole set yesterday, cleaned and painted it this morning (Anole should approve of the color ), and have mounted my motor and dish. I have gotten signal at my true south G26 @ 93W, and have been able to move the dish to others sats using USALS. It seems if I go very far off of true south I can't lock a signal, probably need to do some more tweaking, but I'm getting there. Here's a few pics of where I'm at:









Next step after I get this part lined out is to hook on to the spare RG-6 in my BUD ribbon cable, that should get me run into my house, not really sure how to hook things up between my analog receiver and my Visionsat, but I'll sort that one out (with some super SatGuy assistance) in good time.

 

[phlatwound]

I am now tracking the arc and controlling the Ku dish from inside the house with my Visionsat....and I still have my analog C-band functioning, now I need to know how to breed the Visionsat and my Toshiba analog box together so I can get my C-band digital back. Is this diagram applicable to what I am trying to do?:

Add a receiver

I have 4x1 diseqc switch, and a couple of hi freq. splitters. Any and all input on this is greatly appreciated, thanks.

 

[phlatwound]

I am now tracking the arc and controlling the Ku dish from inside the house with my Visionsat....and I still have my analog C-band functioning, now I need to know how to breed the Visionsat and my Toshiba analog box together so I can get my C-band digital back. Is this diagram applicable to what I am trying to do?:

Add a receiver

I have 4x1 diseqc switch, and a couple of hi freq. splitters. Any and all input on this is greatly appreciated, thanks.

I'm thinking that "Add a reciever" diagram is for an an existing BUD with C and Ku LNBs and may not work for what I want to do. I need to be able to move my Ku dish with my Visionsat, and move my BUD with my Toshiba, but need the C & Ku signal coming into my Visonsat so I can see my C-band digital. Any ideas out there?

 

[Mr Tony]

I am now tracking the arc and controlling the Ku dish from inside the house with my Visionsat....and I still have my analog C-band functioning, now I need to know how to breed the Visionsat and my Toshiba analog box together so I can get my C-band digital back.
I have 4x1 diseqc switch, and a couple of hi freq. splitters. Any and all input on this is greatly appreciated, thanks.

congrats on getting KU up and running

now to handle that tricky setup. You could put the 4x1 diseqc switch in the house where the 2 cables are. Hook C-Band to port 2 and KU to port 1. You're not really suppose to put the diseqc in between the motor and receiver and the switch will burn out quicker

What some have done is to use a Ecoda 22k switch...key thing is it HAS to be ecoda. They are magical They pass diseqc codes and motor commands

setup would be like this


C-Band--------------------------------splitter port 1---------------C-Band analog
-----------------------------------------splitter port 2------ecoda 22k on
KU Band---motor-------------------------------------------ecoda 22k off-----visionsat---neusat

 

[Lak7]

It was easy, wasn't it!

 

[phlatwound]

congrats on getting KU up and running

Thanks, it was quite a project for this greenhorn!

now to handle that tricky setup. You could put the 4x1 diseqc switch in the house where the 2 cables are. Hook C-Band to port 2 and KU to port 1. You're not really suppose to put the diseqc in between the motor and receiver and the switch will burn out quicker

Would I use the 2 splitters with this scenario, could you diagram this for me? I have 2 or 3 diseqc switches and 2-3 hi freq splitters, if I could get this going with what I have on hand that would be great.

What some have done is to use a Ecoda 22k switch...key thing is it HAS to be ecoda. They are magical They pass diseqc codes and motor commands

setup would be like this


C-Band--------------------------------splitter port 1---------------C-Band analog
-----------------------------------------splitter port 2------ecoda 22k on
KU Band---motor-------------------------------------------ecoda 22k off-----visionsat---neusat

Sounds like time to order more parts.

 

[phlatwound]

It was easy, wasn't it!

It wasn't bad, I had a couple of 1 step forward, 2 steps back deals that slowed me down, but I learned a LOT today.

 

[Mr Tony]

I take it right now the splitter for the C-Band is in the house?

lemme draw up something

 

[phlatwound]

I take it right now the splitter for the C-Band is in the house?

lemme draw up something

yep, C-band splitter is in the shack.

 

[Mr Tony]

here ya go

the line is the divide between outside & inside. Like I say, temporarily you could use a 4x1 in the place of the ecoda and set up the visionsat menus for KU diseqc 1 and C-Band diseqc 2

 

[phlatwound]

here ya go

the line is the divide between outside & inside. Like I say, temporarily you could use a 4x1 in the place of the ecoda and set up the visionsat menus for KU diseqc 1 and C-Band diseqc 2

Thankee, thankee, T......I'm going to give it a whirl right now.