Pictures of DG380 on 120cm dish & conical scalar ring

[Sadoun]

I have added a few pictures to show the correct way to setup the Latitude angle on a DG380 motor. The motor is used on a 120cm dish which has a C/KU band LNBF and a conical scalar ring.

Most of the Satmex C-band FTA channels are coming fine with this arrangement.


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[turbosat]

Great close-up! Sounds like a nice scanning dish-why not throw in a pic of the dish too?

 

[PopcornNMore]

I just was looking at this on Facebook. How well is the KU band received using the KU/C LNBF on the 120cm dish? When I tried last year C-band was received ok, but the KU band was not so good. I eventually got it to perform better, but not as good as with a standalone KU band LNBF.

Did the conical scalar ring improve signal strength? I tried this today, but the results were disappointing. It performed better without the conical scalar ring.

 

[brentb636]

When I optimize mine for C-band, I lose Ku band altogether . That's okay with me, since I have two other motorized Ku dishes . I should have bought a dual out C-band lnbf instead of the CK-1 .

 

[Sadoun]

PopcornNmore

The C/KU LNBF is not optimized 100% yet on the dish. So far I am getting both C & KU. However, I need to tweak the C-band more to improve the signal across the arc. I know the dish is aligned well using just KU band LNBF.

I will do some more testing and will let you know the results and impact the conical scalar ring does.

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[Sadoun]

Great close-up!

Thanks. I have seen a few posts in the past people asking how to setup the angle on the Sadoun Powertech motors. This picture will hopefully clarify it.

 

[turbosat]

Thanks. I have seen a few posts in the past people asking how to setup the angle on the Sadoun Powertech motors. This picture will hopefully clarify it.

HAHA Like me! Only took me a week to get it right, but I haven't had to touch it since.