Recent content by SignalHill

I have a couple of 1000 lb rated actuators. One that came with the dish that was seized and another that failed after water ingress. I would like to repurpose them to operate the attachment hitch on my garden tractor and was wondering if any members had tried this. Drawbacks/challenges: 24...

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I've recently reinstated my Ham license after a 30 year break from it. I want to purchase a Nano VNA and a HackRF SDR from China. I know that the quality and performance of these devices vary widely from manufacturer to manufacturer and am looking for user feedback on which...

I'm still here and enjoying the hobby. When the last transponder that I can see goes dark I will just repurpose the dishes and carry on. Still lots of stuff to experiment with in satellite land. I plan to reinstate my ham license and get a SDR TX/RX and a nano VNA and make a system to...

It turns out there was some hurricane damage. One mesh pie shaped section was torn loose from the frame. I have the 1/4 dish panel taken down, the old mesh pie section removed and straightened. Getting it back into the slots proving very difficult. Does anyone have any tips to share?

For a couple of months now the signal levels on this transponder would nose dive around 5 pm local but come back up within a few hours. I figured it may be a sun transit but the transponder has no usable signal level at all now, at any time of day. Is anyone else having the same problems...

I want to win a box of LNBFs. Thanks for the contest Brian.

The dish is 99cmh by 93cm wide. I thought the arm was bent as well but tucked under that bend is a hole for the lnbf cable and a nylon cable clip. The coax connection at the lnbf is hidden inside the rectangular tubing. Its the same size as the comwave dish that got trashed and of a much...

My Comwave Ku antenna didn't survive last winter. It got lose in a windstorm and is now shaped like a taco. A friend gave me an old "Dish" dish from the 80's and I would like to put it in service for FTA. Has anybody found a simple and elegant way to mount the 40mm universal LNBF to this ...

Thanks Cham, those are things which I have not checked yet. I also noticed some saltwater corrosion in the throat of the LNBF. Living close to the Atlantic makes everything corrode. Who would have thought that a hobby that is primarily electronics would involve so many wrenches :) Winter is...

I'm making good progress. After doing a string test and checking the alignment of the scalar ring with my homemade laser alignment tool I discovered the dish has some major alignment issues. Not surprising given the 140+ kph winds we had during the last blizzard. I have the C1 PLL back in...

The RXs are Geosat Pro HD and Openbox S10 HD. The LNBF is a Titanium C1 PLL. No switches of any kind in the signal path. Tomorrow I'll get out my voltmeter, stepladder and snow shovel and investigate further. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. Cheers fred

My C band LNBF will only work in V polarity. I've swapped out RX to no effect. How does the LNBF polarity switch work? How do I test it? Next steps are to remove the LNBF from its icy perch and bring it inside to warm and thaw. Any help greatly appreciated. 73 fred

Congrats on your new ticket. Drinking an 807 in your honor! 73 fred ex VO1MU

You guys are making me think about reinstating my ham license :/