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I would probably have to take a ride up the road and help you set that little puppy up. :D

Makes perfect sense to me. :D

If it works out that way then that's the way you should keep it then. :) The scaler ring was designed to block signals, not receive them. If you'll take a look at and think about the scaler ring construction, there's no way it can help to focus the reflected signal from the dish into...

Yes, but you have to remeber, a 1.2 meter dish never has, and never will be compliant with the laws of physics concerning c band reception. In other words, it may work ok in some situations, but it just aint meant to be used for c band recption. :) I would imagine you would have to have some...

Contrary to what most people think, unless you live in an area with very high terestrial interference, the scaler ring is really a non important device. I never bother with adjusting the actual scaler ring itself. I've even ran a 10ft setup with no scaler ring (flat plate and collar mount) and...

Not sure what application you're needing, but most of the top brand european receivers I have (and have used) do 1.1 Manhattan, Technomate, Topfield, Vantage.

This is the current setup. It's always changing. :D http://webpages.charter.net/spyder_92/new%20snaps/nnew%20schem2.jpg Note: the Fortec Mercury has not arrived,but that will be it's place in the lineup.

Does anyone have a Pansat 2800 manual in PDF format? The Pansat site download section has been unavailable for some time. Many thanx.

Say what ?? . I certainly hope you're being funny and not refering to satellites here. :confused:

I remember Delphi, before they got greedy. We may be showing our age :)

Actually I will backtrack and admit that your post was correct in this part of the information. :D If you are dealing with a very deep design dish then it may become necessary to allign the scaler ring so that it properly eliminates any extra noise which may be picked up by the side lobes...

those numbers look correct to me :D Focal length= diameter squared / depth x 16 120 x120 =14400 20 x 16 = 320 so focal length would be = 45 F/D is focal length deided by diameter so F/D ratio would then be .375

Take it any way you wish. I'm just speaking from years of experience and first hand know how. What we are dealing with is not rocket science. It's simple mathematics and physics. The numbers don't lie and niether do the installation results. Actually the scaler ring was designed to cut...

It really won't matter. Just simply slide the feedhorn in or out of the scaler ring to get the proper focal distance and/or to fine tune the reception. In all the systems I've ever installed or tinkered with I've never made any adjustment to the scaler ring distance from the dish. The slots...

The scaler ring you would just leave at its 'hard mounted' position and simply slide the feedhorn back/forward within the scaler ring. If this is the scaler ring and support arms that came with the dish originally, the exact placement of the scaler ring is of little concern. I have my...