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Dear friends, since a long time I use a Chapparal OMT in which I use one Norsat 8515 LNB that has a 15 K noise figure. The other is from an Indian firm using the name of the formerly renowned US company Gardiner. Considering to replace the latter by another Norsat I assumed that it might be good...

For my 180 cm Channel Master Offset disk I wanted to buy a set of conical scalar rings. Living in Europe there are some things to consider: 1. Prices in Europe are sky-high while postal rates are minimal 2. Prices in the US are much lower but postal rates to Europe tend to be absurdly high 3. In...

Hi, I have an opportunity to buy a secondhand Chapparal OMT feed for C-Band with two 17 K LNB's that is meant to be used for linear C-Band reception. So horizontal and vertical. However, I live in Europe where just about all C-Band satellites of interest to me broadcast in circular mode, LHCP...

Hi guys, Here in Europe many satellite hobby sites (like sat4all.com) have a section in which people exchange information about technical issues, varying from receiver problems to computer related repair suggestions. The reason why I enter this topic is the following: my large expensive HP...

Hi guys, Over the past years, like many C-Band crazies here in Europe, I've been using an Echostar LT-8700 receiver to turn the dish (using an AJAK H2H mount with 10 ft. Unimesh dish, range from 65 West through 75 East) and also to turn the polarizer for ultimate perfection receiving extremely...

Hi guys, A rather simplistic question, I know, but I suddenly have to grab back into old stock to move my 10 ft Unimesh dish after it appears that both my Echostar and Chaparral analog receivers which I tended to use don´t want to power up after having been off for apparently too long a time...

A friend of mine pointed out a really strange looking C-Band contraption made (in part?) by Gardiner. Please look at: Gardiner C Band LNA with antenna | eBay Cananyone tell me what this strange looking marmored-white dome is, not to mention the tube going into the box. To me it looks just...

Hi everybody, After remaining unable to find out why my DMS LNBF most of the time won't switch from horizontal to vertical and back I used the advice I got earlier on this board and ordered a Norsat 8515 LNB. Subsequently I followed tvpro's advice and mounted it on my brandnew National ADL...

Dear folks, Some years ago I purchased a DMS BSC621-2 LNBF at quite considerable cost due to high shipping fees and importation taxes. I felt bitterly disappointed because it just wouldn't do the job. DMS claimed that I were the only one complaining but on the internet I saw plenty of...

Dear folks, I'm having big problems getting my C-band reception streightened out. More of that later in some other thread. But my first question refers to a brand new feed that has been laying around in my shack for ages. It's the CF-50 feedhorn made by California Amplifier (or at least sold by...

Dear folks, I just found this forum, and hope that perhaps anyone here might be able to help me with the following question: I own a 10 ft Unimesh dish on an AJAK H/H mount, and living in Europe this means that there are many satellites which lack power for a perfect picture on C-Band. In the...