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    Upgrading a c-band dish / with polarity control.

    There is a clause in our contract that mentions that when AMC-1 is replaced, I will need to make adjustments to our uplinks. I suspect that this is to straighten out the skew.
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    Upgrading a c-band dish / with polarity control.

    It is not an extruded (diamond shaped holes) type dish, It looks more like a solid dish with 1/16 in round holes in the surface. For the FTA, I'm sure your right, but at work, I have had to replace 1.2 M dishes and install 1.8 to stabilize the additional signals I'm trying to monitor. My...
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    Upgrading a c-band dish / with polarity control.

    That gives me ideas. I have a feed horn for a 1.8m offset dish, It wouldn't give me full illumination, but it should prove the concept. I have 2 carriers side by side in a 600Khz segment. So yes, Stability is a big issue.
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    Upgrading a c-band dish / with polarity control.

    I will look into this.:D I need a new receiver anyway. I've been out of the hobby since 2005, and my late 90's vintage Samsung receiver :rolleyes: needed replaced anyway!
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    Upgrading a c-band dish / with polarity control.

    Unfortunately, we can't afford the power level that DBS satallites use.:( I need at least a 1.8m dish for reception. I have used C-band dishes with a Ku only feed, and I know I can get the signal with a dish my size. I've seen some plans for those, the two problems I see with the ones I found...
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    Upgrading a c-band dish / with polarity control.

    Hi Folks, I just moved into a new home that has a C-band dish set up and working. It's a 6ft Chaparrel with a servo controlled C-band only feed horn. I replaced the inexpensive LNB it had with a Norsat, and it gets great signals. I'm limited to this one dish. It came with the house, and is...