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Declination setting is only required if the dish will be motorized to move more than 20 degrees between adjacent satellites. Without declination setting the mount will not accurately track the arc. Also, no need to change the leg length or scalar position for optimal FD/FL if you only wish to...

Without modifying the mount to add declination, KU tracking outside of the apex of the arc will be impossible. The narrow beamwidth of a 10 ft reflector on KU requires precise arc tracking. This dish pre-dates BUD owners receiving KU. My best guess would put the vintage of this dish around 1982...

Your dish has great potential, but will require some modifications to accomodate changes in technology and usage since it was manufactured 40+ years ago. As I suspected, this is an original Birdview LNA type feed. This type of feed is no longer in use and unsupported by receivers in use today...

I don't see any declination setting on the mount photos. You probably will find that the installer placed spacers on a few of the bolts between the mount and the reflector. If there are no declination spacer shims, the dish would accurately track c-band satellites within approximately 30 degrees...

The mount on this Birdview appears to be an early polar mount type (not a horizon to horizon) with a 36" linear jack (actuator) arm. The actuator may still work, but I recommend that you tear it down, remove the rust, reassemble and lube. Apply 12 VDC (car battery?) to the DC power terminals to...

I may have misunderstood the poster's question, but thought he was installing a C-band prime focus.

I also do not understand the reason to use the USALS protocol to calculate positioning with a Reed switch pulse count linear actuator. Use the sun's position and feedhorn shadow to determine where the dish is aimed. Simply motor the dish until the shadow of the feed falls on the vertical axis...

Did you try and test the voltage under load?

The Titanium C2-PLL has been out of production for several years and is no longer available in any market. Sub 3700 MHz filtering is not used in the North America market as 5G N77 low band and high band are both in use in our region. You might look in the Australian marketplace for PLL LNBFs...

I've replaced hundreds of those damaged and missing cover locks with nylon ties...

A repoint service call for a small KU dish at a commercial location near a major US city will be a minimum of $500.

If the interference times do not line up with the solar outage calculated times and duration, then it would be local. Have you identified the frequency and strength of the interference? I would set-up a spectrum scan from 3.7 - 4.2 GHz and capture and hold active carriers that are...

Most likely you are experiencing solar outages, when the sun lines up directly behind the satellite, twice each year (spring and Fall). This will happen for a few minutes each day for a week or more (up to 10 ten minutes at the peak). https://gi.globaltt.com/Tools/ToolsSolarOutage.aspx

Also, the LNBF appears to be installed in the clamp with the skew set to "0". The skew for 97W satellite from Florida should be rotated to approximately to +26.3° https://www.dishpointer.com

1.8m dish is not suitable for the majority of C-band signals. Don't waste you money motorizing for C-band. The beamwidth to too wide for C-band and it will receive signals from adjacent satellites. This would be a good reflector for KU, but it will not receive many more KU services than a...

They are DirecTV transponders. The STB detects and is logging the TPs, but is unable to decode the transport streams as they are not DVB compatible.

Use a PLL (Phase Locked Loop) or external referenced LNB(f) to reliably lock low Symbol Rate signals. DRO type LNB(f) drift too much on these narrow carriers.

Casey, Wishing you the best as you reorganize your selling model. You provide great sales and support services to the satellite hobbyists and I am honored to consider you as a good friend! I completely understand the reasoning behind your decision and I have been considering the pros and cons...

The 8 ft dish might provide enough gain to receive the stronger DVB-S C-band signals, but not adequate to receive signals with higher FEC rates and modulations requiring a higher SIgnal to Noise Ratio (SNR). The minimum diameter for a 3 degree beamwidth is over 7 feet, any smaller diameter...

There is an approximate 3dB attenuation when receiving circular polarity on a linear polarity feed and visa versa. Many satellite signals are strong enough to be attenuated 3dB and still decode. Just depends on the reflector size and if optimized. Will likely duplicate each transponder and...

Be certain that your longitude and latitude coordinates are entered correctly in the stb. Often the longitude East / West selection is selected wrong or not entered as a positive or negative number. Please take a screen shot of the USALS (GoTo X) motor configuration menu settings.

Not my point. Simply responding to the "shady" comment. Many reasons to connect to a network: device streaming, storage updating, apps, etc. Not saying anything about the STB performance. Yes, the "feature" can be disabled, but the STBs are typically shipped with key auto roll active by default...

Yep... Automatic Key Sharing, enabled in some of these receivers, by default. Connect to WiFi and the keys are downloaded from an offshore server.... Some of these guys aren't even aware that it is TOS. :oops:

A transponder at 3947 MHz is far below the band pass frequency range of 4000 - 4200 MHz and will not be received. The C140 and C240 BLUE filter LNBFs attenuate all signals outside the band pass. Simply put: you cannot filter out the frequency that you wish to receive. Save your money...

Also will need a LNB with limited 4000 - 4200 MHz frequency range.