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  1. zamar23

    Finally!

    Dee If you post some fresh pics of your 6ft dish mounted so that its deformation is visible, the guys here may suggest how to fix the damage you believe to have done to it during install. Also the thread Anole suggested above gives good explanation how to center LNB - just what you need...
  2. zamar23

    Finally!

    Sleepless...after reading all the advice and opinions here. :D Just remember guys, she already put a number of dishes in her backyard, no way she's going to ever quit on this hobby, until sat signals are in the air.
  3. zamar23

    Finally!

    May be Dee Ann needs to open a Paypal account, so the addicted sat guys can send some donations to help her keep going with this challenge, and give some moral boost? So far only her dad was willing to share expenses of this saga. Yah, watching FTA is free, but to carry on with such project is...
  4. zamar23

    Finally!

    Dee I know, you didn't ask anyone for advice, just keep sharing your saga plot, but since everyone is eager to give advice, I take the risk too. As FaT Air said, take a brake, go to a movie - probably haven't being for awhile, only watching old shows. :) Concentrate on selling your old meter...
  5. zamar23

    Finally!

    Ice I know you have a sense of humor. :D We all just need to relax a bit, giving Dee a chance to concentrate on her task. I haven't seen such interest to FTA topic from another lady for a long time, if ever in mine short experience - it says volumes about her dedication. Btw, she doesn't...
  6. zamar23

    Finally!

    I think you're too harsh on Dee-Ann guys. Pretty sure, she will never abandon this project, until its all set. Admit, the mass market consumer CN dishes can make someone like Dee really mad. Dee, do you remember, how long it took to get your 1-st Ku-signal? Mine took 2 weeks of mounting &...
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    Gain of a dish: how to measure it?

    A user can only measure comparative dish gain (i.e. compare a certain dish gain to a baseline dish with a known gain, when both have matching LNBs or the same LNB mounted - depending on the test purpose) using traditional DXers toolbox or some more accurate STBs, or a combo of Sat Card and...
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    Gain of a dish: how to measure it?

    Some sources give this formula to calculate Dish Gain for a certain signal frequency: were Sr - surface of dish geometric projection on a plan, perpendicular to LNB axis at the dish focal point; lambda - selected wave length in the air; nu - factual aperture efficiency, i.e. dish...
  9. zamar23

    Finally!

    With all we've being through already with Dee-Ann, I see future of this project a lot brighter. :)
  10. zamar23

    Finally!

    What did you paint the dish with? Did you compare signal S and Q before and after painting the dish? :)
  11. zamar23

    Finally!

    Yah, it looks like Dee_Ann assembled a quality dish farm. I may missed the show, but where is the Ku- motorized one that was planned to go first? :) Suddenly we are in C-band instead? It also looks like big treas are well on the way of some dishes. Are you planning to equip both C-dishes with...
  12. zamar23

    Most popular C-band Sats and Channels

    That sounds pretty good. How will this scope narrow with 1.2 offset dish equipped with C-Band LNB?
  13. zamar23

    Most popular C-band Sats and Channels

    In what regions of North America its possible to catch these sats like 40.5W, 50W and 53W? Any other circular sats can be received here? Any update to Most Popular C-band Satellite List?
  14. zamar23

    Worth the effort?

    Dee, Just ask the owner, what's wrong with the dish, where is its pole, can it be motorized, what its weight, does it still able to turn (not much rust), what actuator size will you need, and if he has old one, etc. Sure, you can get it for free, but you'll need to make an educated decision...
  15. zamar23

    LOCKED OUT

    Thanks. That might be a good idea...:D
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    LOCKED OUT

    Ice, I like a lot your old letters to this Fizzle guy, especially the first one. What I can't support is for any forum site's staff to be allowed to look through private conversations of forum members with each other (PMs) without a "warrant", unless a forum member complains about being...
  17. zamar23

    Frankenstein Triple Ortho or Dual Ortho Universal

    Thanks. Could you be so kind to share your laser jig design and the method to use it, including a couple of pics? As far as assessing shadowing the dish, I take it, you just subscribe estimated dish and component surfaces, assuming signal from a sat to be parallel to, and shadowing components...
  18. zamar23

    Frankenstein Triple Ortho or Dual Ortho Universal

    Yah, just trying to gather thoughts on this very topic. :D I have an interesting quality of attempting to understand a subject better than average, and then offering a totally different approach to a relevant (but not necessarily the same) task at hand. The main reason to ask these questions...
  19. zamar23

    Frankenstein Triple Ortho or Dual Ortho Universal

    Thanks. Well, no hardware models list is also a statement of sort. ;)
  20. zamar23

    Frankenstein Triple Ortho or Dual Ortho Universal

    There seems to be a number C/Ku band prime focus dish LNBFs on the market, and more advanced specs of newer models are popping up periodically. Yet people who tried them claim mediocre results for Ku-band reception regardless of C-band dish size. You are using a completely different setup, and...
  21. zamar23

    Best C-band 6' Dish Setup

    Thanks for the advice. I'm getting happier every day. :)
  22. zamar23

    Frankenstein Triple Ortho or Dual Ortho Universal

    How did you find that 0.4" number - by measuring distances or any calculation?
  23. zamar23

    Best C-band 6' Dish Setup

    What factors? If Ku-LNB position can't be adjusted independently of C-LNB, then a corresponding cloud catching couldn't seems to be one of these factors?
  24. zamar23

    Frankenstein Triple Ortho or Dual Ortho Universal

    How would one know, what scalar ring size and profile matches type and spec of a given dish? Is there a way to calculate for an FTA fan (as opposed to a scalar ring design engineer), how to modify a scalar ring to match a given dish, and to find out if any such modification is at all required?
  25. zamar23

    Best C-band 6' Dish Setup

    Are you guys saying that Ku-band LNB inside these dual C/Ku-band LNBFs can't be moved independently within the LNBF Ass. along its axis back & forward to find the best focal position for Ku-LNB only? Is there ever a need to move it, or another approach can be used to achieve the same result?
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