Greetings from an extremely new newby.
I was recently given a TVRO dish and receiver free for the taking. After spending the last 40 plus years scanning the HF bands I feel ready to explore a new part of the spectrum. I have been researching, scrapping rust, reading, painting, learning and getting the dish ready for summer installation. I have obtained the following:
+ 8 or 9 ft. alumminum dish (need to measure it someday) in good condition. Very smooth with no deformation, hail damage, etc.
+ Rusty back frame & braces (now cleaned and painted)
+ Actuator (looks clean - not yet tested)
+ Corroded, yucky looking feedhorn. (Thinking about purchasing a Chapparl Corotator II.)
+ Very clean C and Ku band LNBs (removed from service on other dishes that were being removed from service)
+ Rusted feed struts with end on one broken (Thinking about have a set re-machined from the originals)
+ Functioning HTS Tracker System V (it lights up - I may hook it up to a dish at work aimed at AMC-1.)
I'm fairly confident of working through most of the issues, except for the receiver. Two questions:
1. Where could I locate a manual?
2. Is is absolutely necessary to have a remote? If so, any ideas of where I could locate one? (I've already tried Ebay.)
Thank you in advance for your help.
I was recently given a TVRO dish and receiver free for the taking. After spending the last 40 plus years scanning the HF bands I feel ready to explore a new part of the spectrum. I have been researching, scrapping rust, reading, painting, learning and getting the dish ready for summer installation. I have obtained the following:
+ 8 or 9 ft. alumminum dish (need to measure it someday) in good condition. Very smooth with no deformation, hail damage, etc.
+ Rusty back frame & braces (now cleaned and painted)
+ Actuator (looks clean - not yet tested)
+ Corroded, yucky looking feedhorn. (Thinking about purchasing a Chapparl Corotator II.)
+ Very clean C and Ku band LNBs (removed from service on other dishes that were being removed from service)
+ Rusted feed struts with end on one broken (Thinking about have a set re-machined from the originals)
+ Functioning HTS Tracker System V (it lights up - I may hook it up to a dish at work aimed at AMC-1.)
I'm fairly confident of working through most of the issues, except for the receiver. Two questions:
1. Where could I locate a manual?
2. Is is absolutely necessary to have a remote? If so, any ideas of where I could locate one? (I've already tried Ebay.)
Thank you in advance for your help.
