Proof Of Concept today! Ku Band Side Car on a C Band dish for under $30. I have been wanting to try this for some time, and today i finally did it. Thanks to LEEHRAT and arlo for the inspiration, advice, and the pictures. I am using a 10 Ft Winegard Pinnacle BUD and an Amiko Mini HD265 FTA Receiver. For the Sidecar Ku LNBF i am using a GeosatPRO SL1PLL as recommended, and IT IS WORKING! Also using a Universal Single LNB Bracket for the Mount. So far tonight i have scanned in all the Channels on Galaxy 19 97.0W Ku and also scanned in channels on Galaxy 16 99.0W. So i am tracking the ARC, but I am not 100% dialed in yet. A HUGE problem is that the dish is way higher than my ladder can handle at True South (83.0W) so my minor adjustments are difficult and time consuming to do. I am 6 Ft tall and standing on my 6 Ft ladder i can not reach it. So I have to move the dish all the way East to work on the LNBF, make adjustments etc..., then move it back West again to check my results.
I KNOW my Ku LNBF is pointing way too far out from center. From reading this thread i realized you dont want to point it right to center on a dish like this with a Button Hook with a Center Plate in the middle. I started like that and i could find no signal whatsoever. So i moved the angle of the KU LNBF out from center to illuminate a larger circle on the mesh and Bam - i got signal! But i moved it to far out from center. To put it into perspective 97 W C Band for me is at count 886 on my dish mover. For Ku Band on 97W with this set-up its at 963. That is where 89.0W would be on C Band for me. So i think maybe i can move it in for a better signal. But not tonight, i am tired and satisfied with my results for now. So lots of work to do but i can say this works, and i am very excited to get it dialed in. I will update as i go.
I KNOW my Ku LNBF is pointing way too far out from center. From reading this thread i realized you dont want to point it right to center on a dish like this with a Button Hook with a Center Plate in the middle. I started like that and i could find no signal whatsoever. So i moved the angle of the KU LNBF out from center to illuminate a larger circle on the mesh and Bam - i got signal! But i moved it to far out from center. To put it into perspective 97 W C Band for me is at count 886 on my dish mover. For Ku Band on 97W with this set-up its at 963. That is where 89.0W would be on C Band for me. So i think maybe i can move it in for a better signal. But not tonight, i am tired and satisfied with my results for now. So lots of work to do but i can say this works, and i am very excited to get it dialed in. I will update as i go.
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