OTHER Primestar Feedhorns

[Captain Midnight]

I came across 2 of the 1m Primestars. One had a bigger feedhorn than the other. I'm curious if anybody knows about this. I've only seen the smaller horns.

The dish with the larger horn didn't have a feed cover, but I'm not sure if it's because it was long lost or Primestar never made a feed cover to fit it?

I'm going to try the bigger horn next chance I get. Curious if it helps any.

 

[primestar31]

There's many different sized Primestar dishes including elliptical version. Larger dish, larger feed.

 

[Captain Midnight]

There's many different sized Primestar dishes including elliptical version. Larger dish, larger feed.

That's why I was confused. Both these were with 1m dishes.

 

[primestar31]

That's why I was confused. Both these were with 1m dishes.

Likely a case of "use what you have on hand"

 

[Captain Midnight]

Likely a case of "use what you have on hand"

Good point.

 

[Captain Midnight]

Update... I swapped the feedhorn that came with the Eagle Aspen beer can replacement LNB with the larger horn on my 1m Primestar. C/N went up 0.5dB and MER up about 0.3dB. Certainly helps with marginal feeds a little. It's a good dish for 87w. I let my bigger dishes pull in the tougher feeds on 91, 99, and 103.