satellite project

[lonewolf85]

Hey Guys, I have just purchased a chapperel Co-Roter and I am planning on making one dish out of my two that I have now.The first one is a ten foot unimesh damaged as you can see in the pictures. The second dish is a ten foot unknown maker. I think it maybe an odom dish. Both of these dishes have been converted to a button hook feed. I'm planning on taking down the unimesh dish and putting the unknown dish in it's place, useing the 24 inch actuator arm and the button hook off of the old unimesh dish on the unknown dish. I do have the four support arms off of the unknown or odom dish, should I use them to support the Co-Roter feed horn enstead of the button hook off the unimesh dish. Any of your input would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Lak7]

For me, 4 arms are better than 1.

 

[linuxman]

I agree on the 4 support arms, but they have to match the dish you are using them on.

Also, you have another original Co-Rotor.

Those things are popping up like mushrooms.

 

[lonewolf85]

Thanks guys I think that I will use the support arms. However i whould like to use the button hook center plate off the unimesh dish instead of the original flat center plate. That way I can convert back to a button hook Feed if I want to. Will this plate effect the signal Quality?

 

[Larry1]

Thanks guys I think that I will use the support arms. However i whould like to use the button hook center plate off the unimesh dish instead of the original flat center plate. That way I can convert back to a button hook Feed if I want to. Will this plate effect the signal Quality?

The centre of the dish is shadowed by the LNB's, so it will not effect your signal. There is no signal reflected off of that part of the dish.