Ku Band setup/tune-up tool\aide

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bpalone

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• Jun 20, 2014

• #1

I have Geosat's 90cm Ku band dish and fought with it when setting the elevation. By hand it either was to much or not enough, or needed three hands. I finally came up with this and it works fine for me. Of course your mileage may vary.

It consists of two (2) turnbuckles and one (1) 3 1/2 inch long stove bolt. Pictures they say are worth a thousand words, so here are a few thousand.

 

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scarecrovv

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• Jun 20, 2014

• #2

Have you been to the patent office yet? Very good idea

 

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Jim S.

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FN11od

• Jun 20, 2014

• #3

Some Dish and Direct dishes come with fine-adjustment screws. I'm not sure whether the installers ever use them though, or just half-ass it since the signal is so strong and the beamwidth is so wide.

 

jorgek

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Mar 11, 2013

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• Jun 20, 2014

• #4

Great idea and so simple!

 

Keystone7

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• Jun 20, 2014

• #5

Looks good! I'll have to keep that in mind

 

KE4EST

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• Jun 21, 2014

• #6

Cool Idea!

 

iBoston

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Jul 15, 2014

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• Jul 21, 2014

• #7

Sold... Ill be making a trip to the hardware store.

 

stbel55

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• Jul 22, 2014

• #8

looks like the wifes gonna lose her clothesline turnbuckles today LOL

 

FaT Air

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• Jul 22, 2014

• #9

I gotta do something like this on the Channel Master 1 meter.
Wish it also had an adjustable azimuth, As is - have to rotate the NPRM it's on.

 

Dee_Ann

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• Jul 22, 2014

• #10

Brilliant! I definitely need one of these. A small one for my smaller dishes and a bigger one for the bigger dishes.