We had one old farmer on the forum that painted his John Deere green and yellow. It actually looked good 
10 ft dish working again after 30 years
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Do any pics exist of that dish?We had one old farmer on the forum that painted his John Deere green and yellow. It actually looked good
I looked and found that the member (Auric) had posted links to a 3rd party hosting site instead of the pics themselves and they are no longer active
From back in 2012.
Oh well.I looked and found that the member (Auric) had posted links to a 3rd party hosting site instead of the pics themselves and they are no longer active
I guess a Norsat 8115, put it against what I got Norsat 3220 a high end LNB, using a Bullseye II, where is the ku band on that LNBF?
Isn't solar radiation only an issue at times with the focus of the dish comes into direct alignment with both the satellite and the sun- during a single week in March and in October? This results in the wipeout of c-band signals for at most a few minutes in mid-afternoon. On analog it could be seen on-screen as light sparklies (loss of signal) creeping in, worsening to unviewable, then back to light and then gone. AKA Solar Transit Effect. No differences in painting of dish will prevent the interference, OR cause it to happen outside of the small windows in spring & fall. However, it may be noted that a highly polished reflective surface such as stainless steel, which some early c-band dishes were made from, can produce such an efficient radiation transfer, during the Solar Transit, as to melt feed components. This is of course what thermal solar generation is based on, a large reflector focused on a smaller heat-absorbing element.
As to buttonhooks, some preferred the look, but they have to be built stoutly to be stable. Some were guyed with cables, which kind of defeats it a bit. They can also be easier to deal with in adjusting the distance of the feed from the dish. An argument for struts is that they don't block as much signal from getting to the feed- the buttonhook blocks some of the reflected, concentrated signal from reaching the feed, while the struts present a smaller signal-blocking profile and don't interfere with reflected signal at all.
Nice dish! I see that you're in Eastern Canada. How far east are you able to "see" with that dish? Wondering it you tried to scan some of the Atlantic satellites that are often too low for the rest of us (like 11W or 3W). Note that they would require the dielectric plate in the LNBF.
I don't think you'll get a reply. His userid has a slash through it, and I suspect that means he's no longer with us for some reason.
I tried a C-2 it was nowhere near as good as my 8115's or other ortho's setup's I use. as it should for a $300 feed.
The C-2 was better than other LNBF'S I've tested for sure.
