C Band Scaler ring with DBS LNB

[Magic Static]

I ran into a scaler ring for prime focus dish that had a DBS LNB stuck thru it off one side. Interesting concept. But $80? Has anyone used this. Not that there is anything to see but does this work? If it does I might make one out of some parts I have around.

 

[Jim S.]

Is that a DBS LNB or a linear one? There was one linear model that had a mount like that, plus some of the Echostar Superdishes had linear LNBs on them but I never dismantled one to see what it looked like under the plastic shroud.

 

[Magic Static]

DBS Circular KU

 

[Anole]

It makes no sense at all, today.
If you want DirecTV or DishNet, put up an 18" dedicated dish and be done with it.
We all have multiple such dishes laying around.
People actually have brought them to me.
Moving your BUD so that LNBF is aligned with some bird just puts wear 'n tear on it.
DishNet and probably DirecTV receivers don't like having their signal taken away, either.!. - :rant:

 

[Magic Static]

I have a Dish sub & Turbo HD 1K.2 up and can hook up my DVB-S if I want but I was just thinking of back when Dish had open channels come and go all, over the place. And if you had a setup like that you might take a peek and see once in awhile. Besides I got an idea for a way better DBS add-on then that. The one pictured above doesn't look like it would fit the mounting arms well. That with a 741 C/Ku might give you a nifty all-in-one dish.. Just thinking about stuff...I was shopping ribbon cable and saw the scaler for sale and I was Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I could do that better.

 

[gabshere]

my thought on it is . its cheaper to use a discarded / used dtv/dish 18 inch dish than to try to put it on the bud. the lil dish will probably have better reception.
I have a 10 ft dish and co-located a dbs lnbf to see what it could do and my signal varied from 60% Q to 74 % Q on average ( some came it about 90% ) but most of the signals were lower than i thought it would be.

i've also seen several homemade ( linear and dbs lnbfs ) cut into the side of a scaler

 

[Magic Static]

And I have more pizza dishes than I know what to do with. I took down two dishes yesterday with 8 LNBs pointed at 8 DBS sats of my own. Just don't need them. I have a Invacom QPH-031 motorized, if I want to look at a DBS sat. I may build it anyway just for grins an giggles. But not right now.

 

[Anole]

sidetracked

Of course you could do better.
There are lots of clever add-on LNBFs for BUDs, pictured on the forum.

For example, Stogie5150 had a Ku mounted with a little bracket to the side of his Birdview scalar.
Don't remember if it was circular or linear or why right off hand, but it was cute.
And he didn't butcher up the C-band scalar for it. :up

McGuyver had an outrigger Ku on each side of his C-band feed/scalar, on an 8' ChannelMaster molded.

Taking this all a step further, Iceberg has shown two C-band scalars, each with its own feed, overlapping each other on a 6' BUD.

ACradio and Pendragon have fielded dual C-feeds, with the scalars cut off to one side, so the feeds are very close.
I recall Pen did it so he could get linear on one, and circular on the other; don't recall ACs goal.

Those are just a small sample of what comes to mind, and there have been -many- other wonderful posts 'n pix here on SatGuys.

. . . but, aren't you in the middle of a much more interesting project.?.!
Move along now, nothing to see here.. ! - -

 

[Magic Static]

One can never have too many satellite projects, just not enough organization. Yeah I need to quit reading and start digging for the new dish. The 6' special took damage from bad wind storm yesterday. I may abandon that dish. Too weak.