Chaparral Bullseye II For Sale

[ACRadio]

Up for sale is a Chaparral Bullseye II dual orthomode feedhorn in great condition. I have gone to separate C and KU dishes and this is now surplus...feed only, no LNB's. Price is $200 firm plus shipping to your CONUS location.

 

[jaytay]

Very nice! I wish I had the extra money around for this right now...

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I would love this but I don't think the manhattan and gbox would work with it.

 

[goaliebob99]

Why wouldnt it ? Its 4 feeds going into a multiswitch. 2 Cband / 2 Ku.

 

[KE4EST]

Yeah it would just run your four lnbs into a switch.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Interesting do you think it would work better then a c/ku lnbf? Also how hard will it be to find lnbs for it?

If I was home I would research it but out Christmas shopping with the wife.

 

[ParaclipseCKu]

Absolutely. Using one here and with 2 C and 2 Ku LNB's and it is the BEST setup I have had in almost 25 years of using a dish!

 

[KE4EST]

I don't have one here but my buddy up the road does, way better signal results.

 

[goaliebob99]

Interesting do you think it would work better then a c/ku lnbf? Also how hard will it be to find lnbs for it?

If I was home I would research it but out Christmas shopping with the wife.

You can have alot of fun with these guys, Norsat 1208HU Quad Band PLL LNB but they are going to cost you.. LOL

This is what we use here at work, and should work well. Norsat 1507HA Ku-Band PLL LNB FTI | eBay

 

[Magic Static]

I scored a bullseye with LNBs from Linuxman when he sold out, $165. Very happy I did. Those things work very good. It, connected to a multi switch replaces a C/Ku LNBF perfectly.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Are there any other GOOD LNB's that will work with it that are not $200 - $1,500 in price each?

 

[ACRadio]

Are there any other GOOD LNB's that will work with it that are not $200 - $1,500 in price each?

The Norsat 4500 series for KU (4505, 4506, 4507), and the Norsat 8000 series for C (8515, 8520...8200's or 8100's if the price is good)....

 

[Magic Static]

Are there any other GOOD LNB's that will work with it that are not $200 - $1,500 in price each?

I found a wide selection here..LNBs and LNAs

I went with Norsat 8115 C-Band LNB $90 ea
And Norsat 4106a Ku LNB $75 ea

But you can find some really high end stuff here too. I could easily put together a unit that cost $2500 or more

 

[goaliebob99]

I'm looking for a bullseye if anyone wants to trade for a dual ortho cband that's less than a year old. I'm open to negotiations. Welcome To Chaparral Communications PM me if your interested.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Looking at a couple of these...

LNB's - LNB/LNBF C-band - LNB, Chaparral 20º - Volunteer Satellite Distributors
LNB's - LNB/LNBF C-band - Norsat C-band LNB, 8115 - Volunteer Satellite Distributors

And these for KU.
LNB's - Ku LNB's - Aspen/Eagle Ku LNB - Volunteer Satellite Distributors
LNB's - Ku LNB's - Norsat 4106 Ku LNB - Volunteer Satellite Distributors

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Ok one more question before I say yes and buy this feed.

So I guess I will need a 4 port DISECQ switch so that I can hook this up to my Manhattan or Azbox, the question is how do I program in the channels, will I need a seperate satellite for the Horizontal and another for the verticle side?

Here is what I want, I can get almost everything I want on my 8 foot GeosatPro DISH, but I can't get the RTN mux on 87 C Band...

I also like watching NBC on 105, and I can get these but the signal is spotty at times. so I am hoping by going this route that I will be able to improve things... (or am I just going to be wasting my money)

Thanks for any help you can give.

 

[Magic Static]

I use a WNC SW-48 multi switch. The receiver LNB settings are the same as a 741 C/Ku LNBF. So I have seperate C-Band & Ku Band satellite lists in the AZBox. The DVB setup supports a dual LOF 5150/10750 so I can use one list per position and scan both bands.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Thanks Magic,

I found this thread which helps a lot too.

http://www.satelliteguys.us/c-band-...429-thinking-about-orthomode-feedhorns-4.html

No only issue I see is there is no power out at the dish for a powered multi dish switch.. and there are only 2 cables coming from the dish underground into the house...

 

[Magic Static]

Put the switch at the dish and send power to it with one of the cables and recieve it all through the other one.

 

[goaliebob99]

No, this is what I use, RadioShack Satellite Passive Multi-Switch : Satellite Multi-Switches | RadioShack.com You have two of these, with power inserters between the switches and LNB so that way the LNB's are fully driven with the proper power on both sides (18v) How I combine the Cband and KU band feeds coming out of both switches, is with an Encoda 22khz switch. In the menu you would setup both KU on and Cband off on the 22 khz switch, You dont have to setup anything else as the receiver will automatically see the passive switch for both polarities.