As most of you know I own all of my DISH stuff and always have..(well I think I did sign a 1yr contract back in the late nineties). Any around here I have always installed Dish 500's and then around 2003 started installing the Super Dishes, as our locals went to 105. Then about 3 years later they went to 110 so we stopped installing super dishes and they kinda faded away. I still have a few of these things laying around gathering dirt. Now the thing is the 1000.2 and 1000.4's. Still around here they want to install the Western Arc most of the time, which drives me crazy cause 129 is hard to get most of the time. 
Well anyway a few days ago my mother called and said I could have a perfectly good super dish that my dad has had laying in the shed for years now. I even tried to get it a few times to use for FTA, but he was a hoarder of sorts and was like no, I may use it for something one day.
So anyway didn't need it, but thought in the back of my mind, I am going to make a sorta project to honor my Dad. (He recently passed).
So I took it home and did I clean it nope as you can see in the pics below. Nope I just mounted it and decided to try something I have been thinking about for awhile.
I turned it into an Eastern Arc dish, just 61.5 and 72.7. What I did was use what the book says for an an Eastern arc dish. I used the elevation and skew right out of the book. I removed the 105 deg linear LNBF, and I aimed the 110 LNBF for 72.7 and peaked it for best signal.
Now the next part, where to put the other LNBF to get 61.5....so hand holding it and playing around I found that it worked the best right up against the bracket for the old 105. I knew it would be close, but wow that close....awesome. So I just used ties and strapped it on. Made a slight adjustment and tightened the zip ties.
Works like a charm. I have great signals on both birds at the receiver. So maybe this can help someone else, if not.....
Daddy you were right, it did get used for something one day!!!!
Well anyway a few days ago my mother called and said I could have a perfectly good super dish that my dad has had laying in the shed for years now. I even tried to get it a few times to use for FTA, but he was a hoarder of sorts and was like no, I may use it for something one day.
So anyway didn't need it, but thought in the back of my mind, I am going to make a sorta project to honor my Dad. (He recently passed).
So I took it home and did I clean it nope as you can see in the pics below. Nope I just mounted it and decided to try something I have been thinking about for awhile.
I turned it into an Eastern Arc dish, just 61.5 and 72.7. What I did was use what the book says for an an Eastern arc dish. I used the elevation and skew right out of the book. I removed the 105 deg linear LNBF, and I aimed the 110 LNBF for 72.7 and peaked it for best signal.
Now the next part, where to put the other LNBF to get 61.5....so hand holding it and playing around I found that it worked the best right up against the bracket for the old 105. I knew it would be close, but wow that close....awesome. So I just used ties and strapped it on. Made a slight adjustment and tightened the zip ties.
Works like a charm. I have great signals on both birds at the receiver. So maybe this can help someone else, if not.....
Daddy you were right, it did get used for something one day!!!!
