Installing my first used 39" KU dish. What LNB & Paint issues?

[Wms-Stargate]

Any suggestions?
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1.983in
50.51mm

 

[RimaNTSS]

Any suggestions?

Do not like insulation tape, use spacers (Red arrow on the picture), which allow to fix Ku-band LNB in C-band holder. Spacers can be custom made for any sizes.

 

[Wms-Stargate]

Yep I seen the tape answer. Thank you Rima as I wasn't sure. Those spacers can i buy them somewhere?
So that's a c-band holder huh. Interesting do they make a c-band size but ku lnbf?

 

[RimaNTSS]

Ku-band LNBs unusually 40mm (sometimes 25mm), C-band LNBs usually about 62mm. Spacers you can order from local workshop, they can even be made out of strong wood. I could fabricate couple of them for you but shipping costs will eat up the benefit.

 

[Wms-Stargate]

Yep the maverick is 40mm on the choke... This one has 3 holes in the bottom of the lnb. I can only assume the holes are for condensation? So they don't make 50mm lnb's?

 

[Wms-Stargate]

Scratch all those numbers. My grand kids flew from Dallas and my son had them over here for a visit. Right in the middle of me messing around with this stuff. Anyway the bracket wasn't closed all the way on my measurements. err

I'm reloading now... Sorry

Thanks
Bill

 

[Wms-Stargate]

1 1/2 schedule 40 pvc , fits tight in the bracket. So that will certainly take a lot of the slop out. I will cut off a couple rings tomorrow and slice them open a see where i stand on this stupid problem. If it's still to much slop maybe I can catch momma on the way home a get her to pick up some schedule 80. errr.....

 

[KE4EST]

Ok, so the bracket works with the Maverick?
If not I can send you one of these to see if you can fabricate it to help.
http://nc-electronics.com/uploads/3/4/5/8/3458368/9853721.jpg?6795074

http://nc-electronics.com/store.html

 

[Wms-Stargate]

Hey Michael, I have been looking at those. I think i am gonna buy a few of them just to keep around anyway. I have been looking for a multi bracket so I can keep the dish still. Yet hit a few different birds with it. My old lady thinks this dish is an old channel master. It's all steel and really really made well. Certainly not cheap junk.

While I am at it. This dish had plastic rivets in the holes where the mount would have bolted up. Any idea what those are and where I might get them? They were brittle and just turn to dust.


Thanks
Bill

 

[KE4EST]

While I am at it. This dish had plastic rivets in the holes where the mount would have bolted up. Any idea what those are and where I might get them? They were brittle and just turn to dust.

Call impakt. They are going out of business, but he had some.
http://www.impaktproducts.com/