Need some idea's mounting 2nd lnbf

[tvropro]

so ture. I know when I've done the "waiving it around" to get it locked and then taking a while ot get it back to that level with a bracket


now the fun begins

Good news... I went out there today and played with my adjustments more and got it peaking as high as 76 on WSTV. I ended up rising my height adjustment about a quarter inch more and touching the other stuff a bit. I used one of the data channels to get my peak since it was more stable then WSTV (darn Pansats's meter) When I got back to WSTV it was hitting peaks as high as 76. Now I think she's peaked to the max. Went back and checked G-10's RTN on 11720 everything was fine 76 peak just like before. Well into the 90's on the Research channel.

All and all Im more than pleased with the results. It's funny how a satellite with a lower eirp 49 vs 50 db with G-10 at my location can work so well being under illuminated vs full illumination with G-10.

 

[Keith Brannen]

Good news... I went out there today and played with my adjustments more and got it peaking as high as 76 on WSTV. I ended up rising my height adjustment about a quarter inch more and touching the other stuff a bit. I used one of the data channels to get my peak since it was more stable then WSTV (darn Pansats's meter) When I got back to WSTV it was hitting peaks as high as 76. Now I think she's peaked to the max. Went back and checked G-10's RTN on 11720 everything was fine 76 peak just like before. Well into the 90's on the Research channel.

I use metal spacers of varying thickness to raise/lower the LNB, sometimes 1/16 of an inch can be enough to boost the signal a couple of points or lessen fluctuations in signal. I usually, a day or two later, do what you did, and go out and do minor tweaking to make sure I've got as good a signal as possible. Of course, sometimes you make it worse, and then are fighting to get it back to the level you had!

 

[Anole]

All this talk and no pictures.
Hey guys, that sat stuff is about TV, not radio.
We want pictures! . .

 

[tvropro]

I use metal spacers of varying thickness to raise/lower the LNB, sometimes 1/16 of an inch can be enough to boost the signal a couple of points or lessen fluctuations in signal. I usually, a day or two later, do what you did, and go out and do minor tweaking to make sure I've got as good a signal as possible. Of course, sometimes you make it worse, and then are fighting to get it back to the level you had!

Although many factors can affect Ku reception, it's always nice to know that you got all you can out of it. What was bugging me yesterday that made me attempt this was WSTV was going down in q. I figured something may had moved since I was pretty burned out toward's the end the day before and something may have been loose. In reality WS's uplink in Florida was getting very bad storms and almost made it impossible to get a decent idea of where I was (signal was all over the place). So being frustrated with WS signal I switched to the most stable data transponder, and peaked that, I gained like 12 points on it . When the storms past at WS's uplink (checked the radar) It was coming in better than the previous day.

The moral of the story is, do what ever you have to do to make it work. The Pansat's meter is sometimes too sensitive for it's own good.

I don't know if it's that Equity and WS are using undersize uplink dishes or what, but they seem to be effected more by storms at there end than other services. Such as the HITS platform uplinked out of Denver on G-16 by Comcast for the 4DTV. I very seldom see those channels go down. I can't believe that my 90 cm P* has that much more gain then this 81cm does, that it makes such a big difference.

 

[tvropro]

All this talk and no pictures.
Hey guys, that sat stuff is about TV, not radio.
We want pictures! . .

I thought this was AM talk radio I have to get my photographer back to take some snap's, he's on a foreign job in Europe

I'll try to get some pictures later this week and post them

 

[tvropro]

Pictures Of Finished Job

Here is the finished product. The center LNB is on G-10R the one to the side is G-27.

 

[Mr Tony]

VERY NICE pictures

Love the innovation people come up with

 

[tvropro]

VERY NICE pictures

Love the innovation people come up with

Thank's Ice, when there's a will there's a way

 

[linuxman]

Great pictures!

Everyone adds their own flavor of engineering to do the same function.

Good job!!

Fred

 

[tvropro]

Great pictures!

Everyone adds their own flavor of engineering to do the same function.

Good job!!

Fred

Hey it works. Now to work on a rain cover.

 

[Keith Brannen]

Very nice fabrication and modifcation. Has all possible adjustments covered very well.

Thanks for the photos.

 

[tvropro]

Very nice fabrication and modifcation. Has all possible adjustments covered very well.

Thanks for the photos.

You have to have all the angles covered, it's the only way to fly.

Thanks's to all for all there input and support.