One Meter Primestar Mini-Bud Experiment

[satcom1]

Translation Russian to English

???????? SVEC C-band ? ??????????? ?? ???????? ??????? (?????? 90??, ?????? 120??, ?????? 1,6?), 11?, ??????.???????. 13/18, ????????, ???????????? 3???.

Monoblock SVEC C-band with an irradiator on the offset antenna (?????? "Supral" 90??, ?????? "Supral"120??, ?????? "Supral"1,6?), 11?, perekl.polarize. 13/18, a plate, stability 3???.

 

[Anole]

who knew?

Go to the Dollar Tree store and buy a plastic cereal bowl for $1.
They sell them in Hot Wheels and Barbie styles which are the perfect size for a C band cone.
I bought the Barbie bowl (my daughter laughed) and cut the bottom out the exact size of the feedhorn.
I then covered with foil and placed onto the feedhorn.

When I read this post a few days ago, I thought the Dollar Tree was some sort of east-coast chain.
Today, I saw a sign for one, and dived in!
Remembered the Barbie name, but not what the product was, so I didn't find the bowl
Next time I'm in the area, I'll go look again.

 

[Mr Tony]

anole

the dollar stores go by numerous names...here in MN we have Family Dollar, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Everythings a dollar etc

 

[bloomdog]

I made a conical feedhorn out of a cereal bowl that costs $1 at the dollar store. It actually improved the signal using my 1.2m dish. I had wanted to post how I made it as well as pictures and signal improvements, but I just haven't had the time.

Pop--I went to the dollar store and bought some plastic cereal bowls. They fit the lnbf perfectly. :upI cut out the bottom of the bowl and lined the darn thing with aluminum foil. Results: 0 ---no reception at all

I then made an aluminum foil scalar ring to fit in the bowl. Bought those aluminum foil things folks put under the top burners of their stoves (dozen for $2.29).
Results: 0 ---no reception at all.

Now, when I eat my cereal, it makes a mess.

Please share what you did and how you did it.

 

[satcom1]

Fixed Dish?

Pop--I went to the dollar store and bought some plastic cereal bowls. They fit the lnbf perfectly. :upI cut out the bottom of the bowl and lined the darn thing with aluminum foil. Results: 0 ---no reception at all

I then made an aluminum foil scalar ring to fit in the bowl. Bought those aluminum foil things folks put under the top burners of their stoves (dozen for $2.29).
Results: 0 ---no reception at all.

Now, when I eat my cereal, it makes a mess.

Please share what you did and how you did it.

Pop-

Is that a fixed or motorized dish and what improvement did you see?

Bloomdog-

I was at the Dollar Tree today and went hog wild buying stuff it cost me $10.

Best find was a cellular phone for my 3 year old grandson, It has a Lenticular LCD display that has pictures of the space shuttle and Saturn and Mars. also plays fax machine tones, dial tone, ring tones, Operator, what number please and a dog barking.!sadroll