Well, I bought the dish. $45. No idea if it'll work. Here some pics. What some first things I should do to it? I haven't measured it yet, seller said 6ft but seems bigger.
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Yes rods are bent, I'll try and straighten them.First off measure it to be sure what size you have. Hopefully it is bigger, as you said it looks to you, and you can get a decent amount of channels. If it is 6ft then it will still get some of the stronger signals but reception will be limited. At least you would be able to get your foot in the 'c band door' with it.
I can't tell for sure but it looks to me as though the lnb rods are bent? If that is the case you could try to straighten them but another option would be to get a few pieces of similar sized conduit from Home Depot or Lowes to form new ones using measurements from the originals.
Before doing that though you should do a string test on the face of the dish to make sure it has kept it's shape. Post back your results. Good luck with your new hobby!
Two 12 volt car batteries in series for 24 volts DC, wired with a center OFF DPDT switch that's cross-wired, to reverse polarity when flipped to either side. Though, you'll tire of that quickly, it'll work once you find the first satellite successfully.Is there a way to manually move it?
Yes rods are bent, I'll try and straighten them.
LNB seems quite old, think it'll still work or should I just buy a titanium lnb now? The guy said it did work before though.
I asked if it was already aligned and he said yes so I assume I get a pole plumb and aim it, it should work. I recently set-up a 36" motorized ku dish so should be similar to get it aligned.
But the question is, I don't have a box to move the actuator. Is there a way to manually move it? The wires are all cut but I'll take a look inside and run new wire if there's a label inside.
Excited to finally try out c-band after all these years.
I hate to tell you this my friend, but that dish belongs in the scrapyard. First of all it is way too small at 7.5 feet. The actuator is probably still good, so save that.Ended up buying the Titanium C238 LNBF.
Here's some detailed pics of the dish:
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You can still get alot of stuff with a 7.5. alot of fine tuned dishes will get most everything except for 16apsk feeds.I hate to tell you this my friend, but that dish belongs in the scrapyard. First of all it is way too small at 7.5 feet. The actuator is probably still good, so save that.
Spend your time and energy on finding a nice 10 footer. I don't know where you live, but there has to be better dishes than that to be had.
How do those 7.5 dishes perform with 2 degree spacing?You can still get alot of stuff with a 7.5. alot of fine tuned dishes will get most everything except for 16apsk feeds.
If he's willing to do the work then it's worth it. He's probably still shopping for a 10 ft dish to use.
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We recovered a dish for a guy that had 3 missing panels and we replaced the mesh with solid aluminum panels.No reply...I did see two dishes on a local commercial building. Going to see if I can find out who owns it and if I can take one lol
I also found this 3 1/2 hrs away and they said I can have it but looks like it's missing a mesh piece.
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ALSO for what's it's worth, here;s my satbeams recommendation for my location:
180E:
FrenchPolyUS Beam Ku - 70cm/27.6”
Global Beam C band - 330cm/129.9”(10ft)
North Hemi C band - 190cm/74.8” (6 ft)
166E:
NW Pacific Beam ku - 75cm/29.5”
WestHemi Beam C - 230cm/90.6” (7.5ft)
53W:
NorthLatin America Ku - 65cm/25.6”
WestHemi C band - 170cm/66.9” (6 ft)
Global C band - 310cm/122” (10 ft)
55.5W:
AmericasEurope C band - 190cm/74.8” (6 ft)
58W:
WestHemi C-band - 130cm/51.2” (4.3 ft)
61w:
NA Ku band - 65cm/25.6”
Americas C band - 250cm/98.4” ( 8ft)
67W:
CentralAmericas Ku band - 85cm/33.5”
73.8W:
Conus Ku band - 60cm/23.6”
77W:
Conus ku band - 55cm/21.7”
87W:
NA Ku Band - 60cm/23.6”
NA C band - 210cm/82.7” (7.5ft)
89W:
NA ku band - 70cm/27.6”
NA C band - 100cm/39.4”
97W:
NA Ku band - 70cm/27.6”
NA C band - 130cm/51.2” (4.3 ft)
99W:
NA ku band - 65cm/25.6”
NA C band - 150cm/59.1” (5 ft)
101W:
NA ku band - 70cm/27.6”
NA C band - 210cm/82.7” (7.5ft)
103W:
NA Ku band - 70cm/27.6”
NA C band - 170cm/66.9” (6 ft)
105W: amc
NA Ku band - 60cm/23.6”
105W: ses 11
NA ku band - 65cm/25.6”
NA C band - 110cm/43.3” (4 ft)
113W:
NA Ku band - 65cm/25.6”
NA C band - 130cm/51.2” (5 ft)
116.8W(117):
NA Ku band - 75cm/29.5”
NA C band - 150cm/59.1” (4.3 ft)
123W:
NA Ku band - 80cm/31.5”
NA C band - 100cm/39.4”
124.9W(amc 21):
NA Ku band - 80cm/31.5”
125W:
NA ku band - 80cm/31.5”
NA C band - 80cm/31.5”
127W:
NA Ku band - 80cm/31.5”
NA C band - 150cm/59.1” (5 ft)
133W:
NA C band - 90cm/35.4”
135W:
NA C band - 130cm/51.2” (4.3 ft)
139W:
NA C band - 170cm/66.9” (6 ft)
I can't tell for sure, but that looks like Unimesh. I have a 10 foot that looks just like that. If it is, getting the panels back in the track in a real pain.Sorry for keep asking. 1st guy never responded back, latest one someone else took, but I did find this one. Looks like it's already down and just needs an LNB and pole?
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With us here in Europe, 13V=vert, 18V=hor. So can you rotate the LNB 90 degrees, and does it work then under the setting 13/18V?I need to select 13v for H and 18v for V to get a signal.
It's a Invacom QPH-031 so it's not universal. I have Port 1 on cicrular and Port 2 on linear. 13/18v mode works fine on the linear qph-031.With us here in Europe, 13V=vert, 18V=hor. So can you rotate the LNB 90 degrees, and does it work then under the setting 13/18V?
Regarding your switch setup questions:
What type Ku LNB do you have now? A universal type (13/18V [Vert/Hor] and 0/22kHz [Lowband/Highband])?
Or some other type? (with one output Hor, and one output Vert? ~~ explaining why you have two ports connected on your diseqc switch??)
Without pictures it is hard to say anything about your actuator setup.
Greetz,
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Did you read this:But the c-band lnb doesn't get any signal on 13/18v mode. I need to do 13v for H or 18v for V to get signal. Tomorrow I'll run a 2nd RG6 wire directly from the c-band 2nd lnb out port and see if that helps.
With us here in Europe, 13V=vert, 18V=hor. So can you rotate the LNB 90 degrees, and does it work then under the setting 13/18V?