Adding more dishes

[N3KTH]

Since I'm talking about adding more dishes (to reduce rotor movement) anyone think this one would be big enough to use as a Stationary FTA dish pointed at one Sat??? It's a freebee (and I never turn those down)...

 

[kodaz]

it doesnt look very large. The way things are going these days, a 36 inch round would be a good starting number.
old primestars with the original lnb feed would be ok too.

 

[N3KTH]

I currently have a 31" motorized dish that I use, and it is indeed "marginal"... I do get all the sats, but get a much lower signal than my friend with a 36" (and I lose sats in the rain)... OK, I was just hoping I could maybe add this one and it would maybe work for one bird... Scrap pile!

 

[Mr Tony]

it will work fine....a few folks have used them here. Its 36x24"
Yeah its on the small side but will work with the stronger transponders

Make sure you use the correct LNB. One on there is FSS (usually the one down the middle) and the DBS one is offset.

Heck there have been folks who used both LNB slots for KU sats 6 degrees apart

 

[Anole]

Go for it.
Of all the junk DBS dishes people find in their roof, and want to use, that's actually a fine one.

I think the stock LNB is Standard, & voltage controlled for V/H.
If a single output is what you want, you're done.
You could bolt on a bandstacked DishNetwork, or any other physically compatible LNB.

The important thing is to retain that feedhorn on that dish.
Should get you all of 97 (unless I forgot something).

 

[FaT Air]

There's a label on that LNB. What's it say?? It might be usable.
If so, and if in my possession I'd aim it at 97W and see what it does.

 

[Mr Tony]

The LNB looks like the stock 95 LNB (KU) that comes with the dish. The 101 LNB (which is missing) is an old school Directv LNB normally

 

[northgeorgia]

I agree. Looks like the standard LNB is already on there, and the missing one is the one that would have been for the directv channels. I have a dish like this, but it's all warped and I believe the lnbs are dead after years of abuse in the weather. Haven't gotten it to work yet....

 

[WesTheTinkerer]

All of the DirecTV dishes here in my area of Huntsvegas(Huntsville), Al are are mostly Slimlines. I'd like to get a'hold of some of those just for the LNBs. Which areas of the U.S. are these more common?-Wes

 

[Anole]

I don't understand the question.
The World Direct is much more rare than the Slimline.
And there are no desirable LNBs on Slimlines.

 

[Magic Static]

All of the DirecTV dishes here in my area of Huntsvegas(Huntsville), Al are are mostly Slimlines. I'd like to get a'hold of some of those just for the LNBs. Which areas of the U.S. are these more common?-Wes

I don't know where they use those World Direct dishes. I've never seen one around here. Lots of Slimlines though, and as Anole said those LNBs are worthless.

 

[Mr Tony]

The World dishes are only installed if the customer subscribes to International (non English or Spanish) programming so its not like they're around everywhere. I guess if you went to a part of town that has a bunch of folks who might sub to those packages (Chinese, Korean, Mandarin, Russian, etc) you might have better odds

We have one here at the apartment complex because we have some Russian folks. So on the roof we have both a slimline 5 and a 95W dish

 

[Anole]

needed to clear the cobwebs

Sorry - I didn't understand your question at 5am.
Now, it makes a lot more sense.
Ya wanted more World dishes for their LNBFs?

I wouldn't be too concerned.
That LNB is probably just average.
The feedhorn matches (that) elliptical dish.
Yes, you could mix 'n match components to make up something special.
But I wouldn't design/build around a rare component, with so many other choices available.

On the other hand, if you DID find a cache of World dishes, I'd put 'em up for any bird with only DVB-S .
Skip the hard-to-get S2 stuff. Or at least test it last.
97•w and 30•w might be good candidates.
Just remember to skew the dish.

 

[Borisov-54]

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[N3KTH]

Man that looks fantastic, But let me see if I can get it working on 1 Bird LOL!!!!!! I'd love to have multiple LNB's on 1 dish but let me see if I can get one going with my limited skills Here's what I got. I never have worked with a DBS type dish before so I guess here are my questions?

1. Will This LNB work?
2. How do I set the 2 adjustments for 97?
3. WHat type of LNB is this and how do I set on the receiver...

Sorry if questions are basic and overly simple...

 

[Mr Tony]

1. yes
2. elevation and skew? You actually skew the dish...whatever it shows as skew on dishpointer or the list, take from 90. So if it says +20 then it would be 110 or 70 (depending on how it looks on the back of the dish)
3. SINGLE or STANDARD and LNB LO 10750

 

[N3KTH]

OK, At the risk of sounding like a total idiot, can we go over #2 again????

 

[Mr Tony]

looking at that 3rd pic if the satellite is to the west of you then skew the dish to the right (so numbers go up)
if its east of you then skew the opposite way

exception to the rule is 103W

 

[N3KTH]

OK So then, sitting here in the Pittsburgh area (~ 79.9 W) the skew would be about 80????????

 

[N3KTH]

OK So then, sitting here in the Pittsburgh area (~ 79.9 W) the skew would be about 80????????

NO NO NO Thats stupid... It's the sat at 97 I'm going for.. SOOO CONFUSED!