Would you like to see your "C-band on a
small dish" project here?
Send pictures and a detailed email about your project to Richard Buckner. If accepted you will be contacted by Richard Buckner.
Send pictures and a detailed email about your project to Richard Buckner. If accepted you will be contacted by Richard Buckner.
Courtesy of Tom Taylor -
Independence Kentucky
I
heard on The
FTA Show hosted by Richard Buckner of work done by Tony
Dunnett in New Zealand. He has received C-Band signals on a 1 meter Ku
dish. He is receiving broadcasts from Australia ABC International and
BBC World in Auckland. So, I decided to give it a try. I took a DMS
BSC421 C-Band LNBF distributed by DMS International, and duct taped it
to a 1.2 meter. I then spun the dish around until I saw a signal,
adjusted for polarity on the Traxis 3500 receiver and ran a
blind scan. I came up with the following picture as show on this web
site. I have not yet determined the satellite but it was fairly far to
the East. I chose the dish because it was hanging on the back
of my deck, the Traxis receiver because it is very sensitive and blind
scans fast and the BSC421 because it is also sensitive. The
toughest part of the job was finding the roll of duct tape. I would
suggest a large hose clamp. The Whole job took 5 min tops. Be careful
which brand of LNBF you use, there is a difference. I do not guarantee
results but the whole project took me 5 minutes including drinking a
few sips of coffee while the Traxis was searching! Will it
work on a smaller dish?? I do not know.
I
heard on The
FTA Show hosted by Richard Buckner of work done by Tony
Dunnett in New Zealand. He has received C-Band signals on a 1 meter Ku
dish. He is receiving broadcasts from Australia ABC International and
BBC World in Auckland. So, I decided to give it a try. I took a DMS
BSC421 C-Band LNBF distributed by DMS International, and duct taped it
to a 1.2 meter. I then spun the dish around until I saw a signal,
adjusted for polarity on the Traxis 3500 receiver and ran a
blind scan. I came up with the following picture as show on this web
site. I have not yet determined the satellite but it was fairly far to
the East. I chose the dish because it was hanging on the back
of my deck, the Traxis receiver because it is very sensitive and blind
scans fast and the BSC421 because it is also sensitive. The
toughest part of the job was finding the roll of duct tape. I would
suggest a large hose clamp. The Whole job took 5 min tops. Be careful
which brand of LNBF you use, there is a difference. I do not guarantee
results but the whole project took me 5 minutes including drinking a
few sips of coffee while the Traxis was searching! Will it
work on a smaller dish?? I do not know.
