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<blockquote data-quote="John" data-source="post: 1010856" data-attributes="member: 175005">Yep, thought about it Alex but it's not really an easy or practical task.&nbsp; The 1.8 offsets are ideal with lnb changers that have various bands covered from C to Ku to Ka or higher but they are only just acceptable for decent C-band performance and leave you wanting bigger, but ... that then gives you a limited choice of a 2.4 offset which is a right lump to house &amp; kit out with gear. Also they would be so critical to positioning on Ka that it would probably be a nightmare to operate on a domestic set-up ,with such a tight beam, and any slight breeze to move the reflector, would loose lock.&nbsp;&nbsp; A mini farm imo , with dedicated tuned reflectors for the desired band is the way to go i think if you can get away with it.&nbsp; I have a mini farm, a 1.2CM for Ku only and a 1.25 Gibby with a changer for different&nbsp; Ka bands which works well but only covers a limited part of the arc due to surrounding brick work ... something like 50°East to 15°West.&nbsp; I'm thinking about a summer project of replacing the 1.25Gibby with a 1.5Gibby + changer, modify the present wall mount so that it will see a lot more arc..... we'll see - might do,might not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John, post: 1010856, member: 175005"] Yep, thought about it Alex but it's not really an easy or practical task. The 1.8 offsets are ideal with lnb changers that have various bands covered from C to Ku to Ka or higher but they are only just acceptable for decent C-band performance and leave you wanting bigger, but ... that then gives you a limited choice of a 2.4 offset which is a right lump to house & kit out with gear. Also they would be so critical to positioning on Ka that it would probably be a nightmare to operate on a[B][I] domestic set-up[/I][/B] ,with such a tight beam, and any slight breeze to move the reflector, would loose lock. A mini farm imo , with dedicated tuned reflectors for the desired band is the way to go i think if you can get away with it. I have a mini farm, a 1.2CM for Ku only and a 1.25 Gibby with a changer for different Ka bands which works well but only covers a limited part of the arc due to surrounding brick work ... something like 50°East to 15°West. I'm thinking about a summer project of replacing the 1.25Gibby with a 1.5Gibby + changer, modify the present wall mount so that it will see a lot more arc..... we'll see - might do,might not. [/QUOTE]

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