Feedhorns for offset Channel Master

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Hi,

Been browsing around on Skyware Global's site and came across this feedhorn:

http://www.skywareglobal.com/images/pdf/C-band_RxO_Feed.pdf

Anyone have any experience with this and would it be possible to attach this to a Channel Master/Raven/Andrews/SG 1.2m dish? Seems like it has a separate feedhorn for circular polarised signals too....

CJ
 
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hi - c.j.
it looks like it bolts to one of those block type l.n.b.,s -- they type you have on a co rotor-- if so the feedhorn is quite a large piece of kit - cant see it being so easy to arrange on a c.m. 1.2 --
 
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Hmm, yeah. Just wondering what else I can do to squeeze the most signal out of a small dish...

I guess if I wanted both C and Ku on one dish, it would have to sit above the Ku LNB as opposed to a side-by-side arrangement and install another jack arm for elevation..
 
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yes -
side by side is not so easy on a channel master the side supports are in the way -- i did it on the 1.8 with a metal strip/meccano type arrangement to lower the side supports.
never tried that on the 1.2 -- probably could be done - but a bit fiddly to get just right --
and you would still need an elevation jack for fine tuning --
 
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