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<blockquote data-quote="Huevos" data-source="post: 756796" data-attributes="member: 301161">Pete, mine are as close together as possible too (see picture below), but with the size of the C-band feed that is still far enough apart that I need to move the dish 5º to move from Ku-band to C-band. With a 1.2m dish you are going to need to move the dish even more, probably about 7º. At the dish sizes we are using C-band is pretty forgiving of slight misalignments but you still need to be within about 0.5º, or 1º on a strong satellite. And strapping an LNB above the Ku LNB is a no-no because that LNB will never be on the arc whatever you do with the motor. Also, you can't see from the picture but the LNBs are turned in so they face the centre of the dish.On my next project I am going to move the LNBs in and out of position as I need them. That way all the LNBs will be in perfect focus and I won't need to move the dish when changing from C-band to Ku.On the Solo you just set up the C-band and Ku-band satellites as two different satellites in the satellites.xml file. Any combination of DiSEqC 1.0/1.1/1.2 and USALS is possible on each individual satellite.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Huevos, post: 756796, member: 301161"] Pete, mine are as close together as possible too (see picture below), but with the size of the C-band feed that is still far enough apart that I need to move the dish 5º to move from Ku-band to C-band. With a 1.2m dish you are going to need to move the dish even more, probably about 7º. At the dish sizes we are using C-band is pretty forgiving of slight misalignments but you still need to be within about 0.5º, or 1º on a strong satellite. And strapping an LNB above the Ku LNB is a no-no because that LNB will never be on the arc whatever you do with the motor. Also, you can't see from the picture but the LNBs are turned in so they face the centre of the dish. On my next project I am going to move the LNBs in and out of position as I need them. That way all the LNBs will be in perfect focus and I won't need to move the dish when changing from C-band to Ku. On the Solo you just set up the C-band and Ku-band satellites as two different satellites in the satellites.xml file. Any combination of DiSEqC 1.0/1.1/1.2 and USALS is possible on each individual satellite. [/QUOTE]

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