Whats left to view on c band in the uk ?

[Trust]

A 3.7 m dish has a very small openings angle , no much trouble for C band receiving .
I think for receiving Ku signals , a elevation actuator is very usefull .

 

[subman]

Ok MB I just bought the Nottingham Technomate TM-5402 with free delivery so its slow but we are getting there . That replacement battery arrives today but its being returned as to large but they do have the right size battery in stock . As for the feed arms I checked the dia of the neck of the feed horn so we are getting there only 10 more weeks of lock down .

 

[moonbase]

Ok MB I just bought the Nottingham Technomate TM-5402 with free delivery so its slow but we are getting there . That replacement battery arrives today but its being returned as to large but they do have the right size battery in stock . As for the feed arms I checked the dia of the neck of the feed horn so we are getting there only 10 more weeks of lock down .

The diameter of your co-rotor is quite close to the diameter of several makes of twin probe C-Band LNBF's. If you are getting the 3 legged feed clamp made up by Rima to clamp your co-rotor neck you could put a C-Band LNBF directly into the clamp instead of the co-rotor for dedicated C-Band if you ever wished to try out that option?

Does your co-rotor have a dielectric plate inside the barrel? There looks to be something in there but it is not easy to make out from the picture. Most of the C-Band satellites available to a UK located dish are circular polarity and need either a dielectric plate or a polariser barrel. There are a some linear polarity C-Band satellites such as 68.5E, 46.0E, 38.0E, 3W, 43.1W, 45.0W and 55.5W but the majority are circular polarity.

 

[subman]

All ok on the Diameter of the feed well like the rest of the kit here its all badly corroded so might replace it problem is no body seems to stock them in the UK and looking on Ebay its USA or Jordan .

Just had a thought as you know I have a Ku-Band Quad Multiband LNB (switchable) Can I still switch with this new Technomate TM-5402 in the same way I could with the Echostar ad 3600ip viaccess satellite receiver . As far as the Corotor goes its a standard Chaparral Corotor II .

 

[subman]

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All ok on the Diameter of the feed well like the rest of the kit here its all badly corroded so might replace it problem is no body seems to stock them in the UK and looking on Ebay its USA or Jordan .

Just had a thought as you know I have a Ku-Band Quad Multiband LNB (switchable) Can I still switch with this new Technomate TM-5402 in the same way I could with the Echostar ad 3600ip viaccess satellite receiver . As far as the Corotor goes its a standard Chaparral Corotor II .

Looking at the barrel I think you can buy as a extra a golden ring but looking down the tube it looks like this this is a mark 2 corotor and the mark I only had a wire

 

[moonbase]

All ok on the Diameter of the feed well like the rest of the kit here its all badly corroded so might replace it problem is no body seems to stock them in the UK and looking on Ebay its USA or Jordan .

Just had a thought as you know I have a Ku-Band Quad Multiband LNB (switchable) Can I still switch with this new Technomate TM-5402 in the same way I could with the Echostar ad 3600ip viaccess satellite receiver . As far as the Corotor goes its a standard Chaparral Corotor II .

The Technomate TM-5402 is customisable per satellite for C-Band or Ku-Band. If you wished, you could have two 10.0E satellites programmed into the TM-5402, one for C-Band and the other for Ku-Band.

Interestingly, the exact same picture of the co-rotor that you uploaded to reply 22 of this topic was posted on "Ricks Forum" back in 2015 in reply 7 of the link below.

corotor

that this model is corotor II 11700-12750 3.7 4.2 corotor II plus wudeband 10950 12750 3.4 4.2 corotor wideband international 10700 12750 3.4 4.2

rickcaylor.websitetoolbox.com

 

[Channel Hopper]

The TM5402 does have 13 /18 switching which will alter the full band LNB you have between low and high band Ku frequencies, though until you have the positioner in place (or connect the Echostar back up) you have no adjustment of the mechanical vane within the corotor II

 

[subman]

Thanks for the info on the Technomate TM-5402 so I can still us a switchable LNB with the this new new receiver .

Yes a few of the pictures I have posted are from many online sites as I have no intention of falling off a step ladder trying to take a photo of inside the corotor when there already available .

Spent most of the afternoon trying to post this battery back to get a smaller replacement but most post offices seem to have closed at 2pm over here . Thanks again for the feed back . Not heard any thing back yet regarding the rc1500 single axis dish controller by research concepts .

Thanks CH yes I had a feeling you could but thought I would ask , Yes its going to be fun moving the dish and skew with the old receiver or the rc1500 .

Oh yes how did you get that battery into your Sat Look as its much higher which means the clamp wont fit the battery .

 

[Channel Hopper]

The battery I had in stock has the same dimensions as the Maplin unit inside, despite the lower capacity figure.

A straight swop (or is it swap ?)

 

[subman]

Thats strange as the PS-1270 Power-Sonic 12 volt 7Ah is a much higher battery L151mm x W65mm x H94mm (height

My original was a Leader CT3.2 - 12 12 volt , 3.2 Ah Length 134 mm x Width 67 mm x Height 61 mm
So the PS-1270 was over 30 mm higher and you cant get the battery clamp over the Battery and line up with the holes on the rear this is a Sat Look Mk4 FTA .

Anyway with a bit of luck if I can find a post office open I will return this battery and get a replacement sent .

Regarding the skew control MB was telling me about a rc1500 single axis dish controller by research concepts so I could control the Jack + the Corotor with that I understand or like you say use the Echostar .

 

[subman]

Good News the new feed arms arrived today from Rimants so soon I will check signals levels with the Sat Look and use those as a bench mark for when I rebuild the system .Since I will remove the Corotor before I remove the arms to reduce weight .While removing the old rods .

When I rebuild the corotor I might try and remove the elbow on the Ku waveguide so the Ku LNB would bolt straight onto the corotor that should reduce the loss of the elbow , I did this on the C band LNB elbow and found I did get a bit more signal but I seem to remember the Ku elbow is held onto the corotor with Torx screws I wonder if any other corotor owner has bolted the Ku LNB straight onto the corotor .

So looks like its going to be WD40 time to try and free up the nuts on the old support rods . As far as getting access to the support rod at 1 O/C I have found by turning the dish round to about 70 east I can reach it with the step ladder .