Recent content by Franky_D

There are no scalar rings in the feed horn with i called "Channel Master" in my tests.

Like this one? https://www.dropbox.com/s/3a0gltg3q0quy0w/DSC_1076.JPG

Hi Felix, To answer your questions in turn: 1) I was thinking one day to try various types of plastic for cover, but never got to it. Therefore can not really help here; 2) Any good paint for metal should be OK; 3) I have never tried red line. I've compared LNBfs 40mm white and black and black...

Hi Felix, What kind if FH you've got? Can you post a picture? Cheers!

Hi felixg, I checked the footpring of 36E for your area and it does not look very promissing. Just need to give it a try to see how good of a signal you can get. I can suggest to start checking liniar signal from 36E with the hardware you've got already, based on that you can get a basic idea...

Hi felixg, For circular signal reception you would need to insert a depolarization plate inside the feed horn. See pictures. It is possible to pull out such plate from one of factory made circular LNBs, buy it for example from SMW in Swedn, make it yourself from plastic cards (credit card...

Watch out now! They might send a beam now to Portishead knowing the high price! :)

Surprise-surprise! I just called Skyware in US directly and they confirmed that dual mode feed horns can still be purchased via one of their representatives (http://www.skywareglobal.com/index.php/contact)!!! Indicative price on US market is USD 35-40. Good stuff! :)

Than you! Satbeams.com suggests 90cm dish for Eutelsat 36A, which might not provide reserve for bad weather. With 120cm Channel Master and small LNBf (Inverto Black Pro 0.2dB ) reception is very solid for both DVB-S and DVB-S2 24/7 in all weather conditions including light rain/snow. With feed...

I compared a) Invacom SNH-031 0.3 dB lnbf vs. Inverto Black Pro Circular 0.2dB lnbf and b) Invacom SNF-031 c120 vs Inverto Black c120. In both cases Invacom was better. But I guess the only way to find the best one for a specific case (combination of location, satellite, dish) is to try few and...

My pleasure! :)

Thank you! It's a great link! It puts models and names to the pictures! ;) Would it be also possible to find out if dual-mode feed horn (MODEL 611-6060-10) was manufactured only by Channel Master? Or possibly also manufactured by it's succesors (Skyware, Andrew, Raven)? Is it still...

Part One Once I decided to check if channel master matching feed horn provides any added value compared to an LNBf. I’ve read a lot of opinions on forums but the easiest was to check for myself. Location: Copenhagen, Denmark. Dish: Channel Master 1.2m For this matter I compared: - Invacom...

I was lucky to get one from a guy on a US based forum. :)

Here you can see tests of three different feed horns, presumably manufactured in different times by different successors of Channel Master, but they are all CM matching feed horns. I gave names to all three (in the attached comparison) in order to distinguishing between them in this test...