Recent content by Raystorm

Interesting, that large antenna looks to be a beamguide type from the pipe like assembly passing along the structure.

They're mine!! Smallest is 1.8m boggo TVRO, largest is a 13.5m Ka-band with monopulse tracking, with every band and size inbetween!

We've had a quad die only on the upper band at work, so it's no unreasonable that it could have just packed up and died.

We're getting a cherry picker in this week to fit a subreflector to a 7.3m C-band, but it's probably also going to get brought into service to clean some of the other antennas as well. It's a bit difficult to clean a 13m using a ladder!

Just work, unless you count the long unused sky dish at home! I've got over 50 antennas at work to look after, don't need to have them at home!

We considered buying those antennas, but decided against it as we have about that many in storage at work! We did get some other bits from the auction though!

Ah, an LMKDS, was kicking one of them back into operation at work on Thursday! Simple to fault find though.

Is that the drive cabinet to the left? Looks like an NDSatcom one to me

ASC 4.5m on the motorised mount?

As Paul R said, the channels come to us either in the clear or encrypted, we never had any of that kit. We just uplink the stream.

Thanks everyone, figured it would be something like that :)

Hi all, thought you might find this video of our 13.5m Ka band being built interesting!

Moonbase, that would be perfect! I'll message you about it. Edit - at least I would if I could!

We have 3 RC2000's, upgraded to RC2500 standard at the teleport, two in use and one in storage. Been messing with one on a 3m Precision prime focus antenna for the past couple of weeks. That was what brought me here actually, was looking to see if I could get a Chapparal Corotor II to fit it...

If by transmitter, you mean amplifier, we only tend to bin them off if they fail and it's not worth repairing it. Even then I'll keep it as a spares hulk for stripping parts out of. They don't care if the signal is digital or analogue, as a digital carrier is just a fast switching analogue...