I have three 18-inch Dish-Net dishes (same service as Direct-TV) which are used with my 10-GHz feedhorn or with a 6-turn helix feed for 2400-MHz. These dishes are used at 11-12 GHz. The DirectWav is maybe the satellite internet connection?
The LNA probably is possibly usable on 10.451 GHz which is one of the proposed P3E downlink frequencies.
73, Ed - KL7UW
At 09:20 PM 5/26/2008, kc6uqh wrote:
Greg, These dishes are used on 10 GHz and lower frequencies. Designed to operate in Ku Band ~12 GHz they will give ~30 dBof gain. The LNB and feed can be used , at least the LNA section. As the intended use is television the LO is not stable enough for Amateur Satellite work.
Art, KC6UQH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg D." ko6th_greg@hotmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 8:23 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] DirecWav satellite internet useful?
Hi folks,
My neighbor appears to be tossing their Hughes "DirecWav" satellite internet dish and associated dish-mounted electronics. By any stroke of luck, is this stuff reasonably convertable for use with any of the the proposed P3E up or downlinks? I have no idea what frequency it runs. It appears to have both transmit and receive capabilities (based on the warnings posted). There are no model numbers that I can find on the electronics.
I've got my AO-40 S-band receive setup, but nothing for the higher bands.
Thanks,
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