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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The dishes are popular with the microwave folks here in Minnesota but the LNA is replaced with say a 3,5,10,24 ghz "stuff". The Direcwav does have uplink and that I could not speak to. For me it would be worth saving. I found a wide band DTV dish for free at a garage sale. Hope to put the wide band up (I use DirectTV) and pull down the single feed. Then I would have another dish to convert, hope fully to 10 GHZ.
Not a direct answer the P3E but the dishes are useable where I here the sat will be.
Dave WB7DRU Burnsville, MN
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Greg D. Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 10:25 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org 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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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,
Greg KO6TH _________________________________________________________________ E-mail for the greater good. Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ GreaterGood _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Hi Art,
The DirectWav is an Internet link - data, not TV - but good point about LO stability being an unknown.
But, my base question was whether any of the pieces can be used, and it sounds like it's worth saving. Thanks!
Greg KO6TH
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From: kc6uqh@cox.net To: ko6th_greg@hotmail.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] DirecWav satellite internet useful? Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 22:20:55 -0700
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." To: 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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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,
Greg KO6TH _________________________________________________________________ E-mail for the greater good. Join the i'm Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ GreaterGood _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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