HX50 Installation in Nigeria - Assistance Needed

Hello,

We have a HX50 setup pointing to W3A in Nigeria. The signal strength is 55, the installer could not get the signal higher than that. What can be done to increase this signal?

We are using a 1.2m Prodelin antenna. We easily got elevation, azimuth, latitude & longitude etc from this site (satsig.net).

Latitude = 7.7600, Longitude = 4.4385
Lat    = 7 degrees,   45.6 minutes   North
Long = 4 degrees,   26.3 minutes   East

Dish elevation= 80.4, Azimuth= 165.7 (magnetic compass), Polarisation= -18.2

We have adjusted the BUC polarization, but still we are not able to get anything more than 59. Any help will be appreciated.

Where is the location of the site,maybe a personal visit can help you out,cos i know of sites on 1.2m dish size and on w3A dat does good signal.
tunde300us@gmail.com

Using Hughes HX codes rates, 1.2m is more than sufficient for W3a. Please contact james@bentleywalker.com if your pointing issues remain unresolved and we will be pleased to assist further.

James - Bentley Walker Ltd

Thanks for the pictures. I presume they came from Priest and refer to the original message of this thread.

 

 

You have set the LNB at the top which means you now have exact horizontal polarisation.  You need to apply -18 deg polarisation adjustment.  While facing towards the satellite the feed and BUC need to be rotated 18 deg anticlockwise.  There is a good scale on the white yoke to measure the amount of degrees.

I don't recognise the feed arm. If it is not the one that came with the dish please measure the diameter sideways across the dish so we know the dish size.  Also measure the distance from the lower rim of the dish to the lower rim of the feed window and from the top of the dish to the lower rim of the feed window.  

Best regards, Eric.

I don't recognise the dish.   If someone else has a good dish just like this, please say here what are your feed position measurements.

If the feed arms did not come with the dish and there is doubt about the feed position then:

Measure the diameter sideways across the dish so we know the dish size.

Multiply by 0.6 (just a guess as to the likely f/D ratio) to get the focal length. Most older dishes have an f/D=0.6 but there are variations.  Some modern dishes have f/D=0.8 to improve the cross-pol performance, and need longer feed arms and a larger diameter feed window aperture.

Set the focal distance from the lower edge of the dish to the throat of the feed horn (where the conical part becomes a circular waveguide).

An exact side-on view of the dish would help so that the position of the feed relative to the top and lower edges of the dish can be measured.

This image below shows a modern Prodelin 1.2m dish:

This shows where to take measurements.
Note that the phase centre of the feed horn is not at the window aperture but further down inside the horn, towards where it changes to a circular waveguide, so the focal length is longer than the lower white line.  The position of the phase centre varies with feed type and frequency, sometimes it is at the aperture, sometimes further inside, depending on the flare angle.

Best regards, Eric.

Hi List

Did this site Work and what was the solution to the problem

If the site could measure the vertical and horizontal diameters of the dish we could determine if it is an offset dish with a slightly elliptical outline, or an axisymmetric circular dish.

As shown, if has an offset type feed arm attached, with distances from the botton rim of the feed horn to the bottom edge and upper edge of the dish not yet known.

I do not recognise the dish.

Best regards, Eric.

Hi helloworld,

The LNB was assembled on site.

Regards

Eric

Looking at the picture very closely it seems LNB is not assembled properly. look at the last post picture above, the Model/Sr No striker is suppose to be up or down but it is on side.

If wrong correct me.

Regards

Dear Eric,

Thanks for your insightful inputs. I really dont know much about installing this stuff.But what I will do is to go to the remote site this weekend and get you the measurements (if I can), and close up pictures of everything.

Thanks