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DW4000? Possible Other Uses

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May 19^th, 2006 at 9:18pm

Are there any known uses for the DW4000 Two-Way dish or modem? I would like to know. Thank you.

May 19^th, 2006 at 11:16pm

The modem is proprietary, but you can retrofit the dish for satellite TV

//greg//

May 20^th, 2006 at 8:24pm

Is there a modem out there, to use the two-way, to monitor satellite signals or frequencies out there? kinda like on 'Contact'... I hate to see my 900$ paperweight (40-50lbs) go to waste.

May 21^st, 2006 at 6:41pm

You should be able to use the antenna to try out some of the FTA channels. You will need a IRD that uses the standard 13 vdc for Vert Pol, and 18 vdc for Horz Pol. Go here to check out some of the stuff that is available: https://www.lyngsat.com/ia5.html

Any of the FTA stuff on the KU part of this bird should be available.

May 28^th, 2006 at 10:38am

Try and get a cheap second hand spectrum analyser with an L band input. You can then use the dish to observe the frequency spectrums of many satellites.

You are unlikely to find aliens. Estimate the possible range using https://www.satsig.net/seticalc.htm and input your dish size and frequency as the receiver. Perhaps your spectrum analyser may have 100 Hz bandwidth.

Try https://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ if you want to seriously search for aliens with a larger dish and narrower bandwidth. I have done this for years without success so far. I am also searching for Mersene primes.

Best regards, Eric.