Examples of Andrew 123 VSAT dish installations by Klaus Merkens

Fig 1.  The picture above shows a Ku band cross polar feed.  The finned unit on the right is the 14 GHz transmit BUC and the upper units on the left are the transmit reject filter (TRF) and the LNB.  The broad faces of the LNB and TRF waveguide are on either side and therefore the receive polarisation is Horizontal with an approx 15 deg anticlockwise adjustment, as viewed while looking towards the satellite. Note the auto-vulcanising tape used around the waveguide joints to protect against  humidity entering.

This installation is in Cotonou, Benin, Africa.

Fig 2.  This non penetrating mount frame may be used either with concrete blocks fitted into the rectangular frames, or alternatively, as here, may be attached to the concrete base with six expanding screw bolts.

On the roof top. Instead of using ballast plates the NPM was fixed with screws and bolts on the concrete roof surface. To balance the relatively strong inclination of the roof the prepared holes on the diagonal arms of the mount could not be used. We had to drill new ones in order to get the vertical tube exactly vertical.  Cotonou,  Benin.

Fig 3.  This image show a similar feed to that above in Fig 1.  In this case the feed is rotated further left anticlockwise, perhaps -50 deg polarisation adjustment.  The starting position for horizontal polarisation would have been with the LNB on the top, directly above the transmit BUC.

This installation is in  Accra/Ghana.

Fig4.  As viewed towards the satellite.  The minus 50 deg anticlockwise rotation adjustment of the Horizontal polarisation is clearly seen.  The red line, showing the orientation of the LNB, has been tilted 50 deg anticlockwise.

Accra/Ghana.

All the four VSAT dish photos above have been kindly provided by Klaus Merkens of http://www.ciwi.eu and are used here with his permission. Copyright remains by Klaus Merckens.  27th August 2007 Amended 17 Dec 2014