DH Satellite 60 Fixed Az-El Mount User Manual

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P

rep

ar

ing the C Band Fe

e

d

A

s

se

mbly

--

-

--

-


Antenna Size Focal Len

g

th Focal Distance

1

0

'

(

3.0m

)

36

"

f

/l

.3 f/d

11' (3.3m)

36" f/l .27 f/d

Discontinued

12

' (

3.7m

)

57

.

6" f

/l

.4 f/d

12’5” (3.8m) 57.6”f/l

.378 f/d

12' 9" (3.9m)

57.6" f/l

.375 f/d Discontinued

14

'

(

4

.

2m)

57

.

6" f

/l

.35 f/d

1

4

'

9

" (

4.5m

)

57.

6

"

f

/l

.33 f/d

Not available with az-el

1

6

' (

5

.

0

m)

57

.

6"

f/l

.3 f/d

Not available with az-el

NOTE: Strut length includes bent end.

Y

o

u

r DH re

pres

e

ntative sh

o

uld

h

av

e as

k

ed y

o

u wha

t

t

y

pe

fe

e

d y

ou

w

il

l

b

e

u

s

ing. We

n

ee

d thi

s

inf

orma

t

io

n t

o

b

e

ass

ured we are sending the proper co

l

lar t

o a

ttach your feed

t

o

o

ur s

t

ruts. In the event

that DH did not get this information a standard strut/collar (c14f) is sent.

Ta

k

e th

e

c

ol

l

ar

a

n

d set it on th

e

ba

ck o

f t

h

e

s

ca

l

ar ring of the feedhorn. Turn i

t

un

t

il a

l

l thr

ee

hole

s

line

up bet

w

e

e

n the tw

o

and ins

e

r

t

th

e

1/4" x 3/4"

bol

t

s through the

s

calar ring an

d

the

n

t

h

r

u the c

o

llar; f

as

t

en wi

th

the 1/4"

n

ut

s.

M

o

st

C-

b

and

and

d

u

a

l feeds have a 3-bolt pattern on the scalar r

i

ng a

s d

e

s

cr

ib

e

d a

bo

ve

.

F

o

r

SEA

V

EY

t

y

pe

f

e

e

ds,

p

l

e

ase r

efe

r t

o page 10 Figure #11

.


For CHAPAR

R

AL

ty

pe feed

s

, refer to Figure #10

.

Slip the feed strut into a tab o

n

the

c

ollar and

li

ne u

p th

e

two h

o

les. Ins

ert

t

h

e

2

¼”

x 1

½”

bolts into the holes and tighten with the 1/4" n

u

t

s

.

P

r

o

ce

ed with all four struts th

e

n

c

he

ck

f

oca

l

length and tigh

t

en do

w

n

.

U

s

e e

v

ery

t

hird hol

e

. T

h

e

actu

al

foca

l l

e

n

g

th sh

o

uld

be 1/4

in

s

ide the wave

g

uide for C

-

band and 1/8” for Ku b

a

nd

.

If the feedhorn

y

o

u

ha

v

e

s

elected has an adjustable

s

calar ring

,

move it to the proper wave guide

s

etti

n

g

as

per

t

h

e

manufacturer

'

s in

s

tructions. Belo

w w

e ha

ve

li

s

ted the focal length

s

and

f

oca

l l

ength

d

i

amete

r

ratios for our commercial antenna

s

.

Just find your antenna and you will

h

ave the

i

n

forma

t

ion to

s

et t

h

e sc

a

la

r

properly.

Special Note: More critical than setting the wave guide to the

manufacturer's recommendations is to make sure you are setting the feedhorn at the correct focal
length of the antenna.

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