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Posible to convert Tooway dish to use for normal satellite?

  • 14-01-2016 09:07PM
    #1
    jeamimus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭


    I have an old Tooway dish on my wall and am wondering of it is possible to convert it to receive normal satellite TV (not saorsat).

    I know its Ka band but not sure if this is just a matter of changing the LNB or if something more is involved.

    My objective is to pick up TV from the Eutelsat Hotbird 13 satellite.


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  • #2
    snaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭snaps


    In reality yes, it should just need a simple LNB swap. It all depends on the collar where the LNB fits. Usually its a 40mm collar, but there is no telling what you have!

    Also the dish would have to be realigned to 13 east (I assume its on 8 west now)?


  • #3
    Greenpiece
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 106 ✭✭Greenpiece


    I did this with an old tooway dish by removing the lnb and adding a flange lnb. I used the same feed horn and just unscrewed one and replaced it with the much smaller one and it works a treat. Am using it for 19E at the moment but will soon swing it to 0.8W as have just got a wave frontier. It's a 1.2m dish similar to channel master or Raven so very precise to align but very stable once set.


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