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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 19:21:36 -0400, john wilson <jwilson9@erols.com>
wrote:
> Be advised that the older Paraclipse models were not speced for Ku
>band reception. In the 80s I installed several 12 ft. Paraclipse
>reflectors until one day I did a comparison test between my trailer
>mounted 10 ft. Ku speced reflector I used for teleconferencing and the
>12 ft. Paraclipse. The 10 ft. outperformed it and the Paraclipse had a
>theorectical 3.5 db gain advantage. I never installed another
>Paraclipse antenna. Unfortunately I believed the hype from Bob Cooper
>in Coop's Satellite Digest at the time regarding the antenna's
>performance. I didn't make that mistake again.
>
As much as I hated building and installing them, I have always loved
them. The finest C/KU dish ever produced for the home market. Of
course when you could put your pinky through the mesh it wouldn't
perform well on KU. I've had the pleasure of changing out a number of
them through the years. Amazing performance after that.
I just replaced the actuator on the oldest Paraclipse 14.5 I have ever
seen. The mount didn't have the capacity to rotate azimuth. I would
love to know how you aligned the square post in the ground before
the install. Nonetheless, this gentlemans 4DTV was showing 99
qualities everywhere including some on KU. Even more amazing was the
LNBs were blue Echostars.
>madmun wrote:
>
>>I have an 8.5 paraclipse dish. I added a new feed
>>with a Ku lnb which I didn't have before. C-band
>>come in fine picture looks great but low signal
>>strength and extremely low quality on FTA.
>>
>>I think it's the mesh.
>>
>>
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