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Originally Posted by wejones
Hi.. I'm a bit curious as to why an adapter was needed? The Primestar dishes I've used wouldn't require any adapter. I was able to mount a KUL1 into mine, and don't see any reason why my QPH-031 wouldn't have fit too.
I thought that perhaps the Primestar LNBF might be attached further or closer to the focal point, so that you needed the adapter to get the lnbf at the focal point, but I measured my old Primestar lnbf, and compared that to my KUL1 and QPH-031, and they are pretty much the same, except that I think the KUL1 had to be slid forward instead of back away from the dish, but I don't see why an adapter should be necessary.
Does this mean that there is a different style of lnbf holder on different Primestar dishes? I think I've had two different types of Primestar dishes, and both used what seemed to be the same lnbf, but there are probably other models.
Anyway, why was an adapter needed?? |
On the dish that I have, the lnb incorporated a built in top yoke that bolted to the mount. The bottom semi circle on the mount was to small to fit the yoke of the QPH into. When I enlarged that part sufficiently to get the yoke of the QPH to fit, I was cutting into the mounting holes of the original mount. Thus the adapter.
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