3 output SK-3005 Conversion to SWM-8
I got stuck with one of the SK-3005 dishes which only has 3 outputs instead of the 4 required for using with a SWM-8. I won't go into the whole story but, to make a long story short, I thought I was b...
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schneid wrote:
I've read an SK-3005 can work with just the 101 in view even though it uses the 101 and 119 to aim. I guess it might work but would be quite a challenge.
Actually, the SK-3005 does quite well with just the 101 satellite. It is programmed to seek 101 first and only uses 110 and 119 to get its skew. If it's only looking for 101 there's no need for skew. You can put the dish into a single satellite mode in which it only looks for 101 but if it can't get either or both of 110 or 119 it will eventually "decide" that 101 is better than nothing! We've had this happen several times in national parks and other places where trees and mountains block our view of the other birds.
