Dish definitely doesn't have to come off the mount. The ODU has the 4 springs that latch onto the dish. The center of the ODU has a (square) O-ring that matches up to the waveguide. After removing the ODU you just take the wave guide off and do it again in reverse.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Mathew Howard via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I think you're right. I was thinking the dish would have to come > off the mount, but now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure that's not > the case, so yeah it would just be those four screws... should be pretty > simple, actually. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Af [[email protected]] on behalf of Josh Luthman via Af [ > [email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, December 05, 2014 10:17 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 11 ghz dish, can one put an 18ghz feed horn in it? > > Waveguides are easy to swap on a tower I thought - just 4 machine > screws? Way better than swapping dishes. > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Mathew Howard via Af <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> If I'm remembering right how those dishes are made, I think you could >> (with SAF, anyway), but I'm not sure it's something you would want to be >> doing on a tower... >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Af [[email protected]] on behalf of Josh Luthman via Af [ >> [email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, December 05, 2014 10:11 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 11 ghz dish, can one put an 18ghz feed horn in it? >> >> I'd guess different but just ask SAF :) >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> On Dec 5, 2014 11:09 AM, "Sam Lambie via Af" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I was shipped the wrong antennas (2 foot) for an 18ghz link, I didn't >>> notice that it was an 11 ghz antenna set until I tried to get the radios to >>> link up. Best I could get was -65. It drove me crazy trying to see if I was >>> on a side lobe for half an hour until it got dark and I gave up. Right >>> before I left, I glanced at the label and saw that the antenna was for an >>> 11 ghz link. >>> So the question is, are the parabolics on the antenna the same and the >>> feed horn different? Can it be swapped out to get me the -38 that I want, >>> or are we going to have to uninstall the whole shebang? >>> >>> >>> Sam >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> *Sam Lambie* >>> Taosnet Wireless Tech. >>> 575-758-7598 Office >>> www.Taosnet.com <http://www.newmex.com> >>> >> >
