Build your own Aluminium C-band satellite dish antenna

[vinay_kumar]

Make your own Aluminium C-band satellite dish antenna and enjoy more than 180 free channels with no monthly charges

Materials needed: Aluminium strips of sufficient thickness (to withstand wind pressure), aluminium mesh / sheet, screws, nuts-bolts

Tools needed: Pliers, Lock Planar, Hack saw, Drill machine, drill bits, screw driver, spirit-level, pen, paper, newspaper.

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Procedure:

Plot this curve as per formula given below on a big newspaper.

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Get the straight thick Aluminium strips of required length:

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Bend the strips as shown below:

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Finished Ribs will look like this:

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Make the edges even by using a hand planar:

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Cut off extra portion of rib if any:

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Go on making the ribs:

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More the number of ribs, more well-defined and strong is the shape:

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Mark the points on the ribs where holes have to be drilled to be able to cover it with metal mesh/sheet.

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A rod of length same as the calculated focal length of the parabolic reflector is to be taken and the conical scalar ring of the LNBF should be fixed to it.

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Next post will show the covering with metal sheet and signals testing.

[Sathish]

Excellent topic Mr.Vinay.. :happy: Very useful and interesting tutorial for newbies like me. :up: Made this as an sticky thread.

The tutorial is for 4ft Dish right?

[vinay_kumar]

Excellent topic Mr.Vinay.. :happy: Very useful and interesting tutorial for newbies like me. :up: Made this as an sticky thread.

The tutorial is for 4ft Dish right?

Thanks Sathish bro,

Yes you are right. This is a 4 feet (120cm) dish and is good for people who have space crunch on their home terraces or cannot fix a big bulky dish.
Another good thing is the ease with which it can be assembled/disassembled with no bulky parts.
The results of this dish amazed me. The signal quality and picture/sound stability is more than expected.
More details will be covered in this thread later.

[MAX]

When u will complete the project & give the output?

Thanks. Nice practical.

[Sritam Das]

excellent topic bro and thanks for sharing

[vinay_kumar]

When u will complete the project & give the output?

Thanks. Nice practical.

The project will be completed within some days and I will post the testing results here.

[GIRI PHOTOG]

very nice vinay ...................just only i have seen this

[Sathish]

@Vinay,

Any update on this project. At what stage it is now?

[vinay_kumar]

@Vinay,

Any update on this project. At what stage it is now?

Completed the wall stand and testing the signals soon.

[Sathish]

Completed the wall stand and testing the signals soon.

Good to know that. I am eagerly waiting to see the final product and testing result..