Evaluation :nooelec H1 Dish/Feed System

[Alex P]

Last December, I purchased both the nooelec H1 System and a Kraken Discovery Feed to compare performance .. Documentation of the Kraken was posted previously.

There seems to be an issue with the positioning of the dipole <> dish in  the nooelec system as it is way beyond the '35cm'  for a 1m f/D 0.35 dish .. 

Moving the dipole as supplied mounted at 41cm  to 28cm improves performance .

- Alex P

[Miguel Ríos Martín]

I've read the documentation and taken measurements on my antenna, and indeed, the dipole is quite far from the focus of the parabola.

I find it surprising that a parabolic antenna with the dipole incorrectly positioned is being sold.

Does anyone know if Noolec has provided any answers regarding this?

I will modify the arm length and measure the gain to verify that it shows a higher performance at around 32 cm.

Thanks for the information.

Miguel

[b alex pettit jr]

Hello Miguel,

I sent all of that to Nooelec .. they verified receipt and said they would evaluate it .. 

That was Dec/Jan .. Never a follow-up.

  Dec 18th  25

" Hey Alex!  Just dropping a line to let you know that we are starting to run some tests in engineering to validate the results you are seeing.  With the holidays approaching, we have limited staffing availability but we will get through it as soon as we can. Thanks for your patience and detailed testing, it is very valuable to us!   We will get in touch soon.  Until then, please have a very happy holiday season :) "

  Jan 14th 26

" Hello Alex, Thank for the update and additional tests you have run. Our engineering team is having a look and someone will be in touch as soon as possible :) "

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Yes, repeat the tests and verify my results.

Alex

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