[MLB-WIRELESS] Galaxy Antennas & the "black box"

[Tony Langdon]

> I scrounged a galaxy setup from a friend and it is marked as 
> follows...
> 
> "dish"
> Pacific Monolithics
> Sunnyvale California
> Integrated Down Converter
> US Patent 5,015,968

Functionally much the same.

> 
> "the black box"
> Jerrold 
> General Instrument
> Addressable Baseband Converter
> Model 5508w

Hmm, this loos like the Galaxy decoder box itself. :)

> 
> Now this dish looks different to the "how to modify" pictures 
> that I've
> seen on the melbwireless web site links.  Did Geelong get a different
> type to Canberra and Perth?

The Pac Mons are another commmon converter.
> 
> What is the "dBi" of this model and/or is it worth modifying for my
> wireless deployment?

Depends on the size of the grid.
> 
> Is there something "cool & geeky" I can do with the "black box"?
> (be polite please!) 

I was wondering the same. :)

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