TEST REPORT Satellite Dish

SK60-PWT19
Offset Dish of SVEC
10-11/2010
SK6 0-PWT19 Offset
Dish of SVEC
Two -way mountable dish
with exc ellent
performanc e

Those who live at

low and medium
latitudes tend to
think that an offset
dish has always its
LNB support arm
below the reflector.
But is this really a
must to install a dish

Turn Your
in such a way? What
about putting the
arm above the dish?

Antenna Well, there is no

law forbidding that

Upside but due to practical

reasons, this mostly

Down
makes sense for
rather low elevation
satellites (below
30°). This practical
reason is keeping
the reflector as
vertical as possible
to prevent rain,
snow and dirt to
gather in it.
■ The SVEC dish mounted „upside-
down“: SVEC‘s unique mast mount
allows the dish to be mounted in
reverse. This is suggested for areas
closer to the pole regions, this
means in areas where the elevation
for the desired satellite ranges
from 0 to 40 degrees. Another use
is in certain circumstances, f.i. on
a crowded balcony, putting the arm
above the reflector might be the
solution when mounting the arm
below reflector would not fit.

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 An offset dish receives
satellite signals not per-
pendicularly coming to its
reflector surface but at an
angle of about 25°. This
means that to receive a sat-
ellite at the elevation of 25°,
the reflector is positioned
vertically. If the elevation is
lower, the reflector must be
tilted toward the earth what
may look as if something is
wrong with our dish. Why
not to turn it upside down
and position the LNB support
arm above the reflector?
That’s exactly what SVEC
have done with their SK60-
PWT19 60 cm offset dish for
Ku-Band!

SVEC shipped us a neatly

packed carton box with two
sets of SK60-PWT19. Eve-
rything was in perfect con-
dition. We were happy to
notice that this dish comes
with assembly drawings
and a bill of materials what
is very helpful in assembly
process. Every part of the
kit was very well finished
off and matched all other
parts without any problem.
Assembly was nothing but
fun. If you have already a
vertical pole to mount the
dish, all you need to use is a
10 mm spanner and Phillips
screwdriver.

Due to the fact that both

azimuth and elevation angle
adjustments depend on two
screws each, it is really
easy to rotate and tilt the
dish smoothly. The SK60-
PWT19 will not slip down the
pole even if you loose the 2
screws of the pole bracket
too much. There is another
long screw crossing the top
part of the pole bracket and
the dish will rest on this
screw. That screw is the axis
of the elevation adjustment

■ TELE-satellite test editor Jacek

Pawlowski is measuring the
performance of the SVEC 60cm dish
SK60-PWT19

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 mechanism. In some cases,
this might be a disadvantage
because the dish must sit on
the top of the pole. So if you
plan to use the same pole for
a satellite antenna and a ter-
restrial antenna, you might
have to think it over. Usually,
the satellite dish is mounted
below and the terrestrial
yagi antenna above to mini-
mize the impact of wind on
the pole.

The assembly drawings

that accompanied the dish
showed two ways of assem-
bly: the regular way with the
LNB arm below the reflec-
tor (elevation range 30-90°)
and the reversed way with
the arm above the reflector
(elevation range 0-40°). You
can see both variants in the
photographs. The “upside
down” mount looks a little bit
weird, but everything works
OK assuming that your satel-
lite elevation is in the range
0-40°.

It is still more reasonable

to use the traditional way
for the satellites between
30-40° because the reflector
is more vertical – so there is
lower risk of collecting rain,
snow or dust in it. However,
if you like triggering curiosity
among your neighbours, the
reverse mount can be your
choice.

SVEC gives you more than

a complete dish. There is an
additional bended pole along
with the foot that you can use
to attach the whole assembly
either to the wall, or to the
roof. Interesting thing is: it
does not need to be a ver-
tical or horizontal surface.
You have smooth adjust-
ment from 0 through 90° so
you can use anything what
is solid enough to become a
base of the antenna.

In our test we used one of

our existing vertical poles.

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We first measured a compet-
itor’s 60 cm offset dish and
then put the SK60-PWT19 on
the pole. The graphs tell the
whole story. The SVEC dish
performed very well indeed.
We managed to achieve
stronger signal by about 1
dBµV and the same signal
quality as from the competi-
tor’s product. Our conclusion
– everything is perfect with
antenna geometry of this
SVEC dish.
TECHNICAL
DATA
Manufacturer Sichuan Video Electronic Co., Ltd.
Web page www.svec.com.cn
Email svec@china.com
Fax +86-028-87838898
Model SK60-PWT19

Expert Opinion Description

Dimensions
Offset Dish for Ku-Band

60 x 66 cm
+ Offset angle 25.36°
Very good workmanship
Ku-band Gain @ 12.5GHz 35.3dB
Wide elevation range: 0~90°
F/D ratio 0.58
Smooth and easy adjustment of elevation and
Focus length 32.4 cm
azimuth
Rigid design Mounting type Pole and wall mount
Jacek Pawlowski
Excellent geometry = high gain TELE-satellite Material Steel
Test Center
Additional bended pole in the set for wall/roof Poland Finish Polyester powder coating with light gray color
assembly Elevation alignment 0~40° and 30~90°

Resistance to wind 60 m/sec

-
Designed to be mounted on the top of the pole which limits
its versatility a bit

■ This is how the SVEC 60cm dish arrives with the customer:
all parts can easily be assembled

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SK60-
PWT19
Offset
Dish
by SVEC
Far Field Testing Report
Far Field Testing in the Microwave Room at 11.0 GHz ■
and beam width: 3.05. The graph shows a first side
lobe with -30.0 dB. SVEC’s offset dish is indeed a high
gain model.

Salt-spray Testing Report

This report shows that SVEC’s dish surface stays ■
unharmed even after 700 hours (1 month) of
continuous salt spray. This is an excellent result and
makes the SVEC dishes stand out from competitor’s
products. SVEC’s coating secures an outstanding
longelivity of these dishes.

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