Cal Brand LNB Brakdown

Here's an LNB from a satellite dish that I broke down over the weekend.

This is what I started with, Called a Cal Amp.

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After popping off the plastic cover your looking at the metal cover(tin) with 4 screws to remove, Then use your straight edge screwdriver and pry the metal cover off.

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After about 25 screws to remove, we remove the cast pieces and there is the double board. Unhook the coax connectors from the boards.

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Here is the front side of the boards. The one on the right is a piece of tin that is totally plated on both sides. It was under the circuit board. The traces are all gold plated. I scraped the green masking and there's gold under it.

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And here is the backside of the boards. There is an inkpen there to show the size. The left board is 5" x 6", and the other is 3 1/2" x 5".

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