I know someone in the headend for years and has some dishes to rid. He has solid dishes 12, 15, 25, and larger. Since I live in a rural area I think I can get away with a 15.
My question is, is it really worth the extra 1.5 ft radius?
I know someone in the headend for years and has some dishes to rid. He has solid dishes 12, 15, 25, and larger. Since I live in a rural area I think I can get away with a 15.
My question is, is it really worth the extra 1.5 ft radius?
Yes, but are you going to have to move it between satellites??
Most of the head end dishes are fixed in place.
You will need a good strong motor.
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"If its working fine now, then don't mess with it"
"Second rule of testing satellites"
"If you did mess with it, and now it doesn't work, can you blame someone else?"
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"If you did mess with it, and it doesn't work now, and you can't blame someone else"
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And anything bigger then the 15 footer may be optimized for "C" band, it may work OK for "kU" band but the gain will not be as high.
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"First rule of testing satellites"
"If its working fine now, then don't mess with it"
"Second rule of testing satellites"
"If you did mess with it, and now it doesn't work, can you blame someone else?"
"Third rule of testing satellites"
"If you did mess with it, and it doesn't work now, and you can't blame someone else"
"Can you HIDE it"?
I heard the bigger is not better for ku, therefore I will use my 10ft for ku. Im sure your right, the 15 is alum im guessing an old comtech. I plan on building a counterweight so the motor isnt taxed to death. Thanks for your input. I plan on going there this week, maybe I should take some pics.
What I forgot to mention is I hope the 15 will work for higher demods on cband.
Got the room and don't have any size restrictions then go for the 25 footer, then your set for life.
Remember that the base needs to be 5 times the weight of the dish,motor AND counter weight.
And with that big a dish you need to also include a soil cap of at least 4 inches of concrete, and it should be as large length and width wise as 1/2 the dish size. Unless your mounting in solid rock.
This keeps it from tilting and wobbling too much in a strong wind.
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"First rule of testing satellites"
"If its working fine now, then don't mess with it"
"Second rule of testing satellites"
"If you did mess with it, and now it doesn't work, can you blame someone else?"
"Third rule of testing satellites"
"If you did mess with it, and it doesn't work now, and you can't blame someone else"
"Can you HIDE it"?
I would suggest 12' with a 36" jack. The bigger you go the stronger the motor you will need unless you plan on it being stationary. i am using an 8' solid right now for the circular eastern sats with excellent results, even the tough s2 tp.
After going there I think it will be too much work to resurrect one of these old dishes if I do try one it wont be larger than a 12.
Photos have a surreal quality though.
yea the place is a cband graveyard. There are dishes everywhere of all kinds.
Grab the black mesh dish in the second photo, it looks like a Channel Master, I have one and it works fine for both bands.
Hopefully it has the linear motor with it, and the LNB mounting booms.
You can take it apart in 4 sections for transport, or a truck with a lumber rake wold do, but it is heavy it's a two man job to move.
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"First rule of testing satellites"
"If its working fine now, then don't mess with it"
"Second rule of testing satellites"
"If you did mess with it, and now it doesn't work, can you blame someone else?"
"Third rule of testing satellites"
"If you did mess with it, and it doesn't work now, and you can't blame someone else"
"Can you HIDE it"?
They should have a yard sale, but all the rest look to be fixed dishes, they would be a nightmare to motorize.
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"I'm happier then a Jackalope in a balloon factory"
"First rule of testing satellites"
"If its working fine now, then don't mess with it"
"Second rule of testing satellites"
"If you did mess with it, and now it doesn't work, can you blame someone else?"
"Third rule of testing satellites"
"If you did mess with it, and it doesn't work now, and you can't blame someone else"
"Can you HIDE it"?
i think that mesh dish is 10ft, i already have one going was trying to get a 12. I run a machine shop so making moving mounts for normally fixed isnt a big deal, but for the time involved I might be better to buy tvro 13.5 dish if its not a piece of garbage. My other option is to buy a 12ft patriot new, but not spending money right now things are slow.
I have to agree with Terryl. A mesh dish is by far superior to a solid for c band especially if it has the slightly larger holes. Solid dishes weigh a ton and may require a heavy duty motor to move them.