pics of the dish farm...post yours too :)

[Kraven]

Is that a Natuzzi sofa?

 

[nhulst]

Nope, it's a no-name from Slumberland. The cloth is microfiber, which is easy to clean, which is exactly what you need when you have a two-year-old in the house.

 

[Magic Static]

Not much in the "Farm Report " thread lately, so I'll post an update; two recent replacements for me. An old Muzak dish pointed at 103W ku, and a Channel Master on an AJAK for the HTPC. So with the Winegard I'm at three total dishes.

 

[Borisov-54]

Good evening all. Excellent work Magic Static. And the squirrel-/or that for an animal / manual or is casual has decided to run about on wires.?

 

[Magic Static]

Good evening all. Excellent work Magic Static. And the squirrel-/or that for an animal / manual or is casual has decided to run about on wires.?
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The squirrel is house hunting. But he's hunting for his old house instead of a new one like he should. The old house went through a chipper about 8 hours earlier.
Here is the "before displaced squirrels" picture

 

[ParaclipseCKu]

Fla Dish Farm

The beginning of the new Dish Farm!
The first picture shows the 10ft Sami on the left and almost 6ft Unimesh on the right fixed on AMC-8.
The 2nd picture shows the boat shrink wrap covering the feeds and in the distance the 12ft Noaaport dish aimed at SES-1.

 

[gpflepsen]

The beginning of the new Dish Farm!
The first picture shows the 10ft Sami on the left and almost 6ft Unimesh on the right fixed on AMC-8.
The 2nd picture shows the boat shrink wrap covering the feeds and in the distance the 12ft Noaaport dish aimed at SES-1.

Nice farm! How does the same signal compare between the 12' and 10' dish? I'm curious how much better the 12' performs over the 10'er. Does the 10' miss anything the 12 can grab?

 

[ParaclipseCKu]

Thanks! I'll have to put the 10ft on the SES-1 Noaaport signal and check my C/N. I'll post back here with the results in the next few days.

 

[ParaclipseCKu]

I couldn't lock the Noaaport signal on the 10ft but the ME-TV using a MicroHD is showing S90 Q71 on the 10FT & on the 12FT the same S90 Q71. I don't believe for regular TV watching you would much difference unless looking at the signal with Spec An & both dishes are tuned perfectly!

 

[Tron]

The beginning of the new Dish Farm!
The first picture shows the 10ft Sami on the left and almost 6ft Unimesh on the right fixed on AMC-8.
The 2nd picture shows the boat shrink wrap covering the feeds and in the distance the 12ft Noaaport dish aimed at SES-1.

Nice C-Band farm! I need to start one of those.

 

[Magic Static]

Well a guy can't have too many dishes, right? And I have this 1.2M Channel Master doing nothing....Time for some fun. I pulled out the temp stand, mounted the dish and put an Invacom QPH-031 LNBF on it. I really like the way my 3M Channel Master with the Bullseye works on Ku. But how does it stack up against this 1.2M ?
I'll be doing some Ku feed hunting soon and we shall see. The 1.2m should beat it but will the BUD be adequate anyway? I'll soon know first hand


Four dishes up for awhile now. A current map of my layout so I don't get lost.

 

[beavs2112]

my Channel Master 3.0 meter prime focus

 

[danristheman]

pics of my farm at the apartment. some of them.

here is an update pics of my dish farm.

dan rose

 

[Tron]

I'd love to have a 3 meter Channel Master. Only problem would be hurricanes, and being a solid dish, I'm sure the wind load is extraordinary.

 

[SatelliteAV]

Common misconception. Above 45-50 MPH wind speed, a mesh dish has the same wind load as a solid. While mesh dishes allow wind to pass through at low speeds, at hurricane force, the mesh dish will have the same wind load as a solid.

 

[gpflepsen]

Common misconception. Above 45-50 MPH wind speed, a mesh dish has the same wind load as a solid. While mesh dishes allow wind to pass through at low speeds, at hurricane force, the mesh dish will have the same wind load as a solid.

And, the mounts I've seen for some mesh dishes look minimal. An example is my 12' Unimesh. Absolutely wimpy compared to the 8' Channelmaster fiberglass.

 

[rv1pop]

Common misconception. Above 45-50 MPH wind speed, a mesh dish has the same wind load as a solid. While mesh dishes allow wind to pass through at low speeds, at hurricane force, the mesh dish will have the same wind load as a solid.

My mesh dishes - which is all I had - survived the wind just fine, until the wind pulled the mast and concrete clear out of the ground and took the whole thing 150 feet across the property. Hmm, thats where they all stopped! Maybe I should plant them there. ..?..

 

[DJdish]

my Channel Master 3.0 meter prime focus

That´s what I want for Christmas this year

 

[DJdish]

here is an update pics of my dish farm.

dan rose

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Nice dish farm ¡

 

[FaT Air]

Best thing to do, if really big winds are expected, is what NASA and the radio astronomy telescopes do. Expose the minimum surface area to the wind. Aiming it straight up accomplishes this. And it's good for any wind direction.