What is the LARGEST C Dish you own?
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Right now I have a Hydroform Paraclipse 7 1/2' (or so) dish but I have also owned an Orbitron 12' and a Unimesh 12' perf. Those 12 footers were nice - used to get sparkle-free Anik 1 & 2 reception in Texas which was hard to do in the late 80's-early 90's. Oh I also have a Unimesh 10' perf that's been disassembled in my back yard for about 5 years. Just can't bring myself to scrap it.
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I know of a 5 meter Simulsat that might be available in the next 90 days if you are truly interested. You'd need a crane to disassemble and a a flatbed to move the parts though.
And I hope you aren't even thinking of trying to get one of these things plumb yourself.
And I hope you aren't even thinking of trying to get one of these things plumb yourself.
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Moving a Simulsat is NOT an everyday experience.
I participated in removing one from the Commerce Casino east of Los Angeles, and reinstalling at UCLA, over 15 years ago.
A massive amount of cement is required to properly install one of these beasts, and we waited several weeks for it to cure before setting up in the new location. The first crane that attempted to lift the antenna failed, requiring a new machine to be dispatched.
Very skilled operators are needed to transport and properly re-deploy the Simulsat antenna into a new location. Even though the casino donated the antenna to the university, many thousands of dollars were spent in transport and re-installation.
Trickier yet is extracting great performance from a used antenna
of this size. Lots of trial and error, and acceptance of its limitations.
While meant to replace a number of multiple C-band antennas in one location, you would certainly get better performance with a properly tuned, brand new motorized 12-foot solid antenna.
Go to the MULTIFEEDS section of the GLOBAL website at www.global-cm.net for a picture of the finished installation.
I participated in removing one from the Commerce Casino east of Los Angeles, and reinstalling at UCLA, over 15 years ago.
A massive amount of cement is required to properly install one of these beasts, and we waited several weeks for it to cure before setting up in the new location. The first crane that attempted to lift the antenna failed, requiring a new machine to be dispatched.
Very skilled operators are needed to transport and properly re-deploy the Simulsat antenna into a new location. Even though the casino donated the antenna to the university, many thousands of dollars were spent in transport and re-installation.
Trickier yet is extracting great performance from a used antenna
of this size. Lots of trial and error, and acceptance of its limitations.
While meant to replace a number of multiple C-band antennas in one location, you would certainly get better performance with a properly tuned, brand new motorized 12-foot solid antenna.
Go to the MULTIFEEDS section of the GLOBAL website at www.global-cm.net for a picture of the finished installation.
One of the Simulsat 3s I service is either warped or not set up properly. The feedhorn support tray does not allow me to position one of the feedhorns in the middle of the arc to where it peaks, so I had to make my own kludge feed support to peak it.
There is no way in hell that I was going to try to "correct" the aim of the dish such that I could position that feedhorn within the box channels using the furnished hardware, as the dish underperforms at present and I didn't want to spend the next few years trying to absolve myself of blame for any other inadequate signals developed by the other marginally-performing feedhorns.
This customer probably never should have bought this monstrosity. All they needed was access to the fewer than half a dozen C-band satellites starting from G-5 and to its west that cable companies have long used for basic cable programming. They could have set up two 12' dishes with multibeam feeds that would have easily outperformed it, and they would have been more serviceable.
There is no way in hell that I was going to try to "correct" the aim of the dish such that I could position that feedhorn within the box channels using the furnished hardware, as the dish underperforms at present and I didn't want to spend the next few years trying to absolve myself of blame for any other inadequate signals developed by the other marginally-performing feedhorns.
This customer probably never should have bought this monstrosity. All they needed was access to the fewer than half a dozen C-band satellites starting from G-5 and to its west that cable companies have long used for basic cable programming. They could have set up two 12' dishes with multibeam feeds that would have easily outperformed it, and they would have been more serviceable.
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