What is this dish used for?

[Striker33]

Anyone know what this dish is used for? There are a lot of them in my area. Just started in the last few months.
Thanks

 

[Striker33]

Need help in posting attatchment in thread.

 

[gabshere]

below the message box in advanced look for a button that says manage attachments

 

[Striker33]

I did that - Clicked on browse and selected file - clicked upload.
No att. Could it be some setting in my computer?

 

[Striker33]

This is the dish

 

[digiblur]

This is the dish

That thing is skewed like a big dog, eh! Looks like some sort of dual orbital position LNB type deal.

 

[updatelee]

man that is one hell of a skew !

 

[digiblur]

If I had to guess.... http://www.hits.com or a commercial starchoice system.

 

[Anole]

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Anyone know what this dish is used for?
There are a lot of them in my area. Just started in the last few months.
Thanks

What is your area?
Given your city or zip code, and the apparent skew, we might be able to guess where the dish is pointing.

How big are the dishes?
I would guess: 36, 40, 48 inches (?)

What sort of buildings are they on? Commercial? Homes?
The picture looks like it might be a home, but that's an unusual tall-pole-mount, with braces to the building...

....hrmmm.... looks kinda like a 4-foot GeoSatPro dish... (?)
but I don't know them well enough to be sure (can't find a proper picture of 'em)

 

[Tron]

If you see someone getting rid of one, by all means snag it. Almost surely it can be used (or modified via replacement LNBF if necessary) for FTA

 

[Striker33]

Area Hawaii - dish pointing east and 40inch or bigger. Mounted on homes and yards.

 

[grusome]

Could be for Dish to get their western sats.
grusome

 

[colbec]

To judge by the eavestrough and downspout, the quality of that installation looks amateur, but evidently functional. Assuming a 3" x 2" downspout, viewed side on would be about 3", and extrapolating to the size of the dish, anybody else get 44"?

Looks like a pro install, look how tight the cables are. Evidently not mounted on a motor!