Friday Fun: Mystery Dish

**meinename** · 02-05-2010 02:59 AM

Well I went to a Doctor's Office the other day and this dish caught my eye.
Not the dish itself that really caught my eye.

I think I've got the purpose figured out, so I thought I'd let you all take a guess.

The first image is a cropped version of the second original image a 1.0 MB 7MP image

**hal2001ph** · 02-05-2010 03:07 AM

Looks like a GSM-based internet access point (Canopy) device by Motorola with a reflector dish.

**Tron** · 02-05-2010 03:46 AM

Wi-Fi... I've heard point-to-point Wi-Fi is a good use for 18-20" dishes. Some even use Primestars for it, but that's a hanging offense in this household

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**Blindowl1234** · 02-05-2010 05:31 AM

I'm guessing it's used for music channels! Blind

**meinename** · 02-05-2010 05:37 AM

*sigh* I guess I really did need a side-shot.
With a side shot, the elevation looks standard for a regular Dish Network dish

**dougbrown** · 02-05-2010 11:05 AM

I'm guessing WIFI also...

**pedrogarcia** · 02-05-2010 04:59 PM

Judging by elevation looks like a local LOS microwave link

**chapelrun** · 02-05-2010 05:06 PM

I think the little device is to keep bird poop off the dish

Mind you this is only a working theory

**Conky** · 02-05-2010 06:05 PM

thats a D2DCSRS

door to door cable salesman repellent system

**Anole** · 02-05-2010 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by meinename

*sigh* I guess I really did need a side-shot.
With a side shot, the elevation looks standard for a regular Dish Network dish

If it's a wi-fi USB stick mounted in place of the LNB, it's sure hard to tell from this angle.
And, if the elevation is standard, then the wi-fi dongle would have to be higher than the LNB throat to shoot along the ground...
... reducing the efficiency of the reflector tremendously.

I really can't tell on this LCD monitor.