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Hello All,
I am about to do my first installation and I have a couple of questions. My site has a lot of trees to the south and west. I will be using a Fortec 80 cm dish to get BYU-TV on Galaxy 28. This is 5 degrees west of due south at my location. I have searched my property and found the best position is on the western property line looking toward the least densest part of the trees. I don't think that the 56 degree inclination is going to clear the treetops. There is a lot of daylight coming thru here but I am still concerned that there will be a problem. Just how bad are trees anyway? I have seen a lot of Dish Network antennas that are aimed directly at stands of trees and they are getting good reception.
The Fortec dish I will be using has a 22.75 degree offset. Will this effect the skew or aiming of the dish and why do they use these offsets? I have noticed that the newer Dish Network dishes have a variable offset adjustment on the mount.
Thanks for any advice that you can offer.
I am about to do my first installation and I have a couple of questions. My site has a lot of trees to the south and west. I will be using a Fortec 80 cm dish to get BYU-TV on Galaxy 28. This is 5 degrees west of due south at my location. I have searched my property and found the best position is on the western property line looking toward the least densest part of the trees. I don't think that the 56 degree inclination is going to clear the treetops. There is a lot of daylight coming thru here but I am still concerned that there will be a problem. Just how bad are trees anyway? I have seen a lot of Dish Network antennas that are aimed directly at stands of trees and they are getting good reception.
The Fortec dish I will be using has a 22.75 degree offset. Will this effect the skew or aiming of the dish and why do they use these offsets? I have noticed that the newer Dish Network dishes have a variable offset adjustment on the mount.
Thanks for any advice that you can offer.
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Leaves on trees will kill Ku reception, be it Dish or FTA.
With the Fortec FTA dish, you skew the LNB; the mount doesn't allow for that.
And if you're only a few degrees off your true south satellite, the LNB skew won't be much.
You didn't say where you were, but I'm assuming pretty far south.
If your elevation is 56º, then it's 56º.
What Ice was saying is that when you dial your dish to 56º, it appears to be looking 22º lower than it is really receiving a signal from.
So , the dish may appear to be aimed at the trees, when it is actually looking over them.
You don't add the two numbers together.
To get more clearance over the trees to your south, you move the base of the dish either UP in the air, or North on your property.
Either will get it away from the trees.
There's a web site around here some place with calculations (I'm sure someone will chime in) for "your satellite elevation" and the height of "distant objects".
BUT, the easy way is to build this free sighting-inclinometer.
Okay, one buck for the angle gauge (protractor) at the 99¢ store...
With the Fortec FTA dish, you skew the LNB; the mount doesn't allow for that.
And if you're only a few degrees off your true south satellite, the LNB skew won't be much.
You didn't say where you were, but I'm assuming pretty far south.
If your elevation is 56º, then it's 56º.
What Ice was saying is that when you dial your dish to 56º, it appears to be looking 22º lower than it is really receiving a signal from.
So , the dish may appear to be aimed at the trees, when it is actually looking over them.
You don't add the two numbers together.
To get more clearance over the trees to your south, you move the base of the dish either UP in the air, or North on your property.
Either will get it away from the trees.
There's a web site around here some place with calculations (I'm sure someone will chime in) for "your satellite elevation" and the height of "distant objects".
BUT, the easy way is to build this free sighting-inclinometer.
Okay, one buck for the angle gauge (protractor) at the 99¢ store...
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So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.
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