C-Band NPRM

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Currently staying on the 9th floor of The Strat Hotel in Las Vegas. Outside my window there are 4 C-band dishes on NPRM's (probably for the sports book).

Never seen an NPRM for a C-band dish before, so thought I'd share :)

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.....I wonder what those NPRM cost.
You can buy from here:


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Hi a forum members is selling some.

Kijiji, eBay, and Craigslist dishes for you to take a look at


Considering the prices for new ones, that's a bargain if you live local and can pick it up.
 
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There are a couple hundred plus 4.5 meter C band dishes in the Alaska bush, there are no traditional building materials available usually "rock boxes" are used to anchor them down. A variety of surface mounts are used whatever works.
 

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I mounted an 8ft CM offset on railway ties buried just below ground surface. Hasn't blown over yet! Likely not best for a rooftop though can't bury anything there unless you can tie into the roof structure somehow.
Shouldn't be difficult to weld something like post #6 with some material from a local scrap yard.
 
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Here is a link to the NPRM install at the Ti shop. Added three safety chains tied into the rafters to minimize the chance of a fly-away, but it has never shifted even in heavy winds. Five years later and still tracking the arc.

 
Here is a link to the NPRM install at the Ti shop....
The only thing more beautiful than a 10-foot mesh is one on top of a roof in the clear able to see lower on the horizon.

I took one like that to the dump before my last move. I stupidly thought it would be too awkward to move cross country. When the 80-foot moving truck arrived, I realized my mistake.

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