dish sizes

[LocutusOfBorg]

How accurate is dishpointer.com on dish sizes?

 

[greenguy]

in my opinion (only based from area) i would have to say not very accurate when it comes to sizes and what you can get in your area. when i looked at it, it seems like i cant catch anything from here lol but i have heaps of birds under lock includin DN sats

 

[LocutusOfBorg]

Since I'm considering retiring to Costa Rica I decided to take a peek at what info they had and they showed that CR is outside the footprint of most of the NA birds. dishpointer did show some NA birds (such as Galaxy 3 C-band) could be picked up with a 10 footer. Others have stated that a 25+ foot dish would work to pick up the NA birds. Dishes of that size would be difficult to install and maintain. If a 12 foot dish was adequate for Ku and if there was more content on the Ku birds then I would consider putting up a dish in CR. I suppose that there are some C-band sats in view that carry English language programming that I could pick up with a 12 footer. Otherwise, I'll have to go with a fixed pizza dish (Sky).

 

[phlatwound]

jn, you might search threads by "tonydix", he lives in Panama close to Costa Rica, might give you an idea of what you might be able to do down there. I believe his BUD is a 22-24 footer

 

[LocutusOfBorg]

Check out these BUD prices: 3 4 5 7 10 meter Large Satellite Dish

Petty cash! Anyway, the 8 meter Prodelin dish would pay for 65+ years of DTV subs.

 

[greenguy]

Check out these BUD prices: 3 4 5 7 10 meter Large Satellite Dish

Petty cash! Anyway, the 8 meter Prodelin dish would pay for 65+ years of DTV subs.

if you are gonna spend that kind of money might as well add 2 bucks more and get the 21 meter dish