Ok, so I've been struggling to get a Cband dish up now for a good while.
Struggling with finding someone to do the labor that is.
Long story short, I pretty much have someone lined up to do the labor for me this weekend coming.
I'm putting up a 10' mesh dish, it's pretty light, I can lift the four panels all at once when it was in a disassembled state. Once all the other stuff is on it though I'm sure it's going to be pretty darn heavy. Anyway...
I'm also putting up one of those little 6' dishes that were on sale last year for $80.
I have a Gbox to move the 10' dish with. I do not have one for the 6' dish.
I also have no idea yet how I will connect the Cband dishes into my system but that's down the road still.
My dad purchased a pole, I think it was 21' long to begin with and he had them cut it to fit in his van. The longest that would fit was 11 1/2' and that left the other piece being 9 1/2' long.
I'm thinking that, and please correct me if I'm wrong, that I need a minimum of 6' of pole sticking out of the ground so that the 10' dish will have 1' of clearance under it. I would prefer that it have more clearance but, I'm worried about having enough of the pole in the ground to survive a hurricane.
On the 11 1/2' pole, if I leave 6' sticking out of the ground then that means I will only be able to put 5 1/2' in the ground. Is that enough? I was thinking that the hole will be like, 16" around and my dad estimated it will take 16 sacks of cement, each sack being 80lbs. That would be 1,280lbs of cement on that pole.
Would this be strong enough to survive a category 2 hurricane? (sustained winds of 110mph)
Next up is the 6' dish. See the attached photo..
The pole for it is 9 1/2' long. My concern with it though is that it is solid vs the mesh. So in a storm it's going to have more pressure on it than the mesh would.
BUT, the thing is very flimsy and it's already bent in several places on the edges and to be honest, I think that the first tropical storm (max wind of 73mph) we get here, that thing will fold up like a cheap suit and it will go into the trash pile at the curb. I have no faith in that dish at all to withstand a storm.
Anyway.. So let's just ~pretend~ that it would survive a storm. If I put that pole 4' in the ground, leaving me 5 1/2' out of the ground so that the dish should have 2' of ground clearance, would that be deep enough?
Also. I do not have a device for moving the 6' dish, yet. Eventually I will but for now I think what I would like to do is point it at one satellite and leave it there until I can get another Gbox for it.
What would be the best satellite to park a 6' dish on? I'm looking for something like ThisTV, RTV, TV Land, etc... I like old b&w movies too, like White Springs used to run. So I'm open to suggestions/recommendations. I've never poked around on Cband and have no idea what's up there yet.
Oh and lastly, trees...
I know for a fact that trees are a problem with KU satellite. But I have heard that it's not much of a concern with Cband. Is this true? My yard is surrounded by trees. My house faces almost directly south and my back yard, I have a clear view of the southern sky but there are trees to the east and west sides of my yard so satellites that are low to the horizon are a bit tricky for me. White Springs was a tough one, I got lucky and was able to aim between two trees to get it.
I'm also currently getting the Cuban satellite but I have the dish aimed down at the ground (appears to be) and is looking through a whole bunch of trees. Once they get green again I'm going to have problems getting that satellite. Realistically I think my West limit would be like where White Springs was at and my East limit is maybe a little past the RTV satellite on 83. I could maybe get things in the 70's, IF trees are a problem. If trees are not a problem then I could probably go like 10 degrees further each way.
I dunno. I know almost ~nothing~ about Cband, how to get it, what it's limitations are, abilities, programs, tuning, nothing.... Consider me to be a total Cband idiot with zero experience because, that's exactly what I am.
Thanks guys!
Struggling with finding someone to do the labor that is.
Long story short, I pretty much have someone lined up to do the labor for me this weekend coming.
I'm putting up a 10' mesh dish, it's pretty light, I can lift the four panels all at once when it was in a disassembled state. Once all the other stuff is on it though I'm sure it's going to be pretty darn heavy. Anyway...
I'm also putting up one of those little 6' dishes that were on sale last year for $80.
I have a Gbox to move the 10' dish with. I do not have one for the 6' dish.
I also have no idea yet how I will connect the Cband dishes into my system but that's down the road still.
My dad purchased a pole, I think it was 21' long to begin with and he had them cut it to fit in his van. The longest that would fit was 11 1/2' and that left the other piece being 9 1/2' long.
I'm thinking that, and please correct me if I'm wrong, that I need a minimum of 6' of pole sticking out of the ground so that the 10' dish will have 1' of clearance under it. I would prefer that it have more clearance but, I'm worried about having enough of the pole in the ground to survive a hurricane.
On the 11 1/2' pole, if I leave 6' sticking out of the ground then that means I will only be able to put 5 1/2' in the ground. Is that enough? I was thinking that the hole will be like, 16" around and my dad estimated it will take 16 sacks of cement, each sack being 80lbs. That would be 1,280lbs of cement on that pole.
Would this be strong enough to survive a category 2 hurricane? (sustained winds of 110mph)
Next up is the 6' dish. See the attached photo..
The pole for it is 9 1/2' long. My concern with it though is that it is solid vs the mesh. So in a storm it's going to have more pressure on it than the mesh would.
BUT, the thing is very flimsy and it's already bent in several places on the edges and to be honest, I think that the first tropical storm (max wind of 73mph) we get here, that thing will fold up like a cheap suit and it will go into the trash pile at the curb. I have no faith in that dish at all to withstand a storm.
Anyway.. So let's just ~pretend~ that it would survive a storm. If I put that pole 4' in the ground, leaving me 5 1/2' out of the ground so that the dish should have 2' of ground clearance, would that be deep enough?
Also. I do not have a device for moving the 6' dish, yet. Eventually I will but for now I think what I would like to do is point it at one satellite and leave it there until I can get another Gbox for it.
What would be the best satellite to park a 6' dish on? I'm looking for something like ThisTV, RTV, TV Land, etc... I like old b&w movies too, like White Springs used to run. So I'm open to suggestions/recommendations. I've never poked around on Cband and have no idea what's up there yet.
Oh and lastly, trees...
I know for a fact that trees are a problem with KU satellite. But I have heard that it's not much of a concern with Cband. Is this true? My yard is surrounded by trees. My house faces almost directly south and my back yard, I have a clear view of the southern sky but there are trees to the east and west sides of my yard so satellites that are low to the horizon are a bit tricky for me. White Springs was a tough one, I got lucky and was able to aim between two trees to get it.
I'm also currently getting the Cuban satellite but I have the dish aimed down at the ground (appears to be) and is looking through a whole bunch of trees. Once they get green again I'm going to have problems getting that satellite. Realistically I think my West limit would be like where White Springs was at and my East limit is maybe a little past the RTV satellite on 83. I could maybe get things in the 70's, IF trees are a problem. If trees are not a problem then I could probably go like 10 degrees further each way.
I dunno. I know almost ~nothing~ about Cband, how to get it, what it's limitations are, abilities, programs, tuning, nothing.... Consider me to be a total Cband idiot with zero experience because, that's exactly what I am.
Thanks guys!