Want to see a REAL dish??.....

[n1wbd]

Check out www.k1rqg.com. I believe Joe said this was a 32 ft dish used to bounce SSB and CW signals off the moon!! He has talk to numerous countries around the world with it.

Bob
N1WBD

 

[Beano_face]

thats pretty sweet...

 

[LocutusOfBorg]

That's what I'll need when I move to Costa Rica.

 

[PopcornNMore]

That would be a great addition to my dish farm.

 

[eurosport]

I'll bet you'd have no trouble pulling in DVB-S2 with that bad-boy!

 

[Mr Tony]

I know member tonydix has a dish about that size...check his avatar

 

[n1wbd]

I'm told it's so heavy and big that it has to be moved hydraulically. I asked him about using it for Cband or KU and he stated that it's too touchy for geosync. Satellites.

If that dish moves like 1/8" you'll lose the signal and you'd constantly be tweaking it.

That would be a great addition to my dish farm.

 

[chapelrun]

Can I ask - - - where is this dish and how long has it been up?

WAY COOL !!! :up

 

[LocutusOfBorg]

I'm told it's so heavy and big that it has to be moved hydraulically. I asked him about using it for Cband or KU and he stated that it's too touchy for geosync. Satellites.

If that dish moves like 1/8" you'll lose the signal and you'd constantly be tweaking it.

Yeah. You'd need a very stable precision dish mover for something like that since the beamwidth is much tighter.

 

[n1wbd]

In the state of Maine, I believe it was put up in 2001 I believe. I believe he uses it on 1296mhz and 2.4 ghz using a 2 meter rig for the IF and tranverters.

Can I ask - - - where is this dish and how long has it been up?

WAY COOL !!! :up

 

[tvropro]

Sweet.

 

[Likvid]

Here is a guy who installed a 22ft dish for Ku/C-band on his lawn motorized.

The parabolic page

 

[Tron]

Looks like a Paraclipse, although I don't think they made a model that large. Does he rent a cherry picker to adjust the feed?

 

[digiblur]

That's an awesome pic with a great view of the sky!

 

[Cosmokramer11]

Here is a guy who installed a 22ft dish for Ku/C-band on his lawn motorized.

The parabolic page

That is sweet!