When does FTA Satellite Installation become an Art form?

When does FTA Satellite Installation become an Art form?

These three inverted satellite antenna are an on going project of mine. The 40" main dish is on a Poor Man's H to H mount" It rotates on a pole set at EXACTLY 45º, same as my latitude here in the Twin Cities. When It moves it tracks the Clarke Belt precisely. The small DBS inverted dish was in use recently for the FTA NASA channel a GREAT reason for a FTA satellite system alone. And the middle size dish (Globecast dish) was an experiment to see how low to the ground I could go and still get signal from the whole Clake belt, the answer was VERY LOW. Ground level to be exact!

My test rig was looking good in the early summer evening sun here in MN. so I decided to take a few snaps, I always paint my dish with FLAT MATT BLACK Paint. In the winter even a weak sun will heat them up in the morning and melt any snow and ice, they also fade into the background of the yard and are thus less obtrusive.

Inverting satellite dish is often used by the military and in the north and south poles where the elevation to satellites is extremely low on the horizon. When inverted they gather every bit as much signal as they would in the normal off-set position,but I think they really look cool inverted, LOW PROFILE.

It's ALWAYS a good idea to install a satellite dish as LOW as you can get it, FTA dish are large. When on the ground/pole wind is not as much of a factor, as even very slight movements and flexing of the dish in the wind can really drop the signal quality often resulting in pixelization or even outages in extreme conditions. Another great reason for installing low is in Snowy regions you can simply walk outside and gently brush off any ice and or snow. (Another tip would be King's Rain shield or loosely tie a 'black' garbage back over the dish. It will not affect the signal quality and as it blows in the wind snow will not be able to accumulate in the antenna.

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[ryobie1]

That does look nice all painted and upside down.

I might try something like that.

What birds you pointed at?

[psb2usa]

@ryobie1 The bigger dish is on a "poor mans H to H mount" so can see all the satellite simply by moving east or west. Once set, the elevation never needs altered. Unlike the smaller dish that have to be reset for every satellite in both AZ and EL.

[modsquad01]

well dunn verry good setup bit better than my crashcan. cement and a pole in the middle lol gut good of your renting

[psb2usa]

@modsquad01 Would love to see it!

[gypsybeater192]

free tv =}

[psb2usa]

@gypsybeater192 Ye cannie whack it : )

[psb2usa]

@ryobie1 Thats not saying much, thanks for watching (wasting)

[psb2usa]

@jimanddim Great idea, of course you know I am going to steal it... thanks.

[psb2usa]

@getdishnetwork : )

[getdishnetwork]

Those satellite dishes look way cooler than any other one I have seem, haha. That's a great idea, thanks for posting

[jimanddim]

If the parabolics were left black but some of the other structural elements painted a burnt green to match your landscape the whole array would really stand out.

[ryobie1]

Holy crap! I just watched 5 minutes of nothing and this was the most entertaining video tonight.