replacement sat dish

Hi
I've just bought a sat dish to replace my corroded original ( sea
air ! ). this may seem a odd question but my newly aquired dish,
although elliptical like the original is vertically elliptical whereas
the other is horizontally shaped, is this a problem ?

On 7 Feb, 20:48, rog wrote:
Hi
I've just bought a sat dish to replace my corroded original ( sea
air ! ). this may seem a odd question but my newly aquired dish,
although elliptical like the original is vertically elliptical whereas
the other is horizontally shaped, is this a problem ?

You'll have to ask the satellite authorities to rotate the satellite
antenna through 90 degrees, then you should be ok. Trouble is, about
50 million satellite subscribers will be tad ****ed off when their
signal disappears.

MR

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On 7 Feb, 20:48, rog wrote:
Hi
I've just bought a sat dish to replace my corroded original ( sea
air ! ). this may seem a odd question but my newly aquired dish,
although elliptical like the original is vertically elliptical whereas
the other is horizontally shaped, is this a problem ?

You'll have to ask the satellite authorities to rotate the satellite
antenna through 90 degrees, then you should be ok. Trouble is, about
50 million satellite subscribers will be tad ****ed off when their
signal disappears.
MR


Don't be daft, mount the dish on the wall of your house and then
turn the house on it's side

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You have probably bought a 4x3 one instead of a widescreen one

On Feb 7, 10:59*pm, widgitt wrote:
You have probably bought a 4x3 one instead of a widescreen one

You're all being a set of daft buggers! The poor man comes in and asks
a sensible question and all you can do make witticisms! It reminds me
of our local when a traveller staggers in at half eleven and asks the
way to somewhere!

The sensible answers to the question are
(a) In theory yes
(b) In practice no
(c) Suck it and see.

Bill

In article ,
wrote:

It reminds me of our local when a traveller staggers in at half
eleven and asks the way to somewhere!

You can't there from here.

-- Richard
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Actually, I was told that as long as the curvature

is correct to focus both polarities of transmission on the lnb it will be
fine. Demonstrated by someone making a dish that looked like a ;larg piece
of a jigsaw puzzle as a talking point.


I think we might have hit on a nice little earner here, so don't let on, but
we are thinking of making them in the shapes of common items, and even
people. Thus the Tony Blair dish will be out soon.


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On Feb 7, 10:59 pm, widgitt wrote:
You have probably bought a 4x3 one instead of a widescreen one

You're all being a set of daft buggers! The poor man comes in and asks
a sensible question and all you can do make witticisms! It reminds me
of our local when a traveller staggers in at half eleven and asks the
way to somewhere!

The sensible answers to the question are
(a) In theory yes
(b) In practice no
(c) Suck it and see.

Bill

No, the real reply, is.
If I were going there, I'd not start from here.

Brian

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In article
,
wrote:

It reminds me of our local when a traveller staggers in at half
eleven and asks the way to somewhere!

You can't there from here.

-- Richard
--
Please remember to mention me / in tapes you leave behind.

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
om...
Actually, I was told that as long as the curvature

is correct to focus both polarities of transmission on the lnb it will
be fine. Demonstrated by someone making a dish that looked like a ;larg
piece of a jigsaw puzzle as a talking point.


OK, I'll ask, if you can make them eliptical in either direction, why not
just make them circular? Presumably making it eliptical must reduce the
gain (if that is even the correct term) across the narrow portion of the
elipse. Might allow it to tilt better though so are they perhaps not
eliptical but in fact offset with less "above" the mount than below?

Paul DS.

On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 15:10:47 -0800 (PST), "
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You're all being a set of daft buggers! The poor man comes in and asks
a sensible question and all you can do make witticisms! It reminds me
of our local when a traveller staggers in at half eleven and asks the
way to somewhere!

There was once a pub not far from here that had a notice on the door
that read "No Travellers". The name of the pub was "The Travellers
Rest".

G.Harman