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Old 08-02-2006, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by reho33
Can a 6 foot prime focus dish be used for Ku? And if one were to do so, how would a person find the actual elevation settings for it as the settings given by most calculators only do it for offset dishes?. Lastly, would the adjustments be a lot more critical than a 3' dish? And how much more gain and adjacent satellite rejection would one expect?
The adjustments are still the same. Or I guess I should say same will get you at least close. As to more or less critical yes and no. Depends on what you are trying to receive but basically the larger the dish the larger the side lobes which can get rough to distinguish from the actual signal itself. Worth every bit of the install though as more surface makes for more signal trapped which makes for a better picture.
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