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Originally Posted by EyesofThunder
I have someone who is giving me a large fiberglass dish with a receiver, a bit older, but they were functional, motorized and all when last used.
Can I get the FTA stuff with it? I am guessing 5-7 years old when the RX was new.
What do I need to support this size/weight dish? Where I just moved is a 2.5"-3" pipe in the ground, probably 3-4 feet up in concrete, used for some sort of dish, but unknown the size, but it is a pretty sturdy mount.
Is there any good dish primers out there?
Thanks!!
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? re size dish, all you say is "large". That has different meanings to different people. Also, re weight, fiberglass dishes vary quite a bit in weight. I've had one that was VERY heavy, and have one that is quite light, so it's hard to say.
Also, just saying a 2.5-3.0" pipe doesn't say how heavy duty the pipe is. However, usually, for a 10' mesh dish (some consider as big, others consider medium), you generally need 3" schedule 40 pipe, which is ~3.5" OD, or perhaps even 3.5" (4" OD) for a heavy fibergalss. This size pipe would probably also be OK for a light weight fiberglass dish of that size too. A pipe that is 2.5-3" like you say, would probably be appropriate for a dish in the 4-8' range (small to medium for
C-band, large for Ku), assuming that it is schedule 40. If the pipe is thinner than schedule 40, it's probably appropriate for less than 4' dishes.
However, if you already have the pole in the ground, and will have the dish soon, go ahead and try it. See if the pole flexes much when you mount it on the pole. If your dish is indeed a 10' dish though, the mount is probably made for a 3.5" or 4" pole. If your pole is schedule 40, you might be able to get a length of the next bigger size and slip it over the old pole.
The other important parameter is the height of the pole. A pole that is only 3-4' above ground, will only be able to handle a dish a bit less that twice that diameter, because it will hit the ground when the motor turns to the horizon, and if you are in a northern latitude where there is snow, you have to add the average snow depth in winter to that. Like for my 10' dish, I figure I need a minimum of 5' off the ground, just to clear the ground, but since we regularly get 2 to 3' of snow in the winter, I added 3' to that, and made sure that I had at least 8' above ground for that dish. For my smaller dishes, I put them on about a 4' pole, but know that I have to dig the snow out from under it before I move it (although with global warming, the last couple years, we haven't exceeded 2', so I haven't needed to shovel snow).
Anyway, what size dish? What model receiver and motor?
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