Fw: DIY cable channel - Hobby visions show. - No Direct TV

[Jerry Budd]

It's just a line-of-sight issue.  However, many people (including 
some installers) fail to understand that with the small offset-feed 
Ku-band dishes being used the "look angle" to the satellite arc is 
higher than it appears when looking at the dish face.  A good general 
rule of thumb for "big ugly dishes" (BUD - pun intended) is that if 
the dish sees sunlight throughout the day, there is no obstruction 
problem (this is really only true during the vernal (spring and fall) 
equinox but it's close enough to eyeball it the rest of the year). 
For a small "pizza" dish that would only need to be true during the 
portion of the day when the sun is in the same quadrant of the sky as 
the satellite you are receiving signal from.

Also, signals in the C & Ku frequency band range are line-of-sight 
and are severely attenuated by dense objects (such as houses) and 
anything containing water (tree leaves absolutely kill rf in the 
summer).  One of the nice things about "cable in a box" is that you 
don't kave to be able to see the entire arc, just the particular 
satellite you are getting your feed from.  The downside is it isn't 
any cheaper than cable, you can't get everything you can with a BUD, 
nor is the picture quality as good as a BUD.

Geographically, signal strength distribution across the US is more 
than adequate (really overkill), so if you're not able to get 
reception it's either a line-of-sight obstruction issue, you have bad 
equipment, or your installer is an idiot.

Jerry


>For what it's worth, I was told the same by both DISH network and 
>Direct TV...no place to put the dish...too many tall trees.
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>-M
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>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Rick Kent [mailto:knowhow3 at bellsouth.net]
>Sent:	Tue 12/9/2003 10:35 AM
>To:	discussion at nsrca.org
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>Subject:	Re: Fw: DIY cable channel - Hobby visions show.
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>All I have to go on is the presumably expert opinion of the DirectTV
>installer, when he came out to set me up. One look at the trees and he said
>it wouldn't fly. Can't think of a reason why he'd lie to me, since that
>simply loses a potential customer. Maybe the satellite signal's weaker where
>I am geographically...who knows.
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>Rick 
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>From: discussion at nsrca.org
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>Date: Friday, December 05, 2003 04:49:47 PM
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>To: discussion at nsrca.org
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>Cc: knowhow3 at bellsouth.net
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>Subject: Re: Fw: DIY cable channel - Hobby visions show.
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>RF signals that strong pass through pine trees without problem. My friend
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>has a HOUSE in his LOS! He gets DirectTV no problemo.
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>>  Unfortunately, without an expensive amount of lumberjacking action in my
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>>  backyard, satellite isn't an option for me. The nerve of those
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>>  satellites, being in the LOS of my tall pines.....
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>>  Rick
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>>  From: discussion at nsrca.org
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>>  Date: Friday, December 05, 2003 01:16:05 PM
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>>  Toni & I have been happier with our switching to Satellite. Haven't
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>   back.
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>>  del
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>>  From: Rick Kent
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>>  Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 6:51 AM
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>>  Subject: Re: DIY cable channel - Hobby visions show.
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