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Thread: Is there much difference between 33 and 36 inch Dish? |
    
New member Username: Mitchman73
Post Number: 8
Registered: Jun-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 11:45 am: |
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Hi was just wondering if theres any advantage of getting a 36 inch dish over 33 inch dish with my motor setup?
C00lsat 7k
SG2100
I currently only have a 18 dish 
I will install a circular and linear lnbs to a Diseqc Switch to this new dish...33 or 36?
(I can't afford the fancy Invacom quad LNB)
I live in Ottawa, Ontario.
Mitch |
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Gold Member Username: Nydas
Post Number: 6606
Registered: Jun-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 12:56 pm: |
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Consider this:
33-36" dish
One Universal LNB good for 118.7/119W
One LNB for 110W
One LNB for 97W - Galaxy TV
One DisEqC 4 to 1 switch. |
Silver Member Username: Yakovaki
Post Number: 146
Registered: Sep-07
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| Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 01:17 pm: |
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ya...the difference is 3 inches
lol
ok well basically you are looking at 60% Q on the 118.7 with 33 and 70% Q on the 118.7 with 36 |
Silver Member Username: Tigger_woods
Post Number: 304
Registered: Jun-07
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| Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 01:18 pm: |
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About 3 inches |
Silver Member Username: One_eye_jack
Post Number: 173
Registered: Nov-07
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| Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 01:19 pm: |
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Mitch
With a motorized System you are better off with the 36" dish, around $50.00, $10.00 more then
the 33" |
Silver Member Username: Space_invader
Andromeda M31
Post Number: 355
Registered: Nov-07
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| Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 01:40 pm: |
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you will have better reception... size do matters, even if it's is a small difference; when getting true FTA satellites (satmex 5, IAD 5,6 etc...) |
Gold Member Username: Ke5aqn
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Post Number: 2780
Registered: Sep-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 01:54 pm: |
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I have a 31" dish in oklahoma and get every sat up their.....hope that helps |
Silver Member Username: Space_invader
Andromeda M31
Post Number: 357
Registered: Nov-07
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| Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 02:00 pm: |
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Now dn and bev knows where you're... LOL 
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Gold Member Username: Ke5aqn
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Post Number: 2785
Registered: Sep-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 02:07 pm: |
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reamber the bigger the dish the harder it is to fine tune.. |
Silver Member Username: Bjcrisp6478
Post Number: 124
Registered: Nov-07
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| Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 02:09 pm: |
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i'm looking to get a bigger set up to...is this what i need?? 
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Gold Member Username: Ke5aqn
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Post Number: 2787
Registered: Sep-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 02:12 pm: |
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31" dish, motor, QPH-031 dual lnb cicular and liner |
New member Username: Jgrumby
Post Number: 2
Registered: Dec-07
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| Posted on Monday, December 31, 2007 - 05:04 pm: |
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reamber the bigger the dish the harder it is to fine tune..
Odd... I always thought a bigger dish meant more signal. A bigger dish should make it easier to fine tune since it's receiving more of the signal from the satellite.
I dunno. Maybe it's just me trying to apply logic to fta.... |
New member Username: Mucho
Post Number: 8
Registered: Dec-07
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| Posted on Monday, December 31, 2007 - 06:37 pm: |
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TESTER,tell me what do you mean by fine tune a dish? and why would it be harder? Dish size depends on your location and the satellite you want. Why do you think they make a 31", 33", 36" and a 39" Dish? |
Gold Member Username: Ke5aqn
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Post Number: 2823
Registered: Sep-06
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| Posted on Monday, December 31, 2007 - 06:54 pm: |
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with the some of these ku sat's getting the quality is just like that. I have seen someware the explanation of why the bigger the dish harder is to tune.....think of the signal from a satellite its like the size of a window....on the 18" dish's the entire antenna would be the suze of the "window" on a 10 foot but the "window" of the dish's signal is the same but the dish antenna is alot bigger to get in the small window.
Dish size has not much to to with amount of signal.It has more to do with type of signal you are trying to catch. A 18" will not get the signal from a ku fta sat with "in the clear" channels. You have to have a 31" dish or better to receive them. You have to have a BUD to receive the C-band sats as well....but the bigger dish's can receive the others |
