What I Saw - Then Talked to the Owner (Edited)

[Waynem]

As I was walking through the CG, I saw this DirectTV dish pointing straight up into the sky. It was mounted on some PVC with about 4 iche legs, keeping it off the ground. I said to myself, "I wonder how that sits up when the wind has not blown it over."

Well, at CG Bingo tonight I sat across from the owner. That is the way they mount the antenna and get perfect reception. It was a single LNB, so I know I cannot do it with my dish antenna, tripple LNB and needing SKEW.

If anyone experiments with that, let me know how you do.

Edited: The owner was tearing down to pull out this morning as I was walking by and he gave me some more information.

He filled the log PVC tubes with cement for weight.
He said that what ever the azimuth is supposed to be, subtract that number from 90 and use the results.
He also told me where I could find the information and this is what I came up with:

PVC DISH STAND

[firetrucker]

The dish does not point directly at the satellite, as the old C-band dishes did. The LNB does not sit on the dish's main axis, although it looks at the center of the dish. It looks at an angle to the dish so that it does not obscure as much of the signal. If you think of the dish as a mirror, you will see that the LNB looks at the same position in the sky whether the dish is vertical or horizontal. If it's horizontal, there's less of a chance of it being blown over.

Bob

[SlickWillie]

There was a fellow in Port Mansfield that had his dish mounted like that. Different strokes for different folks I suppose. All it needs to do is deflect the signal to the LNB, so I suppose it's as good as any setup. Mine works good with the conventional mount.

Edit-I suppose I hit the quote tab earlier when I meant to edit to correct my spelling. That's the reason for the double post. Oh well, guess the gettin' old is gettin' to me.

[ole dude]

I made a frame for mine out of 1" square tubing, put leveling feet on it and have the dish where it will adjust up or down. The whole shabang sits 2 or 3 inches from the ground. Easy to set up, easy to store and is not bothered by the wind If I was smart enough to post a picture I would.

[SlickWillie]

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[richfaa]

But it has a real low to the ground profile.. What about other vehicles parked nearby or low obstacles.. You still need to "see" the sat???

[8.1al]

The mount( http://www.rvdishmount.com/)we use places the dish close to the ground and this generally is not much of a problem till you get up in the northern states. We frequently have ours situated between rigs in sites that are narrow enough that you can't park a vehicle between them.

[noneck]

Right, we have pointed ours within what would be considered unlikely to be successful when at NASCAR infield events here in the Northeast, just inches of clearance to our neighbors RV's. Our setup is conventional...not the inverted one discussed here...I suppose it has benefit if sitting in out of the ordinary weather conditions.

[Waynem]

He did say he had to drill a 3/16 inch hole in the dish for water drainage with not adverse effect on reception.