18 inch dish

[gino_1983]

Hey guys i have an 18 inch dish currently running 110 119 i was wondering if i kept the same dish up but got a 110 119 129 bracket i was told dish to small for al 3 sats but ehat about if i use 110 and 129 and leave 119 empty would that work?

[dishuser]

Hey guys i have an 18 inch dish currently running 110 119 i was wondering if i kept the same dish up but got a 110 119 129 bracket i was told dish to small for al 3 sats but ehat about if i use 110 and 129 and leave 119 empty would that work?
depending on location an 18" will work and eliminating 119 won't make a difference

[gino_1983]

Really perfect thanks prople were saying i need a 24 inch and i didnt wanna change that rather get a bracket and try it out, thanks

[gino_1983]

Yes I do live in Ontario canada about 2 hour from Buffalo

[kijiji]

Yes I do live in Ontario canada about 2 hour from Buffalo
Then i would say that a 18" dish is not going to cut it i would consider a 24'' instead.

[kijiji]

Agreed...Maybe a 20" but a 24" would yield better results.When I was using sat,i could only get 1 transponder (conus) on the 129 sat with an 18" dish in the GTA.

yes bro if he / she wants all the tp's best results would be a 24" dish.

[Terryl]

It should be a 24" or larger elliptical dish, this type of dish will have a better chance of seeing 3 satellite vs one 18" dish designed for two only.

Or find an old Dish 1000, it is setup for those satellites.

And to see what size dish you can use for 129W take a look at the link below, select the CONUS beam in the pink area at the top of the site, (the Canada beam is not used) zoom into your location where the dish is going to be mounted and click on it, this will give you an estimated dish size needed for error free reception on 129W, as it has a funny footprint.


http://www.satbeams.com/footprints?norad=33453

[gino_1983]

Thanks for you help guys just gonna keep what im running now was thinking of going hd but would need new dish new receiver new switch will just keep as is

[dishuser]

around same area and get 97% on a 20" pan

[Glatt]

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Thanks for you help guys just gonna keep what im running now was thinking of going hd but would need new dish new receiver new switch will just keep as is

You do not need a new dish for HD I am in Toronto and get 99% on all sats 24662

[gino_1983]

On a 18 inch?

[Glatt]

Yes on 18" dish all 99%24666

[abouttosnap]

Just for the tally book...any dish with a pan or reflector size bigger than 18"W x 20"H is not an 18" dish...or what some call an 18" round dish. Next size up would be the pan or reflector on something similar to a dish500 which would be roughly 20.5"W x 22"H and they go up in size from there. The one in picture above looks to be what is called an elliptical or oval dish and is most likely 24"W x 18"H or larger.

[Glatt]

The dish is an oval 18" dish!!