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the_leo•1mo ago

Cheap LNB fried after one rainstorm in Florida

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drew_jones31•1mo ago

Picked a wire mesh over solid aluminum for my dish, totally different signal

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emmam89•2mo ago

C-band vs Ku-band for home built dishes - which actually pulls in more channels?

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the_wade•2mo ago

Wasted $150 on a cheap LNB before I learned to check the noise figure

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mianelson•2mo ago

Took me 6 months to figure out my LNB was aimed at the wrong satellite cluster the whole time

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sanchez.mary•2mo ago

Critique from a retired RF engineer fixed my dish alignment completely

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pat_moore•2mo ago

Went with solid aluminum dish over mesh for my build. Regretting it now.

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price.ray•2mo ago

Noticed the old C-band dishes are getting harder to find at scrap yards

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xena_bailey18•2mo ago

Picked a 10-foot mesh dish over a solid fiberglass one for my backyard build

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karencampbell•2mo ago

Visited a radio observatory in New Mexico last month and kept noticing how many of their homemade dishes used old satellite TV parts

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reese_lee9•2mo ago

Overheard a guy at the hardware store say he uses old pizza pans as satellite dish reflectors

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the_parker•2mo ago

TIL I was aiming my dish all wrong for 6 months. A guy on YouTube showed me the right way to use a compass.

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c/diy-satellite-dishes

Cheap LNB fried after one rainstorm in Florida

Picked a wire mesh over solid aluminum for my dish, totally different signal

C-band vs Ku-band for home built dishes - which actually pulls in more channels?

Wasted $150 on a cheap LNB before I learned to check the noise figure

TIL the hard way that a cheap TV dish won't catch weather satellite signals...

Bought a $90 Ku band LNB off eBay and got burned

Finally upgraded my LNB from a basic one to a PLL type... wow

Took me 6 months to figure out my LNB was aimed at the wrong satellite cluster the whole time

Critique from a retired RF engineer fixed my dish alignment completely

Went with solid aluminum dish over mesh for my build. Regretting it now.

Noticed the old C-band dishes are getting harder to find at scrap yards

Picked a 10-foot mesh dish over a solid fiberglass one for my backyard build

Visited a radio observatory in New Mexico last month and kept noticing how many of their homemade dishes used old satellite TV parts

Overheard a guy at the hardware store say he uses old pizza pans as satellite dish reflectors

TIL I was aiming my dish all wrong for 6 months. A guy on YouTube showed me the right way to use a compass.