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Buiding 6 feet fiber Dish

  • 16-02-2008 07:26PM
    #1
    anishpsla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭


    Hai, This is my first thread on this forum. Please help me to build a 6 feet fiber dish to receive Ku band signals. I am from India and there is no way to get a fiber dish of this size.


Comments

  • #2
    Zaphod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,733 ✭✭✭Zaphod


    Nelson's Parabolic Manual describes how to build a fibreglass dish of up to 12 feet in diameter.
    http://www.avcomm.com.au/shop/index.php?productID=122


  • #3
    anishpsla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭anishpsla


    Thankyou Zaphod please also give any other relevant info about it.


  • #4
    Sam Radford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 474 ✭✭Sam Radford


    anishpsla wrote: »
    Thankyou Zaphod please also give any other relevant info about it.

    OK, it costs 35 Austalian dollars, weighs 0.2 kilogrammes and explains how to make a 3.7 metre diameter C-band dish.


  • #5
    anishpsla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭anishpsla


    We can try to get help from others. Please help us anyone.


  • #6
    craichoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,706 ✭✭✭craichoe


    anishpsla wrote: »
    We can try to get help from others. Please help us anyone.

    What kind of help are you talking about ?

    He's given you a link to a book that will give you instructions on how to build it.


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  • #7
    anishpsla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭anishpsla


    I have no credit card or enough money for buying the book. So anyone please explain the process of building a fiber dish.


  • #8
    craichoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,706 ✭✭✭craichoe


    If you do not have the resources available to buy a book, then i do not think you have the resources to build a dish, its a rather large project and requires some investment.


  • #9
    slumped
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,945 ✭✭✭slumped


    I googled "how to build a fiber dish" and this is what I got as the first result:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=55185025#post55185025


    :-)

    S


  • #10
    anishpsla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭anishpsla


    craichoe wrote: »
    If you do not have the resources available to buy a book, then i do not think you have the resources to build a dish, its a rather large project and requires some investment.

    I know, I must have resources for compleating such a large project. I can find it. But I have no credit card for buy the book. If you have some experiance, please share it here.:cool:


  • #11
    anishpsla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭anishpsla


    slumped wrote: »
    I googled "how to build a fiber dish" and this is what I got as the first result:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=55185025#post55185025


    :-)

    S


    Its the largest jock in February. Please post some usefull details. I am sending this type of Dish because, here in my village fiber dishes are not available. So please help me to build a good dish. :rolleyes:


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  • #12
    Ronan|Raven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,161 ✭✭✭Ronan|Raven


    Perhaps try asking on the sat-industry.net forums , may be some people there who have some knowledge of such a project.


  • #13
    MrAbc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 195 ✭✭MrAbc


    Might see this DIY approach:
    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=550223


    And then this monster:
    http://www.satcure.co.uk/large_dishes/limassol.htm
    ... note the dish surface is accurate to within 1mm! Have fun :)


  • #14
    anishpsla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭anishpsla


    Both links are about Enlarging Dish size. But I wished to build a dish of size 6 Feet or more to Dxing Ku band signals.


  • #15
    mustang68
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,131 ✭✭✭mustang68


    anishpsla wrote: »
    Both links are about Enlarging Dish size. But I wished to build a dish of size 6 Feet or more to Dxing Ku band signals.

    I think as someone else said you may be in the wrong place to ask this question, on this forum the main topics are Sky, which is a consumer satellite TV product and aligning dishes to get European satellites, not building your own satellite dish. Even installing a satellite dish and system is beyond the abilities of many of the posters here (no offense anyone :) ).

    I'm a bit confused as to how you can afford to construct a 6ft fiber dish with all the associated satellite equipment but can't afford the manual, or did I miss something.


  • #16
    anishpsla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭anishpsla


    Why I can't afford ? please tell me the details wahy I can't afford the price.


  • #17
    mustang68
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,131 ✭✭✭mustang68


    anishpsla wrote: »
    Why I can't afford ? please tell me the details wahy I can't afford the price.

    you said "I have no credit card or enough money for buying the book." thats what led me to believe that you can't afford the book.


  • #18
    anishpsla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭anishpsla


    I am from India, If you are help me to build a dish, then I can buy the materials from here. No need for credit card. No need to import from else where.


  • #19
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,100 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    http://www.nmia.com/~roberts/kufaq

    Ask that lad,his email is at the bottom of the page....


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