Direct TV Dish as a scanner antenna
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There's all kinds of previous threads on this subject..Try a search and see what you get.. Here are just a few with a quick search:
http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96119
This is all I'm finding but I know this subject has been discussed many many times, I'm shocked it's not a sticky yet!!
prcguy
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A stock DirecTV dish is no more a scanner antenna than the mirrors on your car.
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Completely concur- of absolutely no use for scanning.
The only thing it might be good for is find some old used one (preferable circular), remove all the Satellite stuff, flip it over and mount an antenna on it, using the metal dish as a "ground plane" for the antenna
In an area forbidding rooftop antennas for Scanners, mount it on a Pole, and just tell 'em it's the New DISH Network Underground-Satellite antenna (ROTFL) :roll: :roll:
(Be sure to leave the logo on it!
Tom
NASA-KSC Comm/Antenna Systems Eng'r (ret'd)
Completely concur- of absolutely no use for scanning.
The only thing it might be good for is find some old used one (preferable circular), remove all the Satellite stuff, flip it over and mount an antenna on it, using the metal dish as a "ground plane" for the antenna
In an area forbidding rooftop antennas for Scanners, mount it on a Pole, and just tell 'em it's the New DISH Network Underground-Satellite antenna (ROTFL) :roll: :roll:
(Be sure to leave the logo on it!
Tom
NASA-KSC Comm/Antenna Systems Eng'r (ret'd)
Don_Burke
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There was someone around here who replaced the feedhorn with a piece of sheet metal to fool his POA. I doubt it was very effective, but at least it was an external antenna.
I wonder what would happen if you isolated the entire structure from ground and worked it against a hidden ground plane. It probably would not set the world on fire, but it would beat the POA rules.
I know of a guy who mounted an old dish on a PVC pipe that actually had a 2 meter antenna inside to get around his apartment complex rules :lol:
Don_Burke
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I sense a niche market for phony fiberglass dishes with embedded scanner and ham antennas.
I sense a niche market for phony fiberglass dishes with embedded scanner and ham antennas.
That's what i was thinking.I sense a niche market for phony fiberglass dishes with embedded scanner and ham antennas.
A year ago someone posted about a Weather Vane that is actually 2 meter antennas. don't know if i still have the site bookmarked but they were a little expensive.
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AZScanner
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Don't think they would work too well as a scanner antenna but a buddy of mine who likes to snoop on live news remotes, FTA video satellite feeds, and such says they can be modified to work pretty well for that. I've often meant to ask him about this - I hear the dishes and FTA receivers can be had for about the price of a good analog scanner these days (~ $200 or so). I'll have to pester him again about it.
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prcguy
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Out of all the various DirecTV dishes ever made, only the Worldirect dish for International programming is suitable for FTA use. The regular DirecTV dishes are too small and their LNBs cover the wrong frequency range for FTA.
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And another thing to consider..
Several of my friends switched from DirecTV HD to Fios and switched back because the picture was better and there were more HD channels on DirecTV. Please let us know what you think once you get Fios.
prcguy
Several of my friends switched from DirecTV HD to Fios and switched back because the picture was better and there were more HD channels on DirecTV. Please let us know what you think once you get Fios.
prcguy
I envision a disguise antenna that is concealed inside a realistic looking decoy pigeon. Pigeons are everywhere, and nobody would give a second look seeing a pigeon sitting anywhere you chose to mount it. And the connector is where his......well, it's the logical place!
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