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These dishes are offered by a local
provider and the installers have many
years of experience mounting the wire
mesh panels to the antenna frame. This
type of antenna is not really good for
Ku-band reception, the precision of the
parabolic form is not what it should be,
but it works very well for receiving Cband
signals.
The greatest advantage of this type of
construction is the ease in transportation;
shipping a 3.65-meter antenna can
be a logistical problem. But shipping an
unassembled dish is much easier especially
in areas where the network of
roads still need to be modernized.
Satheesan Puzhakkara explains, “The
dish alone costs about 235 Euros.” Add
to that the foundation for the mast, “this
costs roughly 65 Euros”, making the
total cost about 300 Euros for a fully
assembled 3.65-meter antenna.
The mast is installed
into a concrete base.
94 TELE-satellite & Broadband — 12-01/2009 — www.TELE-satellite.com
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The 3.65-meter (12-foot) antenna ready for
delivery with the completed sections of the
frame. The wire mesh panels are rolled up in
a single roll.
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After installation of
the support straps,
the parabolic form
takes shape.
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Now the wire mesh
panels are screwed
in place one after
the other.
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The assembly begins: the
sections of the frame are
put together first.