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Co-locate XM Terk Antenna on Directv Dish
I had a Dish installed on my roof. I also have a Terk XM antenna that would
get a good signal where the Dish is. Can I mount the XM antenna on the Dish bracket without causing any signal interference? Thanks for any help. |
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Co-locate XM Terk Antenna on Directv Dish
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:44:57 -0400, "Perry Aynum"
wrote: I had a Dish installed on my roof. I also have a Terk XM antenna that would get a good signal where the Dish is. Can I mount the XM antenna on the Dish bracket without causing any signal interference? As long as the XM antenna is not in FRONT of the dish, blocking the dishes view of the sky, it might work. The problem is that mounting the XM antenna behind the dish is going to make the dish block out a large part of the sky. That's not very useful. Since the dish usually overhangs the top of the mounting pipe, there's no way to add an extension pipe to install the XM antenna on top. This isn't going to work. Methinks your best bet is to get the stock Terk outoor mounting contraption: http://www.xm-radio-satellite.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2004 and install it somewhere away from the dish. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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Co-locate XM Terk Antenna on Directv Dish
"Perry Aynum" wrote in message
... I had a Dish installed on my roof. I also have a Terk XM antenna that would get a good signal where the Dish is. Can I mount the XM antenna on the Dish bracket without causing any signal interference? Thanks for any help. Depends on where the birds are in relation to the antennas. I suspect that if mount the XM patch no higher than the Dish LNB, it won't interfere, but only as long as the down converters don't interfere with each other. This should be minimized if you mount the patch behind and around the LNB and adjust for best XM signal spilling off the Dish. So it is likely to help the XM without hurting the Dish. If the XM bird is much higher than your Dish bird, you will have to mount XM behind the dish and no harm no help. All that should matter is that they will see the sky and keep the cables short. |
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Co-locate XM Terk Antenna on Directv Dish
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:13:23 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote: On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:44:57 -0400, "Perry Aynum" wrote: I had a Dish installed on my roof. I also have a Terk XM antenna that would get a good signal where the Dish is. Can I mount the XM antenna on the Dish bracket without causing any signal interference? As long as the XM antenna is not in FRONT of the dish, blocking the dishes view of the sky, it might work. The problem is that mounting the XM antenna behind the dish is going to make the dish block out a large part of the sky. That's not very useful. Since the dish usually overhangs the top of the mounting pipe, there's no way to add an extension pipe to install the XM antenna on top. This isn't going to work. Actually, it will work. I don't remember where I saw it or the manufacturer, but someone makes an 'L' shaped mount that piggybacks onto the clamp that locks the dish to the mounting pole. This will allow placing small antenna slightly above and behind the dish. As is usual, this has limitations. In a wind it places an increased stress on the mounting pole. PlainBill Methinks your best bet is to get the stock Terk outoor mounting contraption: http://www.xm-radio-satellite.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2004 and install it somewhere away from the dish. |
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Co-locate XM Terk Antenna on Directv Dish
On Jul 20, 11:06*am, wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:13:23 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:44:57 -0400, "Perry Aynum" wrote: I had a Dish installed on my roof. *I also have a Terk XM antenna that would get a good signal where the Dish is. Can I mount the XM antenna on the Dish bracket without causing any signal interference? As long as the XM antenna is not in FRONT of the dish, blocking the dishes view of the sky, it might work. *The problem is that mounting the XM antenna behind the dish is going to make the dish block out a large part of the sky. *That's not very useful. *Since the dish usually overhangs the top of the mounting pipe, there's no way to add an extension pipe to install the XM antenna on top. *This isn't going to work. Actually, it will work. *I don't remember where I saw it or the manufacturer, but someone makes an 'L' shaped mount that piggybacks onto the clamp that locks the dish to the mounting pole. *This will allow placing small antenna slightly above and behind the dish. As is usual, this has limitations. *In a wind it places an increased stress on the mounting pole. PlainBill Methinks your best bet is to get the stock Terk outoor mounting contraption: http://www.xm-radio-satellite.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdI.... and install it somewhere away from the dish. Perhaps you saw something like this http://www.winegard.com/kbase/upload...shooterrev.pdf G² |
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Co-locate XM Terk Antenna on Directv Dish
On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:12:36 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Methinks your best bet is to get the stock Terk outoor mounting contraption: http://www.xm-radio-satellite.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdI... and install it somewhere away from the dish. Perhaps you saw something like this http://www.winegard.com/kbase/upload...shooterrev.pdf That looks good. You certainly don't want to drill any more holes into the house than you have to. G² |
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