The larger the dish the narrower the beam width becomes, a satellite like 129 has a wobble that may take it out of the beam for large satellite dishes. Next year when the replacement is in use the large dish probably won't be needed.
try a google search for "satellite dish beam width " You should be able to get a little education about dish design.aloishus27 said:why is it that a larger dish narrows the beam width, I would think the opposite would be true.... not that it is or that i am disagreeing... can you explain why this is?
aloishus27 said:why is it that a larger dish narrows the beam width, I would think the opposite would be true.... not that it is or that i am disagreeing... can you explain why this is?
Simple. The larger the dish, the narrower (sharper) the focus.aloishus27 said:why is it that a larger dish narrows the beam width, I would think the opposite would be true.... not that it is or that i am disagreeing... can you explain why this is?
I'm not sure where you mean. There is a tower just north of where Route 50 crosses 495 that has the WNVC channel 56/57 (soon to become digital channel 24) transmitter on it, as well as some strong radio stations that gave me fits when I installed an amplified FM antenna at the Red Cross headquarters at Jefferson park a decade ago.blooker68 said:Great post!
ps. What's the tower by the Holiday Inn at Tysons? It's been there forever.