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ViaSat has yet to say whether there will be other requirements (for example moving from Wildblue to Exede required new equipment. new install, new contract commitment as I recall) but count on that one (repointing) at a minimum.
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No information has been released as to the requirements for the upgrade as of yet, but I'd say the guesses by Old Labs and Steve are probably pretty close!
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Depending on whether your on east or west coast elevation will increase or decrease - in my case it actually will increase to about 44 degrees from 31 degrees.
The satellite imagery there is at a high enough resolution that I can make out the trees that may be an issue (but with a roof mount it appear I'll clear them when I enable the obstacle checker feature).
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Said tress are on railroad property but, in the way of my dishes - DTV and Exede or, I'd simply remove themPossibly you could mount your dishes on a 30 foot tall or thereabouts structure, much along the lines of a windmill, and, in that manner, have them clear those trees? Or would some local government agency try to prevent you from doing that.
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One fool tried a HAM radio tower out here, a week after he set it up, it rained, one leg sank 24 inches. He fixed that, a month later, hurricane took it out entirely. A satellite dish can catch wind better than that radio antenna and tower did.
For the first 5 years I lived here, house being a new build, I had to jack the foundation up here or there every time it rained until the house finally got settled, now once every 7-10 years, like everyone else out here.
Out here things aren't done with heavy equipment, hand tools and equine power mostly (mules or horses with a block and tackle for heavy lifting.) Ground, even dry won't support a crane or anything bigger than a small farm tractor, wet, even riding lawnmowers sink and get stuck. Took 4 dump truck loads of gravel just to get a safe place to park 2 cars.
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Thankfully, they're downhill and the roof mount (actually a reinforced chimney mount now giving me about 3 more fee of elevation) gets me over the smaller ones - a couple have been taken down since that imagery was captured since they were infringing on my gap ;) .
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Gorgeous place to live, by the way.
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You talking to me?My suggestion was to Bev, who appears to have be constantly fighting tree overgrowth.
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You talking to me?My suggestion was to Bev, who appears to have be constantly fighting tree overgrowth.
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I've looked over this site, http://www.dishpointer.com/ and have a question... Since the line showed up in green rather than red, does that mean the site considered mountains that might be in the way?? I have a mountain about a mile to the east that is 3,000' high. My house is already on a hill but it might not be enough. I can put the dish on the mountain and relay the data using Ubiquity dishes if necessary. The installer won't enjoy the road getting up there (dirt, steep, cliffs, etc.)(most people get scared and want to go back down). I think the guest house roof can stand one more dish but it's getting cluttered.


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But their iPhone App is a visual tool.
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https://www.easycalculation.com/trigonometry/triangle-angles.php
You're looking for opposite side in the calculation given adjacent side and angle (so you can calculate both opposite size and hypotenuse with your known values).
In Craig's case, given an elevation (angle) of 21.5 degrees and and an adjacent side of 1 mile (5280 feet), he'll likely only clear about 2080 feet of the mountain...
Again all just estimates...
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