Re: Ideas please: materials and SHAPES for hiding a satellite dish

[The Natural Philosopher]

Didn't think that was a water absorption freq thats all.

[Michael McNeil]

That stuff they use for signs is only thin polycarbonate isn't it? Any structure on the side of the house or garden furniture made of it would do as a box surely? Cold frames, tables, garden wells - comes with a little man winding it for tracking purposes, bird tables/houses. (An owl or some such nest box in the back garden even.)

If I was doing it I'd probably cut a section out of a picnic bench and only put a square of that stuff over it if the bench wasn't enough of a hide.

[Andy Hall]

Possibly, but don't forget that the signals are *very* weak and the S/N (or carrier to noise) ratio is pretty small. A couple of dBs here and there can be the difference between success and failure, especially on the edge of the footprint.

.andy

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[Peter Parry]

Lay it flat and build a small wall around it (1-2 bricks high). Cover the dish with some of the estate agent board material painted green. Turn the LNB arm into a plastic bush by cunning application of plastic foliage (or even real ivy) and call it artwork or a bush?

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