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When can we expect dish covers with lots of plastic spikes, like the ones on streetlights and roofs
by ascorbic 5y ago
When can we expect dish covers with lots of plastic spikes, like the ones on streetlights and roofs
- TeMPOraL 5y agoSpikes on a dish... make them metal (coated with plastic maybe), and perhaps they can be algorithmically designed to improve the antenna's performance.
- ascorbic 5y agoI'd imagine it's been pretty well designed for performance already. Best to stick with something that won't affect the signal.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoI agree, but engineering is all about tradeoffs. If you're considering anti-bird spikes on an antenna, it might be worth checking if this new requirement couldn't be leveraged into design change that improves the antenna itself. Of course it could just as well make zero sense. My HAM license didn't cover microwave antenna design, and all I know about phased array is that it's some sort of magic software-defined step motor/lens, built out of math.
- madaxe_again 5y agoCouldn’t say, but I’ve just helped a friend set up starlink at his remote homestead, where he can’t even get LTE - and we just put a loose basket of nylon chicken wire over the dish to keep the birds and cats from sitting in it. I’m on LTE here, with a Heath Robinson set of relay masts, and I’m considering getting starlink as a secondary connection - I get 80 up and down on LTE reliably, but would love some faster downstream speeds.
- gandalfian 5y agoLarge plastic owl? Large plastic owl connected to IOT by satellite on a subscription?