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Old 03-12-2008   #1
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Andrews 2.4m dish

I been offered a Andrews 2.4m solid dish with complete mount (No LNB) but i 've not seen this type of andrews dish before maybe someone can enlighten me and give me more information or datasheet. The antenna was used for two-way communication from what i've been told.

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2.4m antenna - spun aluminum (1 piece) and has 4 lnb feed arms with feed holder at center i'm guessing its a Prime focus dish since lnb position is in the middle. It definitely got the red lightening logo ontop of the dish face to confirm its an andrews. The back of the dish face metal plates are attached all around, some sort of cover maybe to strengthen the dish but not sure. Dish approximately 12 years old. I will try and get pictures of the antenna soon, when i'm next up there


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......The back of the dish face metal plates are attached all around, some sort of cover maybe to strengthen the dish but not sure..........
are the plates webbing or are the plates covering the webbing?
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are the plates covering the webbing?
yes m8, plates are covering something underneath, not sure if its webbing or what, was raining hard yesterday so didnt have a chance to have a good look. but hopefully this weekend i'll go back and get some pictures.


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does it have a polar mount
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2.40m prime focus from Andrews is very unlikely their models are very well known
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does it have a polar mount
No m8, fixed mount

unlikely their models are very well known
exactly m8, thats why i was asking in here as i myself never seen one like this before. So hoping will get to the bottom of it by the weekend


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Try and find out what frequency the tx/rx was and what frequency it was used on for tx/rx - ASC do make other 2.4m's than the 243/244 design including prime focus 2.4s.. don't know about 12 years ago .....
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