Are these cheap 1m ebay dishes actually any good?

[srx200]

Hello,
I'm looking to expand my humble dish farm and i'm not sure what dish to get. I'm not looking for any particular obscure satellite, just something cheap and cheerfull to play around and and at a later date add a motor. I'v been looking at the cheap dishes on ebay and i think this might be suitable ebay 390345771499. Or for a fiver more is it worth getting a 1.1m? They seem like a good price for the size, but are they are they any good? I have a rusted out 85cm and that seems huge so this must be a monster! It will be mounted on a south facing wall, t &k brackets, scaffold pole, hidden from public view, low down in the back garden in Cornwall. Just wondering what peoples thoughs were before i took the plunge,thanks for looking.

 

[paxrax]

youll get a cheap 1.1m triax off ebay, decent quality for the money.

 

[Mickha]

Check wod's posts, and others, in this thread:
http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/...sat-motorised-systems/192619-next-best-2.html

 

[srx200]

Ah, i seen the 110cm Triax with a motor and LNB for a pretty reasonable price. It would be nice to see a few in real life first, to get an idea of the sizes though. Hmmm...decisions.

 

[Analoguesat]

Anything above 80cm = big and bulky.

 

[srx200]

Yes i think you're right(!) I marked out the sizes for a 1m and 1.1m on the wall and they are huge. I'd be quite happy with a s/h 80 or 90 but havn't come accross any locally in the months i'v been looking and if i have to buy new, i might as well go for the largest, within reason.

 

[paxrax]

if youre thinking about getting the nordic beam for viasat on 4.8e then a 80cm will be too small, 1m isnt big at all once the dish has been up for a few months

 

[martinuk]

Hello,
I'm looking to expand my humble dish farm and i'm not sure what dish to get. I'm not looking for any particular obscure satellite, just something cheap and cheerfull to play around and and at a later date add a motor. I'v been looking at the cheap dishes on ebay and i think this might be suitable ebay 390345771499. Or for a fiver more is it worth getting a 1.1m? They seem like a good price for the size, but are they are they any good? I have a rusted out 85cm and that seems huge so this must be a monster! It will be mounted on a south facing wall, t &k brackets, scaffold pole, hidden from public view, low down in the back garden in Cornwall. Just wondering what peoples thoughs were before i took the plunge,thanks for looking.

The faval 1 meter dishes are good i rate them, was very good with black ultra
i pulled in nordic beam for viasat on 4.8e peace of piss mate with faval dish, same goes for the 80cm faval i had but depends on were you live in the uk to pull in nordic beam

 

[Ratchet]

The faval 1 meter dishes are good i rate them, was very good with black ultra
i pulled in nordic beam for viasat on 4.8e peace of piss mate with faval dish, same goes for the 80cm faval i had but depends on were you live in the uk to pull in nordic beam

I concur with martinuk, these dishes are good performers for the money. I've been using one for about 6 months or so ever since my 85cm mesh dish got mangled in the last big storm. Combine with an Inverto Black Ultra LNB and performance is really good on weaker sats. Recently I even managed to lock signals from Amos 3 @ 4.0W, quite a feat this far North and West.

 

[Analoguesat]

The faval 1 meter dishes are good i rate them, was very good with black ultra
i pulled in nordic beam for viasat on 4.8e peace of piss mate with faval dish, same goes for the 80cm faval i had but depends on were you live in the uk to pull in nordic beam

He is in Cornwall according to the profile - not favourable for the Nordic beam

 

[Analoguesat]

Yes i think you're right(!) I marked out the sizes for a 1m and 1.1m on the wall and they are huge. I'd be quite happy with a s/h 80 or 90 but havn't come accross any locally in the months i'v been looking and if i have to buy new, i might as well go for the largest, within reason.

Ive just realised your location is Cornwall - you will need something considerably bigger than 1.1m to get the Viasat Nordic beam channels - start thinking of 1.8m or bigger....!

Cornwall is the least favourable area of the UK to get the 5E Nordic stuff.

 

[srx200]

It's good to know that the dish is pretty good but i'm not sure where the idea came from that i was looking for the Viasat nordic beam! I'm just interested in playing around really, but i'l know now not to even bother trying for that one, a 1.8m is just a little too large, a 1.1m is scaring me enough at the mo I'v read a lot of good stuff about the Inverto black lnb and that's on top of my short list should the dish i end up, not come with one.
Yes, that's correct i am in Cornwall, Truro.

 

[Analoguesat]

ABout as far south west as you can go in the UK without getting wet feet

The reason the idea has come about you are wanting the Viasat Nordic beam is simple - Viasat a good service for the 3pm football games, and we have had a lot of folk asking about it recently

 

[srx200]

Well, with the weather i'v been out in the last few weeks i'd be pretty happy with just wet feet! Oh i see, no i must be a rare newby not to be asking about free football FTA music channels would be the most interesting for me if anything, i'v seen quite a few on Turksat (42e iirc) so that's probably where i'l be looking first. I suppose no harm in looking for this Nordic beam thing when i get the chance, i do enjoy little challenges!

 

[Analoguesat]

Viasat football is certainly not free - you are looking at over a thousand quid a year!

Loads of free music channels though:

-http://en.kingofsat.net/find2.php?pos=&cl=&num_pays=&num_genre=12&num_crypt=1&num_standard=&ordre=freq

 

[srx200]

For me, football is a pub sport I'm surprised that there are so many english language channels on 4.8. I just seen the footprint of that satellite, i think for me to get anything on that would be really lucky, like you said i couldn't be in a worse location for that. Turksat looks promising!

 

[Huevos]

Ive just realised your location is Cornwall - you will need something considerably bigger than 1.1m to get the Viasat Nordic beam channels - start thinking of 1.8m or bigger....!

Apart from 12015V & 12054V and a couple of 8PSK transponders I get everything from that satellite on the 1.5m aerial all the way down here.

 

[Captain Jack]

Nordic beam in Cornwall isn't undoable. There's a member here with a 1.2m Gibby dish receiving everything from 5E in Devon. I receive most stuff on an 85cm Penta here in Bristol.

 

[A nonymous]

By past experience i found Favel dishes are crap.

Only ever put one up and i can quite honestly say i won't be doing another.

The dish i put up was an 85cm Favel dish for a friend in Paignton. The dish lasted about 18 months before it fell to pieces due to rusting away. The arm was the first thing to go.

The signal quality wasn't the worst i've seen but the build quality wasn't anything to shout home about. I would definately spend the bit extra and go for a Triax TD110

Nano