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<blockquote data-quote="deepbluesky" data-source="post: 98651" data-attributes="member: 176074"><p>Likvid thank you very much for your detailed help. You are absolutely right and i am aware of it that C-Band requires dishes bigger than the 2.4m that i mentioned. The problem is that many people have not the room for them and of course the money, so i set a limit at this size. 2.4m dishes can be installed by greek law without needing any kind of permission. Inside towns you can only put them on the flat roof and just few people consider problems with neighbours or householders. 2.4m is just right, the more north the better, to get most of the difficult european satellites on KU Band though not everything, there you would need indeed up to 5m solid for full permanent reception of Astra 2D, Astra 1F, Sirius 3, Amos 1 in Athens.</p><p>Well to make it short, a 2.4m is more than sufficient for most people there for KU-band but it would be a pity not to receive also some C-Band satellites say as a bonus. The majority is interested in 40.5W, 68.5E, 78.5E, 80E, 90E. With a 2.40m dish you can get almost all C-Band frequencies of these satellites there. And most of the also very interesting african and asian channels on other positions as well. I agree with you that in case of extreme DXing a much bigger dish is needed but cannot be installed on the top of a tower block of 5-10 floors. This is something for the countryside if you own a big garden.</p><p>Since i saw many of your by the way great photos and know that you are an experienced installer i count a lot on your opinion. I know 2 people in Greece that have a 2.40m DH PFA. They really seem to perform very well and in case of the one the dish looks indestroyable. He bought it in 1990 and still is like new. But i heard lots of good things about the other manufacturers here and else and wanted to know if there is any better which one can afford. I think the limit for a 2.40m for many people would be around 1000-1500€ for a new one of course. I don't know which mount then you need to reach say elevations of 5°-50°, 0° should be very difficult and to be honest, how many people have the luck to have optical contact to such low satellites ? I suppose that the azimuthal range shouldn't be a problem.</p><p></p><p>Precision Antennas you say, alright i heard about them, maybe it was from your reports Likvid but compared to others i never got any info. But i don't think that they are available in Greece unlike the DH or Prodelin that can be found. But as i understood you the DH's perform a tick better right ?</p><p></p><p>Well and for the C/KU feed, what is your opinion about this czech Uniband C/KU LNBF that can handle both linear as well as circular polarized C+KU signals ? They have implemented a high gain system with regular flange Invacom and Chaparral LNBFs. Here are the links that i found in the german satbook forum:</p><p><a href="http://www.tel-satexp.cz/ml_3.htm" target="_blank">http://www.tel-satexp.cz/ml_3.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://www.tel-satexp.cz/ml_3_en.htm" target="_blank">http://www.tel-satexp.cz/ml_3_en.htm</a></p><p>Do you or anybody else know if they really perform as well as they advertise ? The company looks quite serious and they also are 20 years in sat-business so i'd suppose yes but a practical report is needed.</p><p></p><p>My goodness, i am writing too much. Hope nobody got a headache <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>Awaiting your always appreciated advice.</p><p></p><p>Best regards, Christos from Stuttgart/Germany.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deepbluesky, post: 98651, member: 176074"] Likvid thank you very much for your detailed help. You are absolutely right and i am aware of it that C-Band requires dishes bigger than the 2.4m that i mentioned. The problem is that many people have not the room for them and of course the money, so i set a limit at this size. 2.4m dishes can be installed by greek law without needing any kind of permission. Inside towns you can only put them on the flat roof and just few people consider problems with neighbours or householders. 2.4m is just right, the more north the better, to get most of the difficult european satellites on KU Band though not everything, there you would need indeed up to 5m solid for full permanent reception of Astra 2D, Astra 1F, Sirius 3, Amos 1 in Athens. Well to make it short, a 2.4m is more than sufficient for most people there for KU-band but it would be a pity not to receive also some C-Band satellites say as a bonus. The majority is interested in 40.5W, 68.5E, 78.5E, 80E, 90E. With a 2.40m dish you can get almost all C-Band frequencies of these satellites there. And most of the also very interesting african and asian channels on other positions as well. I agree with you that in case of extreme DXing a much bigger dish is needed but cannot be installed on the top of a tower block of 5-10 floors. This is something for the countryside if you own a big garden. Since i saw many of your by the way great photos and know that you are an experienced installer i count a lot on your opinion. I know 2 people in Greece that have a 2.40m DH PFA. They really seem to perform very well and in case of the one the dish looks indestroyable. He bought it in 1990 and still is like new. But i heard lots of good things about the other manufacturers here and else and wanted to know if there is any better which one can afford. I think the limit for a 2.40m for many people would be around 1000-1500€ for a new one of course. I don't know which mount then you need to reach say elevations of 5°-50°, 0° should be very difficult and to be honest, how many people have the luck to have optical contact to such low satellites ? I suppose that the azimuthal range shouldn't be a problem. Precision Antennas you say, alright i heard about them, maybe it was from your reports Likvid but compared to others i never got any info. But i don't think that they are available in Greece unlike the DH or Prodelin that can be found. But as i understood you the DH's perform a tick better right ? Well and for the C/KU feed, what is your opinion about this czech Uniband C/KU LNBF that can handle both linear as well as circular polarized C+KU signals ? They have implemented a high gain system with regular flange Invacom and Chaparral LNBFs. Here are the links that i found in the german satbook forum: [url]http://www.tel-satexp.cz/ml_3.htm[/url] [url]http://www.tel-satexp.cz/ml_3_en.htm[/url] Do you or anybody else know if they really perform as well as they advertise ? The company looks quite serious and they also are 20 years in sat-business so i'd suppose yes but a practical report is needed. My goodness, i am writing too much. Hope nobody got a headache :) Awaiting your always appreciated advice. Best regards, Christos from Stuttgart/Germany. [/QUOTE]
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