extentsion petals

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hi
i have 1.3 sky dish
can i buy petals to make it 2.4
i live fuertventura
thanzs
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Hi,

I don't think you have provided enough information for anyone to help you,
for example dish make, offset or prime focus. Perhaps a picture of it would be good too.

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fuertesport said:
hi
i have 1.3 sky dish
can i buy petals to make it 2.4
i live fuertventura
thanzs
simon

sorry,

I know of no dish except the famaval 2.4 which can have extension petals added.

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but you must remember that if you make your dish larger you will have to move your lnb away from the dish or it will still pick up the signal for a 1.3 m dish
is it prime focus or an off sett dish
its easy the work out the focul point for a prime focus dish thats the distance from lnb to the dish
but have never found the formular for off sett dish to lnb
 

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You can only do it with a dish which is designed for extensions, moving the LNB out to accept the signal from the petals, will move it out of focus for the original dish and not gain anything.
 

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hi, any way i can turn my 4 meter irte prime focus into a casagrain??
it has a hole in the center of the dish just right for lnb and feed horn.
just need dianater of sub reflector.
know of anyone who has done something similar.
it shoul give me more gain.
i'll have to call IRTE in gallarate near milano and see if they have a mod kit available.
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Irte will probably tell you that there is no advantage to be gained by so doing.
 

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hi folks
thanks
for your help looks like i need buy 2.4 dish
hi trigger
whats best price for 2.4 dish
regards
simon
 
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