Footprints...offset dish/prime focus dish?

[dockerslund]

When you look on footprint maps, they tell you that you for example need a 1,2 meter dish to watch something.
When they write 1,2 meter, do they then mean 1,2 meter PRIME FOCUS dish or a 1,2 meter OFFSET dish?
Is an offset dish better than a prime focus one?

 

[rolfw]

Not enough difference to worry about. There can be more difference between different makes and types of construction of dishes.

Rolf

 

[dockerslund]

Is a 1,2 meter Channelmaster dish with a MTI Manhattan 0,6 LNB good stuff?

 

[rolfw]

Yes, you probably wont get better at the price.

Rolf

 

[dockerslund]

Thanx!
Will get all the stuff (dish + receiver etc.) tomorrow.
Hopefully it works!!!

 

[Channel Hopper]

Well youve had a day to buy and fit it

Hows it running ?

 

[dockerslund]

It works!!!
But we (me and my Dad) had a lot of trouble with it.
First of all...the wall we had to attach the T&K onto, is facing East. And the T&K is only 18". So it wasn't possible to turn the dish all the way, so it pointed south. Fortunately my Dad is a welter, and we went down to a garage. Cutted each of the T&K's into 2 pieces. Extended them with some metal, welted it, so the T&K now is 29".
And it works perfect, although the weather hasn't been bad yet, so I don't know what it will turn out like, when it rains.
But apparently the receiver was supposed to get every transponder from the satellites, but that doesn't work.
I had to input several transponders...but what the h*ll. It still works )
So yes, I'm very happy these days.