Footprints...offset dish/prime focus dish?

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

Rolf
 
Yes, you probably wont get better at the price. :)

Rolf
 
Thanx!
Will get all the stuff (dish + receiver etc.) tomorrow.
Hopefully it works!!!
 
Well youve had a day to buy and fit it

Hows it running ?
 
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 :o)
So yes, I'm very happy these days.
 
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