Not really, whilst a parabolic dish will (when polished) transfer much of the energy captured to set fire to things, you are not looking to incinerate the electronics, but transfer discrete data from one fequency to another.
Look up VSWR and you will see that the future of this hobby should have been with horn antennas, but many appreciate their aesthetics even less than big ugly dishes.
An ultra-broadband transverse electromagnetic (TEM) exponential antenna in which the radiating or receiving structure comprises first and second elongated conductors have a feed end comprising first and second narrow conductor strips. At an opposite radiating or receiving end, the widths of the first and second conductors expand exponentially in the H-plane, and the spacing between the first and second conductors expands exponentially in the E-plane, thereby providing a double flared, exponentially tapered, transverse electromagnetic horn antenna. Two TEM horn design embodiments are described herein and differ only in the lauching device by which the radiating structure is fed, which converts an input unbalanced transverse electromagnetic wave into a balanced transverse electromagnetic wave. A first preferred embodiment employs a stripline infinite balun as a launching device, while a second embodiment employs a cavity backed waveguide as a launching device. An input coaxial connector introduces an unbalanced transverse electromagnetic wave into the launching device, either the infinite balun or the cavity backed waveguide.