FRINGE
Member
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2009
- Messages
- 196
- Reaction score
- 53
- Points
- 28
- Age
- 68
- Location
- Adeje in Tenerife
- My Satellite Setup
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laminas 2.7 offset
laminas feed horn
Invacom quad LNB
Humax foxsat PVR
- My Location
- Tenerife
I have an offset dish. My friend (2 doors down the road) has a 3m petal prime focus dish. In general, my reception appears to be better than theirs at times but that proves nothing (about the dish) because we have different LNB's, different receivers, different cable lengths and probably different cable quality. Don't think its possible to provide a meaningful definitive accurate technical assessment of the two dish types in use. The research I did before my installation (after my friends prime focus) suggested that an offset dish design was more efficient but I guess that does not necessarily mean it is 'better' (or worse) when compared to a comparable sized prime focus. What I do know is that my dish is a more solid design/structure and is less susceptible to wind (misalignment) than my friends flimsier setup and for me, in a fringe reception area, that's a bonus.