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Sky & Freesat fringe reception
poor Freesat in Alicante, Costa Blanca 2.4m Fortec Star dish
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<blockquote data-quote="guest poster" data-source="post: 578650" data-attributes="member: 262401"><p>I have to say you have come across with so many arguments that it comes across as obviously bias rather than an impartial technical view... a £2.500-£3000 dish should walk over a £170...</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't encourage anyone to buy one- especially not the 2.4, thinking they could just put it together like a cheap gazebo and then not strengthen them.. or I could see they clearly didn't have the skills needed.. and in either case .. I'd advise they'd be better getting a proper dish......</p><p></p><p>Looking at them from an engineering point of view ... if you address the problems and really set them up right (and without buckling them) and strengthen them as you do it, adding about £50-70 in materials to the 1.8 & about £80-100 to the 2.4 then they'll perform... but they'll look like a different dish..... <strong>So factor in that they just need re-engineering....it's just a parabola...</strong></p><p></p><p>I also quietly admire from a production/ marketing point of view, that they can get a dish to the UK and retail so cheap.. </p><p></p><p>As they are sold though... I wonder if they even conform to UK trading standard's definition of 'fit for purpose' ... as one good wind (draft) and they can end up floating around San Antonio harbour...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="guest poster, post: 578650, member: 262401"] I have to say you have come across with so many arguments that it comes across as obviously bias rather than an impartial technical view... a £2.500-£3000 dish should walk over a £170... I wouldn't encourage anyone to buy one- especially not the 2.4, thinking they could just put it together like a cheap gazebo and then not strengthen them.. or I could see they clearly didn't have the skills needed.. and in either case .. I'd advise they'd be better getting a proper dish...... Looking at them from an engineering point of view ... if you address the problems and really set them up right (and without buckling them) and strengthen them as you do it, adding about £50-70 in materials to the 1.8 & about £80-100 to the 2.4 then they'll perform... but they'll look like a different dish..... [B]So factor in that they just need re-engineering....it's just a parabola...[/B] I also quietly admire from a production/ marketing point of view, that they can get a dish to the UK and retail so cheap.. As they are sold though... I wonder if they even conform to UK trading standard's definition of 'fit for purpose' ... as one good wind (draft) and they can end up floating around San Antonio harbour... [/QUOTE]
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