Precision Antenna dishes back in production - QP Reflectors

[futumsch]

Precision Antennas of Stratford were bought out by Andrew/ASC Signal a few years ago. They were manufacturers are large single piece spun aluminium dishes.

Good news, the dishes are being manufactured again by QP Reflectors Ltd in Leominster. (_ttp.qpreflectors.com)

They are manufacturing dishes from 0.3m up to a size of 3.7m in diameter for both C and ku Band.

The part numbers are identical to the ones used by Precision, so presumably they bought the Precision tooling from the auction last year.

 

[Lazarus]

That's great news .............. let's hope the market is big enough for them to stick at it!

 

[Vipersan]

The thought of owning a 3.7m dish is making me drool ...
...now if I can just persuade my neighbours to remove their house ....



seriously tho' ..
good news as Gordon says ...if they can make them turn a profit.

 

[Channel Hopper]

I went to see their original offices back in 1991. Basically their manufacturing process was a large piece of aluminium spinning on a former, with two employees beating the surface with two broomsticks until it was the correct shape.

The main problem with spun aluminium is the transportation damage. Precision lost upwards of 15% of their stock through incorrect palleting and lifing off the lorries at the distributor end.

I hope the new factory is planning to use it's own lorry for delivery otherwise they could go the same way.

 

[Lazarus]

Interesting, CH.

It's bad enough reading about even modest dishes getting damaged "in transit" through mishandling by Couriers/Royal Snail/Parcel Farce, so the scope for effectively wrecking a biggie is considerable if transport were to be in third-party hands.

 

[wod]

interesting if they are really being made again i will be interested in a 1.2m prime focus antenna if it will bolt to my jaeger 1224 motor

 

[CROSSBONES]

Yes wod no problem there. I wonder if they will make a polarmount for the bigger dish`s?

 

[wod]

if you look at the downloadable catalogue on the website they do list a polar mount in the mountings list

there is standard polar mount 50w-60e for .9m to 2.4m

motorised elevation and azimuth mount for 1.5 to 3.7m.

I wonder if they will sell to the public or if its only military, commercial or satcoms as said on the website, a 1.2m one of these dishes will be lighter than cm 1.2m

 

[terriers]

Excellent news!! will be ringing them on monday for a price on a 2.4/3m

 

[CROSSBONES]

where is the d/l able cat wod? Cant find it???

 

[wod]

Excellent news!! will be ringing them on monday for a price on a 2.4/3m

yes post here if they do sell to the public, as I'm after something a little smaller 1.2 for my requirement

where is the d/l able cat wod? Cant find it???

_http://www.qpreflectors.com/downloads/QPcatalogue.pdf

 

[CROSSBONES]

ah yes! too much red wine lol cheers mate ;)

I have asked for a price list

 

[futumsch]

QP Relectors are a family business related to Q-Par Angus, an already thriving firm selling very specialised RF products. I should imagine like most family run businesses they would sell to Joe Public - well i hope for the sake of you guys they do. Spoke to the MD today, I think he's quite chuffed with having cult followers of the Precision Antenna dishes.

.. and just for info, there's a link on their homepage which links to the BBC iplayer Hereford and Worcester radio, there's about a 3 minute interview with the MD starting around 1:46.

 

[stuboy]

As a follow up to your above post, I am lucky enough to own a Precision 2.2m dish, and wanted some technical info, so a bit of searching finds that Elite Antennas have purchased all the tooling and equipment to make up to 3.7m single piece spun dishes. The catalogue is available at

_http://www.elite-antennas.com/documents/Elite_Antennas_Catalogues.pdf

I rang up and the guys were really helpful, I'm now tracking down the exact feed horn requirements thanks to the info supplied
Regards
Stuart

 

[BoSSpak]

Anyone got the pricelist at hand ? how much for a 2.4m and 3.0m antenna from these guy'z

 

[Channel Hopper]

As a follow up to your above post, I am lucky enough to own a Precision 2.2m dish, and wanted some technical info, so a bit of searching finds that Elite Antennas have purchased all the tooling and equipment to make up to 3.7m single piece spun dishes. The catalogue is available at

_http://www.elite-antennas.com/documents/Elite_Antennas_Catalogues.pdf

I rang up and the guys were really helpful, I'm now tracking down the exact feed horn requirements thanks to the info supplied
Regards
Stuart

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