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<blockquote data-quote="archive10" data-source="post: 1003711"><p>There are older European and Amerian made models - these are ok, but rare (old).</p><p>Then there are the cheap Chinese rust-buckets, churned out today in large numbers.</p><p>These, I believe, were originally designed for C-band, but are marketed for Ku-band (eg. Freesat, Sky @28.2E) in Europe.</p><p>Flimsy, and underperforming for Ku - but will work fairly well for C-band (mostly african and southern american channels).</p><p>(Which probably gives them their raison d'etre).</p><p></p><p>The Chinese ones usually comes with pedestal mount made of a bottom ring + some square tubing supporting a ring at the back of a dish.</p><p>The European ones usually have pole mounts that attach to a 2-3" metal pole.</p><p></p><p>So if you're trying to do UK channels in Spain - don't do the Chinese dishes.</p><p>Give us your location, and call on some of the members (eg [USER=301161]@Huevos[/USER]) residing in Spain on what you need in terms of dish.</p><p></p><p>If you're into DX'ing (or feedhunting) in C-band (if you don't know what that is then your probably aren't), then by all means inspect offered item.</p><p>But be prepared to reject if too rusty, slightly bent or damaged etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="archive10, post: 1003711"] There are older European and Amerian made models - these are ok, but rare (old). Then there are the cheap Chinese rust-buckets, churned out today in large numbers. These, I believe, were originally designed for C-band, but are marketed for Ku-band (eg. Freesat, Sky @28.2E) in Europe. Flimsy, and underperforming for Ku - but will work fairly well for C-band (mostly african and southern american channels). (Which probably gives them their raison d'etre). The Chinese ones usually comes with pedestal mount made of a bottom ring + some square tubing supporting a ring at the back of a dish. The European ones usually have pole mounts that attach to a 2-3" metal pole. So if you're trying to do UK channels in Spain - don't do the Chinese dishes. Give us your location, and call on some of the members (eg [USER=301161]@Huevos[/USER]) residing in Spain on what you need in terms of dish. If you're into DX'ing (or feedhunting) in C-band (if you don't know what that is then your probably aren't), then by all means inspect offered item. But be prepared to reject if too rusty, slightly bent or damaged etc. [/QUOTE]
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