Primesat dishes?

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7mdish

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My Satellite Setup
CM 2.4m motorised offset dish, Viking Ku-band 2-ports motorised feed, 2 SMW LNBs, RC2000A, Dreambox DM920.
My Location
Milan, Italy
I'm looking for a good Prime Focus dish to replace an old KTI mesh 3m one, it would be installed on my Egis motor (also known as Nitec in the past). I don't want mesh dishes anymore, neither fiberglass dishes like Raven, Prodelin or similar (they are fantastic dishes but too heavy). What about Primesat dishes? They are all 1-piece aluminium dishes. Anyone tested these dishes? 1.4m and 1.8m diameters are available, and a new 2.3m will be soon and this is what I would like to try. Any opinion and experience with these english dishes are very appreciated. Thank you.
 
Never had one but have heard they are good as they are made with the old precision antennas tooling/equipment.
 
I think that buying of such a big dishes always go together with great postal expenses. It is very easy (at least in my country) to buy relatively big, used, but in good shape dish. For example 1,8m aluminum PFA could coast 50-100 bucks, plus transportation. Perhaps, if you look in Italy for second hand BUDs, it would be possible to get good deals.
 
Hi, thank you to all for reply. Yes I know that shipment is very expensive, but I'm looking to a new dish, not used. I just contacted mentioned italian dealer but he sell only fiberglass and only Laminas. They are not bad, but if I choose a fiberglass dish I would probably buy a 2.4m Raven or Prodelin. As I said, fantastic antennas but too massively heavy. Any other opinion is very appreciated. Thank you.
 
If you do get a raven or prodelin dish there is a German company apexsat who do heavy duty motorised mounts
 
Another possible choice would be a dish by Elite. They are english dishes, too. What about Elite dishes? Anyone tested them? I'm afraid they are massively weighted but I'm not sure. Obviously I'm always speaking about 2.4m or similar diameter. Thank you.
 
Channel Hopper said:
Give the IRTE company a call, they had a 3 metre receive only dish in their arsenal for years.

http://www.irte.it/B/_AntGen.htm
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Thank you for your reply. Yes, I know IRTE very well! The factory is not too far from my home. I had a 2m dish many years ago, it was my first dish and it was a very good one, but I suspect that company is closed now. They surely dismissed their consumer division, not sure about broadcast one. Well, there is a phone number in web site, I will try a call.
Have you information about Elite dishes, too?
 
I can vouch for IRTE for reflector accuracy and weight. You do need a good delivery service as they are light enough to be damaged by the usual couriers.

Elite uses the Precision templates, and (presumably) the manufacturing techniques as well.

Plus they are in the UK, which is a minus, for you.

There was another manufacturer of (really good) antennas in your area a few years back, but I susspect they might have - also - gone to the wall. Again, another thread from many years ago exists on the forum, somewhere.
 
Finally I got Primesat 2.3m dish. Shipment was expensive, but I received very great support from a very serious dealer in the UK. The dish is very good, it's a 1-piece aluminium dish very well built. Just installed on Egis motor, it seems working well but I must solve a problem yet. I have my good old Chaparral Corotor as feedhorn, it's a combined C/Ku band feedhorn. Well, it works, but it seems it has a massive signal loose in Ku band. I must improve Ku band reception but I don't want to drop C band. So, the same dealer has in stock a combined C/Ku band universal LNB, anyone tested it? What about performances comparing to a common universal Ku LNB? Any advice and feedback is very appreciated, because the dish is very good and I would like to use it for the best possible performances. Thank you.
 
If you want the best performance then you need to do away with the C/Ku band lnb - they are always a compromise.
 
Yes I know that C/Ku band combination is always a compromise, but it seems that my actual feedhorn is a bad compromise! What about this new solution? Looks like the same situation or could it be better? Thank you.
 
I've had 2 prime focus solids-1.8 and my present 2.4m. C band works very well but ku band is always lacking. I've also used both feeds as well with about the same results, Chapparal Corotor and c/ku lnbf. I now use a 1.2m offset dish for ku with much better results.
 
Thank you Costactc for your quick reply. So, looks like I have no chance to maintain both bands on the same dish if I want good performances in Ku band..... OK. I can not install offset dishes on my Egis motor, but I hope that dropping C band (what's a pity.....) probably I will get better results using a single Ku band LNB on my 2.3m prime focus, what do you think?
 
KU band signals will be through the roof.

C band is tolerant of any crap old dish where the petals don't even line up properly. The old mesh dish would do fine.

You could always fix it on an interesting satellite if you don't want to put it on a motor.
 
I also used an invacom flange lnb with 120 feed horn but ku results were still limited. It would be a shame to loose c band. I will always use offset dishes for ku in the future. I would suggest giving the present feed you have a shot and taking it from there.
 
Haven't inverto made a black pro c120 lnb you could try this.

Why the need for a large dish ? Are you outside of the uk as if your in the uk what's your 7west reception like and other fringe satellites ?
 
He's in Italy, wod, 7W will be booming in.

What's happening to your old dish? Perhaps, keep that for C band the use the Primesat for Ku?

Did you use SSS dealer in UK?
 
Captain Jack said:
He's in Italy, wod, 7W will be booming in.

What's happening to your old dish? Perhaps, keep that for C band the use the Primesat for Ku?

Did you use SSS dealer in UK?
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Yes I purchased from SSS. Large dish is useful here in Italy to get good reception from many satellites, 28.2 East for example. And for C band, too. Maybe your idea is interesting: using my old mesh for C band and put a single Ku band (like Inverto Black PRO) on this new Primesat. I will see. I hoped that Corotor would make a better job but this is not the case. Well, I believe that a so high quality new dish deserves a very better Ku band reception.
 
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