tom55
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- Sep 26, 2022
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- My Satellite Setup
- TD110
- My Location
- South
recently got this dish from local supplier, unpacked - there are scratches all over the mounting equipment as well as several scratches on the dish edges (reflector surface looked good though), missing brackets, screws, bolts and nuts as well as instruction manual in the package.
the supplier told me they will send delivery service for a return and order a new dish. meanwhile i tried to mount it with the screws i had at home to see what kind of performance to expect and if it will be worth it at all.
before buying, i looked extensively in the internet for specs of different gibertini variants and people's expereinces with them.
officially, they list it as 41.9dbi at 11.7ghz, but several suppliers have different specs, some claiming 42.3dbi and a bunch of regional suppliers here in balkan claiming 43,4 db at 11.7ghz
i thought maybe it makes a difference if the dish is made of steel instead of aluminium, but after trying it out i don't think this kind of gain is technically possible.
looks like gibertini and their distributors trying to get rid of underperforming crap.
i set it at 7 east, where my TD110 is pointed to compare the two, no matter how much i tried to adjust op125 up/down and left/right as well as adjusting LNB, none of it helped. op125 came close or identical in SNR on 7-10 transponders to TD110 (which still isn't on a perfectly vertical pole, and i get ~1db more with TD110 after fine adjusting)
if this wasn't a design flaw, then these dishes are simply trash, not worth 30% of money they try to sell it for
the supplier told me they will send delivery service for a return and order a new dish. meanwhile i tried to mount it with the screws i had at home to see what kind of performance to expect and if it will be worth it at all.
before buying, i looked extensively in the internet for specs of different gibertini variants and people's expereinces with them.
officially, they list it as 41.9dbi at 11.7ghz, but several suppliers have different specs, some claiming 42.3dbi and a bunch of regional suppliers here in balkan claiming 43,4 db at 11.7ghz
i thought maybe it makes a difference if the dish is made of steel instead of aluminium, but after trying it out i don't think this kind of gain is technically possible.
looks like gibertini and their distributors trying to get rid of underperforming crap.
i set it at 7 east, where my TD110 is pointed to compare the two, no matter how much i tried to adjust op125 up/down and left/right as well as adjusting LNB, none of it helped. op125 came close or identical in SNR on 7-10 transponders to TD110 (which still isn't on a perfectly vertical pole, and i get ~1db more with TD110 after fine adjusting)
if this wasn't a design flaw, then these dishes are simply trash, not worth 30% of money they try to sell it for