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<blockquote data-quote="PaulR" data-source="post: 840227" data-attributes="member: 176256">No, you haven't missed anything. I realise that I haven't actually said what dishes I've been using down there (near to Avignon).Prior to the introduction of 2D I used a Zone 2 $ly minidish. When 2D came along I upsized to a dish which was the precursor to the Raven Gemini. This was the equivalent to a 70cm dish and was good for most of the time except when it rained. At around the same time I put in an 85cm dish for our English friends who live the other side of teh village. They didn't lose 2D when it rained.(As an aside can anyone remember the name of this Gemini dish manufacturer? I think it began with an 'O' but am not sure.)With the introduction of 2F I had to upsize. I was donated a couple of Triax dishes (thanks forum Mod Rick) - a TD78 and a TD88. In my naivete I thought the TD78 was and 80cm dish and the TD88 was a 90cm and was surprised when I measured them up to find that the TD78 was no larger than the Gemini. The TD88 turned out to be an 85cm dish so that went up.I didn't have the proper bracket for the wall and had to reuse the Gemini bracket, which was a bit wobbly and difficult to adjust. Still, I got the C5s back even with some very rough and rady adjustment. They do tend to disappear in the rain but I'm hoping that when I put a decent bracket on the wall and can align it properly that it'll be better.My English friends didn't even notice the introduction of 2F BTW. They don't watch C5 very much but reckon that it doesn't go when it rains.Incidentally, the link to the German site wouldn't open for me. I kept gettin an http404 error.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PaulR, post: 840227, member: 176256"] No, you haven't missed anything. I realise that I haven't actually said what dishes I've been using down there (near to Avignon). Prior to the introduction of 2D I used a Zone 2 $ly minidish. When 2D came along I upsized to a dish which was the precursor to the Raven Gemini. This was the equivalent to a 70cm dish and was good for most of the time except when it rained. At around the same time I put in an 85cm dish for our English friends who live the other side of teh village. They didn't lose 2D when it rained. (As an aside can anyone remember the name of this Gemini dish manufacturer? I think it began with an 'O' but am not sure.) With the introduction of 2F I had to upsize. I was donated a couple of Triax dishes (thanks forum Mod Rick) - a TD78 and a TD88. In my naivete I thought the TD78 was and 80cm dish and the TD88 was a 90cm and was surprised when I measured them up to find that the TD78 was no larger than the Gemini. The TD88 turned out to be an 85cm dish so that went up. I didn't have the proper bracket for the wall and had to reuse the Gemini bracket, which was a bit wobbly and difficult to adjust. Still, I got the C5s back even with some very rough and rady adjustment. They do tend to disappear in the rain but I'm hoping that when I put a decent bracket on the wall and can align it properly that it'll be better. My English friends didn't even notice the introduction of 2F BTW. They don't watch C5 very much but reckon that it doesn't go when it rains. Incidentally, the link to the German site wouldn't open for me. I kept gettin an http404 error. [/QUOTE]

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