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Sky & Freesat fringe reception
poor Freesat in Alicante, Costa Blanca 2.4m Fortec Star dish
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<blockquote data-quote="joddle" data-source="post: 581638" data-attributes="member: 247983"><p>Hi all - up until last night I had a 2.4m fortecstar dish on my roof here in Valencia - Last night the 160km p hr wind took it away and folded it up for me so it wont be going back up very soon. However the question must be (according to many of the posts here) was it any good and fit for purpose?</p><p></p><p>Before I get into this we have to be fair - it was bloody cheap - and what was I really expecting for the price? I knew it would not be as good as a £700 solid dish - why the hell should it be? Its construction is a series of compormises - 6 petals instead of a solid shape and the accuracy of the parabolic shape varies around the petals fom the folded edge to the sheet centre - it is made of thin steel. There is virtually no support - the LNB arms are not very precise - The engineering is not very good - even the petal holes don't always match up......and there is loads more ---- BUT - it did work after a fashion - it was better than the 1.4 M solid dish that I already had - I could watch any freesat programme in the daytime no probs. It was in the night that its weaknesses really showed. Loss of BBC1 at 7:30 and no chance of BBC3 or 4 after 7:30ish - So was it any good? that is a matter of opinion - I would say it was good for the money - but not really up to providing what I needed here in Valencia - perhaps if I lived 100km to the norh it would have been perfect !! Its a bit like getting a cheap wheelbarrow when you really needed a dumper truck - ie it is only as good as it is - but that may be good enough fo some people in certain situations.</p><p></p><p>Anyway my Fortecstar is now pretty dead - and that is the real weakness of the dish - it is really very flimsy and therefore vulnarable to the weather - and that will be the case wherever you are never mind if its reception is good or not. I certainly won't be getting another...</p><p></p><p>SO - to all you people thinking of bringing a Maplin special to the Costa Blanca - my advise is DON'T - You should really be spending a bit more to get reliable reception - The agro is simply not worth it. But then again if you are a bit to the north of here - then - well its up to you..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joddle, post: 581638, member: 247983"] Hi all - up until last night I had a 2.4m fortecstar dish on my roof here in Valencia - Last night the 160km p hr wind took it away and folded it up for me so it wont be going back up very soon. However the question must be (according to many of the posts here) was it any good and fit for purpose? Before I get into this we have to be fair - it was bloody cheap - and what was I really expecting for the price? I knew it would not be as good as a £700 solid dish - why the hell should it be? Its construction is a series of compormises - 6 petals instead of a solid shape and the accuracy of the parabolic shape varies around the petals fom the folded edge to the sheet centre - it is made of thin steel. There is virtually no support - the LNB arms are not very precise - The engineering is not very good - even the petal holes don't always match up......and there is loads more ---- BUT - it did work after a fashion - it was better than the 1.4 M solid dish that I already had - I could watch any freesat programme in the daytime no probs. It was in the night that its weaknesses really showed. Loss of BBC1 at 7:30 and no chance of BBC3 or 4 after 7:30ish - So was it any good? that is a matter of opinion - I would say it was good for the money - but not really up to providing what I needed here in Valencia - perhaps if I lived 100km to the norh it would have been perfect !! Its a bit like getting a cheap wheelbarrow when you really needed a dumper truck - ie it is only as good as it is - but that may be good enough fo some people in certain situations. Anyway my Fortecstar is now pretty dead - and that is the real weakness of the dish - it is really very flimsy and therefore vulnarable to the weather - and that will be the case wherever you are never mind if its reception is good or not. I certainly won't be getting another... SO - to all you people thinking of bringing a Maplin special to the Costa Blanca - my advise is DON'T - You should really be spending a bit more to get reliable reception - The agro is simply not worth it. But then again if you are a bit to the north of here - then - well its up to you.. [/QUOTE]
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