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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
C-Band Reception, UK and Europe
The 2.4M Fortec Star on C-Band.
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<blockquote data-quote="drhans" data-source="post: 988436" data-attributes="member: 333600"><p>I used one too. Some of the things I didn't hate about it was the price (10% of my current 2.4m Channel Master setup) and the weight which made it possible to be easily moved around in the garden, looking for different satellites between the trees... something that you can't do with a mounted heavy dishes. In Ku band it didn't perform any better than a 1.8m dish but in C-band it was quite good. Not as good as a "real" 2.4m dish but definitely better than a 1.8m - probably closer to 2-2.2m dish, which is pretty good considering the price.</p><p>On the downside, it needed some fixing after each heavier storm and the feed arms couldn't support heavier C-band equipment (ring, omt, 2 lnbs, polarizer). If I'd be happy with just 40W, I'd probably keep using it. But I wanted 40W, 43W, 47W and 55W so I had to look for another dish. But it still would be much cheaper to set up 4 separate 240cm fortec stars and I'd get what I want. Unfortunately some people might not appreciate me doing that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drhans, post: 988436, member: 333600"] I used one too. Some of the things I didn't hate about it was the price (10% of my current 2.4m Channel Master setup) and the weight which made it possible to be easily moved around in the garden, looking for different satellites between the trees... something that you can't do with a mounted heavy dishes. In Ku band it didn't perform any better than a 1.8m dish but in C-band it was quite good. Not as good as a "real" 2.4m dish but definitely better than a 1.8m - probably closer to 2-2.2m dish, which is pretty good considering the price. On the downside, it needed some fixing after each heavier storm and the feed arms couldn't support heavier C-band equipment (ring, omt, 2 lnbs, polarizer). If I'd be happy with just 40W, I'd probably keep using it. But I wanted 40W, 43W, 47W and 55W so I had to look for another dish. But it still would be much cheaper to set up 4 separate 240cm fortec stars and I'd get what I want. Unfortunately some people might not appreciate me doing that. [/QUOTE]
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