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<blockquote data-quote="Mark in Portugal" data-source="post: 780442" data-attributes="member: 382160">I need to buy a dish for receiving from Astra 28.8 East from Algarve, Portugal. I'm going a bit over-size as future proofing.The best deal I've been offered so far is for a &quot;televes&quot; branded dish, at 490 Euros including tax, feedhorn, and delivery.they claim 44.8 dB, focal length 755mm, thickness 3mm.Does anyone know about these? How's the build quality? No one had stock, I have to order it before I see it.Someone else offered me an &quot;Antnet&quot; make dish for E500 with delivery but without feedhorn [he was out of the shop at the time, he thought the feedhorn was 70 more]. I didn't find any specs on their website.These are both prime-focus, single piece, alu dishes.I need a double output LMB as well. Any recommendations? Things tend to be expensive here, so I'll likely mail order the LNB. Recommended supplier in Europe?Do I need a signal booster or anything like that? Cable length is about 12-15 meters. I put decent quality cables in when I renovated the house.I'm planning to beef up the mountings a little and insulate the mountings from the aluminum dish to prevent corrosion. I'm near the coast.I'm a satellite noob, but very handy. Like I weld, use a lathe, do my own plumbing, electrics, and cabinet work.Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark in Portugal, post: 780442, member: 382160"] I need to buy a dish for receiving from Astra 28.8 East from Algarve, Portugal. I'm going a bit over-size as future proofing. The best deal I've been offered so far is for a "televes" branded dish, at 490 Euros including tax, feedhorn, and delivery. they claim 44.8 dB, focal length 755mm, thickness 3mm. Does anyone know about these? How's the build quality? No one had stock, I have to order it before I see it. Someone else offered me an "Antnet" make dish for E500 with delivery but without feedhorn [he was out of the shop at the time, he thought the feedhorn was 70 more]. I didn't find any specs on their website. These are both prime-focus, single piece, alu dishes. I need a double output LMB as well. Any recommendations? Things tend to be expensive here, so I'll likely mail order the LNB. Recommended supplier in Europe? Do I need a signal booster or anything like that? Cable length is about 12-15 meters. I put decent quality cables in when I renovated the house. I'm planning to beef up the mountings a little and insulate the mountings from the aluminum dish to prevent corrosion. I'm near the coast. I'm a satellite noob, but very handy. Like I weld, use a lathe, do my own plumbing, electrics, and cabinet work. Thanks [/QUOTE]

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