Which ~1m Dish

[antrabe]

its similar to kathrein what i can tell you is that i have the cas90 and has very good gain as much as televes 1.10 the weight is 13kg i have installed on motor and its very strong installation has to be very windy day to loose signal.

 

[DonSE2]

Did you have any issues getting it through customs, such as taxes and handling fees?

I've ordered some items via 'Amazon EU', but the delivery date has changed to 'we'll email when it's ready to be delivered' despite the products still being sold on Amazon with a named delivery date.

No issues or extra fees, the two websites sotel and conrad both seem to accommodate UK orders post brexit. There were some sellers through Amazon that allowed me to order but they then cancelled.

 

[Offtensive]

No issues or extra fees, the two websites sotel and conrad both seem to accommodate UK orders post brexit. There were some sellers through Amazon that allowed me to order but they then cancelled.

Hi DonSE2,

How are you getting on with your kathrein dish?And what was the total price you paid?

thank you

 

[DonSE2]

Hi DonSE2,

How are you getting on with your kathrein dish?And what was the total price you paid?

thank you

I've finally got time this week to have a go at setting it up. Will report back once I have but assembly looks very straight forward. Package seems to be missing the m6 bolts for the dish but that was probably me misplacing them or they fell out the damaged box. Price was 175 euro delivered.

 

[Offtensive]

Did you get charged any customs or did conrad pay uk vat for you?

 

[DonSE2]

Did you get charged any customs or did conrad pay uk vat for you?

I used Sotel.de. Based on the invoice I was charged VAT at 20% as part of the 175 euro total fee. Nothing to pay when I received the delivery

 

[Offtensive]

I used Sotel.de. Based on the invoice I was charged VAT at 20% as part of the 175 euro total fee. Nothing to pay when I received the delivery

Thanks, hopefully you have some good results from it.

On amazon, which market seller did you put an order through? I just put one through HM-Sat-Shop, but I'm expecting it to be cancelled soon.

 

[Offtensive]

Thanks, hopefully you have some good results from it.

On amazon, which market seller did you put an order through? I just put one through HM-Sat-Shop, but I'm expecting it to be cancelled soon.

Cancelled

 

[Gladstones]

Try sotel.de
On their website it says
no extra customs duty or import VAT etc
delivery to Europe / UK / IRL: 3-5 business days

Kathrein KEA 1000/R, 10.7 - 12.75 GHz, 39.7 dBi, 0 - 80°, Brown, Aluminium, 104 cm

 

[Offtensive]

Annoyingly they are charging €220 for the red

 

[Gladstones]

Try Conrad.com
Just registered and added into basket

 

[Offtensive]

I used Sotel.de. Based on the invoice I was charged VAT at 20% as part of the 175 euro total fee. Nothing to pay when I received the delivery

Hi DonSE2,

If you haven't put your dish up yet. Would you be able to post a picture of the backplate please, where the elevation adjustment is.

Thanks

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[DonSE2]

Hi DonSE2,

If you haven't put your dish up yet. Would you be able to post a picture of the backplate please, where the elevation adjustment is.

Thanks

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I set it up roughly before the rain came last week, initial readings on 0.8w were slightly lower than the Triax 1.1 but hoping with some fine tuning I can improve it. It seems well made and the bracket adjustment far easier than the Triax. Will do some proper testing once the weather improves.

 

[Gladstones]

I set it up roughly before the rain came last week, initial readings on 0.8w were slightly lower than the Triax 1.1 but hoping with some fine tuning I can improve it. It seems well made and the bracket adjustment far easier than the Triax. Will do some proper testing once the weather improves.

You can change them two elevation and back mount nuts with wing nuts to make it more easy
Then you can easily loose and tight them with your hand

 

[jeallen01]

You can change them two elevation and back mount nuts with wing nuts to make it more easy
Then you can easily loose and tight them with your hand

@Gladstones - where did you get those "long-eared" wingnuts as I've only been able to find "short-eared" ones?

 

[Gladstones]

@Gladstones - where did you get those "long-eared" wingnuts as I've only been able to find "short-eared" ones?

This is original Gibertini dish bracket /back plate
I think you can get them easily online

 

[Gladstones]

You can buy from eBay and some online stores

 

[Offtensive]

I set it up roughly before the rain came last week, initial readings on 0.8w were slightly lower than the Triax 1.1 but hoping with some fine tuning I can improve it. It seems well made and the bracket adjustment far easier than the Triax. Will do some proper testing once the weather improves.

Thank you for that, I noticed you are using a patio mount. How stable are they?

 

[jeallen01]

You can buy from eBay and some online stores

They are slightly cheaper on Amazon

PS: seems they are intended for use on the drum kits used by bands at gigs - makes sense = quick set and breakdown of the kits!

 

[DonSE2]

You can change them two elevation and back mount nuts with wing nuts to make it more easy
Then you can easily loose and tight them with your hand

Will do, did that on the Triax after I got fed up tweaking the bolts

Thank you for that, I noticed you are using a patio mount. How stable are they?

With enough ballast I expect it will be very stable. It doesn't seem that well made though, mast is slightly bowed so care will be needed to get the motor bracket plump but it will do the job. The installer who did my old dish used a mast with a small base bolted to patio slabs with two metal rods for extra support which is a cheaper way to do it