FORTEC STAR DISHES

[terriers]

Wonder if anyone out there could tell me what kind of
mount comes with the fortec star petalised dishes...
on the net the pics show them on some kinda stand
but i would want a pole mount..

[opsmonkey]

the 2.4m comes with a ground stand as does the 1.85m

TBH i dont think you could pole mount a dish that big

[terriers]

cheers ops...i would need it to be at least 2.5 feet off ground
so i can get los..

[opsmonkey]

i know a few people who bought the 2.4m when the Premier League left ART and went to Showtime.. the reception quality wasnt that good, even on sats like Thor an Andrews 1.8m produced better signal quality

[terriers]

some people say they are really poor and not worth buying..
yet a bloke on another forum has a 2.4 in the north west and
he says he picks it up perfectly...so i,m a bit do i dont i at the mo....suppose its the price thats tempting me....it would be nice
if there was some cheap big dish suppliers in the uk...i cant find one!...and cant afford an andrews either!...

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

i heard the quality of these dishis are schitt

[opsmonkey]

i know a lad in Liverpool who did have a 2.4m for Showtime EPL.. he got rid quick time.. if it wasnt a sunny day he hardly got a lock on anything.. the slightest sniff of rain, the Horizontals dropped off and the Vericals were poor

[terriers]

i,ll give it a miss then and wait till i can find a big dish at a decent price...

[opsmonkey]

if your ever in cyprus they are a good build quality there.. you'd have to get it shipped back though lol

[terriers]

yeah theyre beauties out there..3m the norm..lol..
I know a guy in rhodes who has a 5m dish and he got it from
russia.....just to get itv for ch league..lol..

[firestorm]

you can get some good bargins on flebay for secondhand dishes try this one 290321845596

[krazylegz]

stay away from the fortecstar petal dishes, i have read from some very good satellite installers that they are sh!te m8

[terriers]

Hi guys..
well after a lot of reading up on this dish maybe they arent that bad...
An engineer on another forum says the problem seems to be people using a standard 40mm lnb and its only illuminating half the dish,,making it perform like a 1m dish...

also you have to play around a bit to get the focal point spot on
and if you have a good sat meter its easy....

if you buy a good c120 lnb he says the dish performs as good as
the andrews 1.8m,,and he,s actually tested both to compare against one another!!!

so it appears its just poor installation thats the problem..
as soon as maplins has one in stock i,m gonna try one out and
report back with the results....

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

planning permission
lol

[terriers]

not for the back garden dude!!..no 1 will know its there

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

mate..its 2.4m high!

[terriers]

i,m gonna try the 1.8m, and my back garden is really private wi
no 1 looking..the guy on other forums in wales and getting horizontals on a 1.8..so i should be ok cos i,m quite a bit east of wales..and i,ll get a good lnb..
I cant even clear showtime wi my setup but its bugging me not being able to get the signal!!

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

lol....all the good footy is on vertical TP's...

[terriers]

yeah i know i,ll get those too!!!...

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

anyway the dishis are never in stock...they have to be ordered online

[terriers]

yeah i know..it could be a while before i manage to get one..it,ll give me time to find a innovative to open it..lol..

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

lol..you want a innovative?

[opsmonkey]

you dont need planning permission for a free standing dish..

if its ground mounted then its fine..

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

is it? wow...but im sure when ppl have conservatories there not wall mounted!! :roflmao:

is there a limit to dish size on ground?
for wall mounting its 1x 1metre dish and 1x 80cm dish

[opsmonkey]

is it? wow...but im sure when ppl have conservatories there not wall mounted!! :roflmao:

is there a limit to dish size on ground?
for wall mounting its 1x 1metre dish and 1x 80cm dish

Conservatories have foundations and are fixed.. clever arse..

if you can move it easily.. ie

a shed
a table
a swing
a bouncy castle
a satellite dish on a gound mount

it doesnt need planning permission

if its permanently fixed ( screwed to the wall or cemented into the ground) then it does..

[terriers]

i do sadiq!!..it opens showtime...
anyone complains about dish and they,ll get a slap.lol..
cheshires got jodrel bank!!...worksop can have its own version.lol.