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Subject: Re: HollStar Dishes

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JTA

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Date Posted: 04:36:15 12/26/03 Fri
In reply to: Bobben 's message, "Re: HollStar Dishes" on 10:20:48 12/25/03 Thu

>
>>I found Bobben's comment a bit confusing but after
>>reading it at least ten times I think he was just
>>saying that a dish with efficiency 58.4% has about 1dB
>>less gain compared to a dish of the same size but with
>>efficiency 71.5%. I agree with that :)
>
>Yepp - thats what I meant.
>
>When I read my post I agree is was a bit confusing ;-)
>
>1dB more is nice to have but as you write it could
>easily be lost with a standard LNBF that does fit well
>on the antenna.
>
>The antenna is also made from two panels. I believe a
>solid 2.7m in one piece is better because two panels
>would never fit 100% but a 2.7m single piece is
>probably more expensive to ship.
Not too sure what all that means lads but I need a big dish for Lanzarote obviously to pick up BBC etc.What I need to know is are Hollstar dishes any good before I buy one.

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Re: HollStar Dishes	JVT	12:39:05 12/26/03 Fri