Tek2000 10' Mesh Dish Install & Initial Review
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Or maybe the thread mentioned in this post/ this topic: Dish Specs, Trust But Verify!
For diseqc switches: in Europe SPAUN is often named as one of the best brands.
I have two of those; never had problems with them.
Don't know if you can get them in America?
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Great news.. Moving them 8.5 inches from the rim solved all my problems.. signals are booming now!! Thanks You All!! This has been a pain in my side for months!!
To get 40, 43 45 & 47w in the east, I have to clear neighbors trees or get signals thru their trees. If I move my 7.5 dish close to my fence I can clear their trees and get signals. The mount is a former roof mount that came when I got the used dish. I have it weighed down in the yard by big rocks so I can move it but it takes hours to move and get on the arc when your backyard is little rocks landscaped.
I want to put the 10 ft dish as close to the fence as possible on the right side of the yard to clear the trees. Empty land behind the house. The new pole will be buried so once its done then that's it. My southern sat is 107w here in NM. How much room does the dish need to move from 40 to 139 w. The dish will hit the fence if its too close when the dish is directly South like 99 or 107 etc. How much room should be left between pole and fence. My 7.5 dish hangs 4 feet from the pole when looking South. How far does the 10 ft dish hang from the pole so I don't put the pole too close to the fence. Is it 5 ft? Does this make sense? Thanks
I want to put the 10 ft dish as close to the fence as possible on the right side of the yard to clear the trees. Empty land behind the house. The new pole will be buried so once its done then that's it. My southern sat is 107w here in NM. How much room does the dish need to move from 40 to 139 w. The dish will hit the fence if its too close when the dish is directly South like 99 or 107 etc. How much room should be left between pole and fence. My 7.5 dish hangs 4 feet from the pole when looking South. How far does the 10 ft dish hang from the pole so I don't put the pole too close to the fence. Is it 5 ft? Does this make sense? Thanks
There's not enough room for both dishes to clear the trees so the 7.5 dish will see 55 to 135 once I position it after the 10 ft one is done. The yard is a standard neighborhood so its not that big. I don't want both dishes to interfere signal wise with each other.
I'd leave 6 or 7 feet,never know when that 12 footer comes along 
Leave 6 foot anyway just to give yourself more wiggle room with the 10 foot.
Leave 6 foot anyway just to give yourself more wiggle room with the 10 foot.
I thought I would give a follow up on my install of this dish. So I just wanted to stay in this thread already about the subject.
My thoughts on tek2000 10' dish:
First of all this is my first experience with a tek2000 dish. I have read over the last couple of years how they are not made well and how they break easy.
I have also followed how they seemed to start getting better and beefing up their mounts, and other parts of the dishes.
I also remember all the reading of how they didn't package things very well in the beginning. Again I have been seeing, as time went on, how that also improved.
Last week I finally got to see one in person. Not only that, I got to put it together out of the UPS packing from start to finish.
I will say this, if they were crappy dishes in the past, they must have listened to their customers. The dish I installed was what I would call a bit over kill. I have installed many dishes over the years, and have never seen a consumer dish built this well. They use 4.5" pipe! I have seen dishes that are 30 years old and still working great not have a 4.5 inch mast pipe. Also the ring on the back was 2 - 2.5 times larger than other good brand 10' dishes from years gone by. The mount was overly complicated and sturdy. ....but hey, over kill is gone with something like this.
So if anyone is wanting a dish with a good product to value ratio. I would not hesitate to recommend one of these dishes. It came packaged pretty good too.
The only issue is, until they fix their instructions, is to not use the pre-drilled holes for the feedhorn/scaler rods. As mentioned in this thread, come up approx~ 8.5 inches from the lip and drill a new hole using a 1/4" bit and use that hole.
My thoughts on tek2000 10' dish:
First of all this is my first experience with a tek2000 dish. I have read over the last couple of years how they are not made well and how they break easy.
I have also followed how they seemed to start getting better and beefing up their mounts, and other parts of the dishes.
I also remember all the reading of how they didn't package things very well in the beginning. Again I have been seeing, as time went on, how that also improved.
Last week I finally got to see one in person. Not only that, I got to put it together out of the UPS packing from start to finish.
I will say this, if they were crappy dishes in the past, they must have listened to their customers. The dish I installed was what I would call a bit over kill. I have installed many dishes over the years, and have never seen a consumer dish built this well. They use 4.5" pipe! I have seen dishes that are 30 years old and still working great not have a 4.5 inch mast pipe. Also the ring on the back was 2 - 2.5 times larger than other good brand 10' dishes from years gone by. The mount was overly complicated and sturdy. ....but hey, over kill is gone with something like this.
So if anyone is wanting a dish with a good product to value ratio. I would not hesitate to recommend one of these dishes. It came packaged pretty good too.
The only issue is, until they fix their instructions, is to not use the pre-drilled holes for the feedhorn/scaler rods. As mentioned in this thread, come up approx~ 8.5 inches from the lip and drill a new hole using a 1/4" bit and use that hole.
Can somebody who's purchased one actually get that feedback back to them, so they can make that modification?
Here's a solution we used in hail prone areas. We found a place where we could purchase a plastic, heat shrink boat wrap. We stretched in across the face of the dish, pulled it tight and secured it behind the dish. We then took a heat gun (Caution not to burn a hole in the plastic), shrank the wrinkles out of the plastic covering the face of the dish, and the hail just bounced off the plastic never making it to the dish surface.
Make sure you get UV resistant plastic for long term use. Some of the dishes we covered took hits from golf ball size hail and it never penetrated the plastic film. It doesn't seem to hinder signal penetration, and if you get the clear plastic, it isn't all that visible. Just a suggestion from our experiences.
I think they have got to the point that they have improved things (especially the mounts) that I would probably purchase one if I had the money. (Unfortunately I don't have the money at the moment)
But its nice to see that over the years they have listened to the feedback from those that purchased them to continue making improvements making these a good dish for the money.. Thats a great thing
But its nice to see that over the years they have listened to the feedback from those that purchased them to continue making improvements making these a good dish for the money.. Thats a great thing
