I.D .Dish 4 foot c band portable

[jasjas]

looks like a nice portable dish, anyone see 1 of these?

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/ele/3705530893.html

 

[turbosat]

Looks a lot like my very first dish, has the same ring/extendable support, was called the "Little Wil" system by Wilson Microwave. Seems to be new old stock, judging from the ancient low noise amplifier on the mount. C-band setup, but I believe you can finagle a ku lnbf into that feedhorn-holder and have a nice-sized ku dish, though fixed on one satellite.

 

[pro96]

Nice dish.. I have a 3ft ring mount made by Panarex (Pansat) one but 4ft aka 1.2m will be even nicer. Offer $50 and go from there.

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[Anole]

not excited

For Ku (which makes more sense than C band), you'd need a Ku feed or LNBF matching the F/D of that center fed dish.
Good ones are available inexpensively, but you're very limited in your choices.
example: http://satelliteav.com/p/shop/?ws_pid=665&ws_cat=433
edit: if it's old stock, let's hope it's accurate at Ku frequencies.

Lack of proper mounting hardware makes this dish a poor choice at the price point.

As for C band, yes, I discriminate against undersized dishes.

 

[madmadworld]

might be ok on 99 cband for a few stations and other cband sats with strong tp's.
being a prime focus ku iffy at best. but if one likes wasting $ it could be fun.

 

[Lak7]

My 36" prime focus does great on Ku - granted it's only 36"

 

[TheTechGuru]

Is it big enough for AMC 18 at 105.0°W HITS2HOME (SRL/Skyvision) service? If not, what is the minimum size needed? Just wondering, happy with DirecTV right now.

Now something I would love to have in addition to my DirecTV is my "Choice of Music", but without having to put a huge 10 foot dish in the yard, what's the minimum size needed to pick up Galaxy 14 at 125.0°W?

 

[Anole]

The last I read, you could skate by on a 6' C band dish for 4Dtv.
A test dish of 5' was flakey. (not reliable)
So no-go on a 4' dish.

Edit: reworded post for clarity.

 

[Corrado]

Up to a few years ago, I used a fixed 6' dish with the H2H services on 105W. Never a problem during the years I used that setup.