where to buy systems, and parts

[Shicks4]

So I have been weeding away at my to do lists and finally gotten the list whittled down enough that i finally am able to purchase my first KU fta system. But I have no idea what websites are reputable, where the best deal is ECT. I was going to purchase from galaxy marketing before i read that the company is now defunct and they havent removed the website. I also have a 10' c-band dish that i will be moving and reinstalling that i will more then likely need parts for so im searching for a place to find parts. I live in the midwest in the US. Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[KE4EST]

List of reputable dealers off the top of my head:
Michael Electronics (Yours Truly)
eBay store: http://stores.ebay.com/michaelelectronics/
Titanium Satellite Brian is the one to deal with here, the inventor of the ASC1.http://www.titaniumsatellite.com
Hyper Mega Sat Casey has tons of stuff.http://hypermegasat.com/Index.html

Rick Caylor is a good guy at Rick's, http://www.gofastmotorsports.com/ ..... and Mike Kohl at http://www.global-cm.net/ is a great guy to deal with.
Tell them Michael, KE4EST sent ya.

I know I am probably missing a couple.

 

[Shicks4]

Thanks for the information, I wound up ordering a motorized KU setup on amazon from sadoun, and used the link so satellite guys will get a little bit of a kickback from the order. IM hoping this will get our feet wet so in a few months we can start monkeying around with the c-band dish. I seen quite a few parts ill likely be ordering for the c-band dish on your site as well so that is a plus. Im excited to start the project with my kid and be able to show him what it was like for me as a kid watching the dish move along the arc and be able to watch stuff from around the world and hopefully he will learn some skills during the tuning phase.

 

[Pepper]

Maybe showing my age and the fact I was out of the hobby for a while, what happened to Sadoun, or GeoSat? Are they still around?

 

[N6BY]

You can't go wrong with the dealers KE4EST mentioned above.

However, avoid "Galaxy Marketing". The website is still there for some unknown reason, but last I checked (by calling the listed phone numbers) it was out of business. Its been that way for over a year.

 

[Magic Static]

Maybe showing my age and the fact I was out of the hobby for a while, what happened to Sadoun, or GeoSat? Are they still around?

Sadoun and SatelliteAV (GeoSat) are still in business, just not aggressively working the FTA market anymore.