TV aerials

[Gumpy]

Amazing this! Bought it and tried it - utterly hopeless, not a chance. Any dish needs to be stable and on a firm mount, less than one degree out of aim, and no chance of a digital signal. I did follow the link to Wickepedia, which on just one page tries to explain the idea of the cassgrain, in any case, obviously, nothing about any manufacturer. Might work, but as they are not in any kind of general use, I would not be inclined to waste money on it. Any chance the magazine could locate one and try it?

Did you get it to work off the boat?
I know of at least one person that couldn't because he was aiming the dish upwards at an angle

 

[Kipper]

Amazing this! Bought it and tried it - utterly hopeless, not a chance. Any dish needs to be stable and on a firm mount, less than one degree out of aim, and no chance of a digital signal. I did follow the link to Wickepedia, which on just one page tries to explain the idea of the cassgrain, in any case, obviously, nothing about any manufacturer. Might work, but as they are not in any kind of general use, I would not be inclined to waste money on it. Any chance the magazine could locate one and try it?

We did struggle to find the sat to start with but as long as we are on the pontoon and its not a force 8, we can fasten it to the spray rail and its fine, we use the tone thing to lock on to the sat.