Replacing large Lidl sat dish with mini mesh?

trap4 · 2009-12-16 10:01:06

It looks like the large (80cm?) dish which came with our Lidl kit is damaged and I'm thinking of replacing it with a mesh dish as it's in a very exposed area. My question is, will the mini-mesh dish found in Maplin be good/big enough to replace it? We only watch the British channels on Astra 2.

16-12-2009 11:01AM

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trap4

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It looks like the large (80cm?) dish which came with our Lidl kit is damaged and I'm thinking of replacing it with a mesh dish as it's in a very exposed area. My question is, will the mini-mesh dish found in Maplin be good/big enough to replace it? We only watch the British channels on Astra 2.

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#2 16-12-2009 11:08AM

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I'd recommend you go with a 60cm dish to avoid problems with rain fade.

trap4 wrote: »

It looks like the large (80cm?) dish which came with our Lidl kit is damaged and I'm thinking of replacing it with a mesh dish as it's in a very exposed area. My question is, will the mini-mesh dish found in Maplin be good/big enough to replace it? We only watch the British channels on Astra 2.

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#3 16-12-2009 08:45PM

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+1 With what Tony said, a 60cm dish is the only way to go, a smaller dish will work but will suffer in very bad weather conditions.

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