http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/review-tek2000-8-mesh-dish.337977/
iBoston, I have the 8' version of that dish. It's a decent quality dish, not the worst, not the best either. I would try to get an older dish in nice condition first from someone who has one on their property and is willing to give it away for the taking or sell it for good price. If that's not an option, the Tek2000 dish will do the job. I personally thought the mount could have been a little thicker but the reflector is made of aluminum so it's fairly lightweight. It's been through 60+ mph winds and nickel size hail with no problems. It has not been through a winter's snow and ice yet so I don't know how it will handle that. I don't regret my purchase, other than I wish I would have gone with the 10' instead of the 8'. Here is a review thread I started after I set mine up. It has pictures of the dish, shipping concerns, etc. When I started the thread I was intent on using the dish for C and Ku reception on one dish with a WSI NS741 C/KU LNB. After poor results, I decided against that, and replaced the LNB with a Titanium C1-PLL for dedicated C band. I have had no problems with C band reception after that.
I occasionally lose the NBC Feeds on 105W (during heavy storms). There is supposed to be a BBC feed on 55.5W and a Bloomberg Financial feed on 116.8W that I haven't been able to get. I'm sure if I had a 10' instead of an 8' they wouldn't be a problem. Other than that, I'm good.
PS: Took a lot of tweaking to get everything just right.
I've got one CBS feed on 87W, two others on 95W. Just rescanned, no CBS on 97W here. Do have 4 channels labels CWD (CW network?). What frequency/polarity/symbol rate for CBS on 97? Are they 24hr feeds?
I just checked out both sats using those F/P/SR's. Nothing scans in for 3900 H 29860 on 89W. However, it appears my Amiko had found CBS on 97W during a previous scan as there's a channel just labeled ch-1 at 4079 V 29860. Tuned to it but no audio/video. Tried a few clicks east and west, still nothing? I do most of my scans at night so I don't bother the wife
, so it may come in intermittently for me. May need bigger dish for those two but I can live with the other three I do get until a bigger dish comes my way!
Hate to see that happen! So many people/businesses just don't think these are any good for anything but scrap.
Maybe not, size matters but dish quality and location do too. You may be able to get it with a different dish and location. Have you checked the footprint for your location? Even if you can't, it's still probably worth the jump to an eight, especially if you can find one for no/low cost. Good luck!
unless you want to run c and ku off the 10ft then 37.5w is the furthest before going under 30w that has horizontal or vertical transponders now the thing to watch for is the placement of the actuator mounting bracket my 7+ foot dish has the west side mount bracket so for me i have +- 40/50 degrees so with the same actuator i should be able to see 55.5w-139w
I have no problems with cbs on my 8ft kti dish. G19 is stronger than g28 for me. 4060 which cbs uses for overflow is my weakest try.I just checked out both sats using those F/P/SR's. Nothing scans in for 3900 H 29860 on 89W. However, it appears my Amiko had found CBS on 97W during a previous scan as there's a channel just labeled ch-1 at 4079 V 29860. Tuned to it but no audio/video. Tried a few clicks east and west, still nothing? I do most of my scans at night so I don't bother the wife
One of the issues I see with the tek2000 is the mesh. They are using common woven window screen for the fabric. This is weak and will not hold up as good as expanded metal screen. Also a poor choice for Ku reception. I'm a firm believer in "you get what you pay for" and these dishes are cheap.
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