[BC] Comtech versus Patriot dishes

[Mike McCarthy]

Without stiffening of the dish frame, the Patriot line tends to bend and
flex in high winds. They're are a PIA to assemble.

Buy a DH Satellite dish from central Wisconsin (make sure you order the
galvanized mount kit as the normal mount is only painted). One piece dish
and easily withstands the winds of the midwest.  It can also be assembled 
and moved by a team of men.  Their own truck delivers the dish too.

DH's fisxed dishes do need to be guyed to insure the dish doesn't spin
during high winds. I've got 4 and they're all otherwise quite reliable in
both C and Ku versions. Including one sitting on a Baird non-penetrating
frame in our parking lot.

MM

> Brain Trust,  can you please weigh in on the pros and cons of purchasing a
> Comtech versus Patriot  3.8 meter C band receive only dish?  Thanks
>
> Steve Brown
> Radio Rangers
> Minneapolis