[BC] Prodelin dish comment...

[Mark Croom]

I only ever had one Prodelin but it was a great dish. Not a huge one
(maybe 2.8 Meter) but good once it was assembled. Not as bad as a
Patriot to assemble, but lots of hardware and petals. It lined up very
easily tho and was terrific. That one was hit by a backing truck
(tower crew) one time and got kind of crushed out of shape where it
was hit, but was by no means ruined and continued to function just
fine. I used some c-clamps and masonite to push the thing into shape
until I could replace the petal (unfortunately I never got to finish
the job but I think my replacement did).

Anyway I digress (as usual). If for some reason I needed a dish that
could be knocked down, I wouldn't hesitate to go with another
Prodelin. Otherwise I've become kind of a DH fan over the last few
years, now that I have had a few of them.

Mark
MN

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Burt I. Weiner <biwa at att.net> wrote:
> I have a 4.2 Meter Prodeling at home that's been up for about 24
> years.  A real workhorse, it's maintained it's geometry and still
> works well.  It's been sitting on AMC-8 (or whatever its called this
> week) for about 15 years.
>
> Burt
>
>>From: "radioranger" <radioranger at comcast.net>
>>
>>Thanks to all who replied.  Since I asked the question, I've been advised by
>>Chris Krieger at RF Specialties that Comtech appears to be out of the 3.8
>>meter dish business.  He says that the closest he can come is a Prodelin
>>dish. How about comments on them?
>>
>>Mike, I'm also looking at the DH dish, thanks.
>>