Buying from satellitedish.com

[astro_ogre]

Hi all,

I'm new here, but I am working on building a small radio observatory at my university. I am looking into buying a non-penetrating roof mount and 10 ft dish from satellitedish.com. However, I was curious if anyone has had experience with them since I am a little concerned with forking over $2500 to a company I am not familiar with. I did see on Google street view that the store does exist and they had a couple complaints on the BBB website.

Thanks!

 

[Titanium]

Welcome astro_ogre

Not familiar with this company and I have been in the business for many years. Much of the equipment listed on the site is old stock and out of production. Seems to be a very old site that is not frequently updated.

For a commercial dish, it would be better to deal with a known reseller such as Satellite Engineering Group or directly with a manufacture such as Superior Satellite Engineers, DH Satellite, Baird Mounts, Chaparral, etc.

 

[KE4EST]

Welcome to the site!!!
Yep, that appears to be an old site that was left up. One of those cases where the lights are on but no one is home.

 

[astro_ogre]

Thanks for your feedback, I had called them and received a quote, so they seem to be operating in some fashion.

 

[navychop]

Be VERY CAREFUL.

 

[mr3p]

For the mount, call Baird directly and get a PL-2. They can help you select the best model depending upon your ballast needs.

 

[Claude Greiner]

2500 seems a bit expensive.

 

[mr3p]

Depends upon price of dish and what accessories are being included. NPRM mount for 10' dish whether it be Rohn, Baird, etc is ~1400.