Thread: Adventures in Dish Hunting 2009

Originally Posted by Spize

There is a storefront for rent that I have looked at recently that when the LL walked me through to show me the place I may rent out he mentioned he had about 7 old C or K band satellite dishes in the basement I could take so he didn't have to get them hauled off.... I didn't know anyone would want these things so I said "no thanks"

WHere are you?`If within driving distance, NoDoubt and I would be in a race --- in this snow?--- to get over to get them!
POP

Originally Posted by lonewolf85

No one was home ware the birdview was so I stoped in at the neigbors house hoping to get contact info. When I told him that I wanted satellite dishs he said I have two Huges net dishes that you can have. Sweet.

Wow that guy must have got real upset with the upload speed of his internet providers. super find!

Well all I had was my blackjack's camera. Going to meetings around the state and didn't think about seeing dishes, so didn't take a camera with me and the photos are not the greatest.

The first is a 10' Channelmaster at a hotel in Okmulgee, OK. I was in a hurry, but I will be going back tomorrow or Wednesday because in addition to this there was a 1 or 1.2 meter dish on a non penetrating mount sitting next to a junk yard, I saw as I was leaving town, late for a meeting or I would have turned around for it.

The second is a perforated birdview out between Shawnee and Tecumseh, OK

The third was still in use outside the Pottawatomie County Health Dept and appeared to be fairly new.

The last was by an old hotel along Interstate 40 near Earlsboro, OK

That fence and power poles in the 2nd picture must've been thru some of the tornado alley winds. Or else you were really flying as you took it! LOL

I would stay away from the 4th one the mesh is missing.
the fence is leaning too so im guessing ternador

Originally Posted by turbosat

That fence and power poles in the 2nd picture must've been thru some of the tornado alley winds. Or else you were really flying as you took it! LOL

Both

A lot of wooden utility poles look like that after a couple of years in Tornado Alley. Some of my clients are making a move to metal poles now, but at $1000 for a wooden pole and $4500 for a metal, it will take time.

The pole was leaning, the fence I wasn't paying attention to. I grew up down in that area and had an hour to waste and was running around checking out the places I hadn't seen in nearly 20 years. So I might have been exceeding the speed limit ever so slightly!

The fourth one I just stopped for the heck of it. I saw it from the highway so I swung by on my way back. If I hadn't of wasted time there, I probably could of stopped and inquired about the 1 meter.

I would take any of them if they were close to me! If I was driving through, I would take them along for the ride, even THOUGH I HAD to buy a trailer to do it!

Originally Posted by turbosat

No doubt you were lucky you didn't get nailed for overdimensional load there, lol.
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Out where he was, they would accept it if he called it a farm load. After all, it is for his Dish Farm! Just need the red triangle on the truck!

I've had my eye on a few for the past little while. I have a 10 footer that's going up in the spring (perhaps temporarily sooner if I can swing it). There's a spun aluminum one I've been looking at for years I think is about 8' but the last spun alum one I had wasn't all that great for C-Band. Perhaps I'll set it up for Ku if I can get my hands on it.
Every so often I'll spot one then forget about it. My plan is to have at least one motorized C-band and one motorized Ku by the fall of this year. Also a few fixed ones........well, probably as many as I can get my hands on! But I want to go at it heavily this year and get rid of all pizza pan dishes.