Thread: Adventures In Dish Hunting 2010

Originally Posted by Anole

#1. a beautiful 8½' Birdview spun aluminum.
How I wish you had a place to stick THAT ! -

#2. hard to tell the branches from the LNB support arms, but they appear to be bent before they go to the dish.
That suggests a Channel Master / Andrew BUD of ... I think ... 10 foot size (not 8')
Yea, that's a keeper, too! -

#3. if I'd paid better attention reading the C-band section I'd know that mesh, but ...
The extra circular support ring says something about it... is it a 10'er, too?
Nuttin' to sneeze at.

You got great taste in dishes, my friend!
Now find a place to haul one of those, so we can all enjoy the story! -

1. That dish is bigger than 8 1/2 feet...its bigger than dish #2. Dish 2 looks about a 8 footer
3. that dish is a 10 footer.

Originally Posted by Iceberg

1. That dish is bigger than 8 1/2 feet...its bigger than dish #2. Dish 2 looks about a 8 footer
3. that dish is a 10 footer.

Iceberg this should clear up what type and size the dish is , pic one is of the dish you found on top the building and pic 2 is my 7.5 unimesh , they look alike . Notice the second ring and the placement of the arms , also the whole in the center ( great for centering the lnb )

Graiglist does pay off . I put an add up several days ago and have got several replies . I'm looking for a 10 foot but have to wait for several reasons on the owners part. But i did have to look at this Perfect 10 , The owner said just take it away , so i did.Came with a PS600XL reciever . Not sure what i'm going to do with this one yet sense my 7.5 foot is working great .Maybe i'll hang on to it if someone needs parts . Or maybe i'll add it to the farm .

Originally Posted by Iceberg

1. That dish is bigger than 8 1/2 feet...its bigger than dish #2.
Dish 2 looks about a 8 footer
3. that dish is a 10 footer.

Dish #3: Panhandler makes a good argument.
You guys can duke it out. Regardless, both pictures are gorgeous! -

Dish #2: Well, I'll let actual owners argue the size of that Channel Master.
But, if ya get up close again, throw a tape across it and let us know.

Dish #1:
According to the docs (some kind person posted on SatGuys) the white solids are called 9'ers, but actually measure 8½ feet.
All other size Birdviews were perforated.

Lak7 says he's got a white solid 10'er locally that's bent up.
First one of you two who can show conclusive proof of a 10' white solid ...
... that's an actual Birdview,
... I'll send you a new C2 LNBF! - - as a prize! -

Lak7 says he's got a white solid 10'er locally that's bent up.

Hey now, I just said it "looks" about as big as my 10' BUD
I can't get close enough to measure it

Originally Posted by PANHANDLER

Iceberg this should clear up what type and size the dish is , pic one is of the dish you found on top the building and pic 2 is my 7.5 unimesh , they look alike . Notice the second ring and the placement of the arms , also the whole in the center ( great for centering the lnb )

they look bigger at a distance

but yeah those 2 dishes look alike

I was just reviewing my post above about the simularities between the dish Ice found atop the building and the uni that i am useing now . I noticed the number of struts are different , there fore it's not a unimesh but most likely a 8 ft.

I noticed something about dish hunting , now that i'm on the look out for the perect bud , they seem to be everywhere . I never noticed them before especially now when the leaves are off the trees .

I wish i had the expertise to put a brand name to all the buds i have spotted .. hmmm ,,,, wouldn't that be a great topic starter ( how to identify a bud from a distance)
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well saw another one yesterday up near the cabin but that one is staying at its location.

Had to drive to town (you rural folks understand that line but the city folks may not. The nearest town with something more than a gas station is 20 miles way) and on the way I see a 8 foot mesh dish laying on the ground near the road. So on the way back (since the stores close at 3 and it was 2:30 when I was driving there) I stop and look at it. No actuator or anything. Just the dish with arms and scaler ring. I go knock on the door and I talk to the guy who lives there about the dish. I asked if he was willing to get rid of it since it was just laying there and he tells me $50 I can have it

I turned around and walked towards the truck. He actually then asked me if I wanted it and seemed to get snotty when I said "no thats ok. I can get them for way cheaper than that".

Then he throws the famous line out "well I dont know why you'd want that. Theres NOTHING that the dish can be used for". I laughed, said "thanks anyways" and left

oh well...

There's plenty of those around here too-have stuff lying in the yard or ready for the garbage truck to grab, but if you ask about it, it suddenly becomes highly valuable to them. I know times are tough right now, but if there's something I'm not using, and am ready to part with-by golly I will give it to somebody that can use it.