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How about a contest, most interesting use/abuse of an old satellite dish? Recycle, upcycle, downcycle, whatever.... With bonus points for innovation. Winner gets 10 of Joe's old PrimeStar dishes..... Looks like no takers on the LNB's.....and I can't think of any other use for them. Guess...

Focusing light inside a greenhouse? Is the greenhouse combustible? Be careful.... I would strip the cover and insulation off the tank, paint it flat black, and try it that way, without help from the dishes first, to get a feel for what that can do. Get some of those walmart electronic...

I googled prime star, Images, first pic is of a small house practically obscured by old dishes....is that your house, Joe?

Stranded? or marooned? I have built several solar cookers of the "inside the parabola" variety, using Aluminum high bay lighting reflectors with glass covers. The focal point is inside, near the bottom of the reflector. You put a small black pot under the glass, with a thermal break between...

I know only Pub Members can post classified ads, but how about free stuff? I found an AT9 dish with LNBs (WNC fw9 for Ka/Ku, and WNC fw2 for 110/119)), I will be making a solar cooker with the dish. Anybody want the LNBs? Just pay shipping, priority mail....

Is anyone here into cooking with solar? I have used solar and dish antennas to cook with and it works well, but it could work better if I could find an aluminum dish instead of steel. Aluminum can be polished better than most other metals. Currently I use foil tape to line the dish, but that...