So, I picked up a solid 8.5 foot spun aluminum BUD yesterday for the price of a case of Miller Genuine Draft. ?This is the first of the 3 I picked up this summer where I have had to pay anything other than my time, travel and gas for the vehicle.
The unit was located at a house that is going to be demolished in a couple of weeks. The demo contractor has promised to dig out the pole for me when they have a backhoe on site. Keeping my fingers crossed...
Is there a prize for finding the most rare BUD equipment that no one else has ever seen before? What you have here is your world famous solid dish supplied by Jack Williamson Enterprises of Red Deer, Alberta. I'd be surprised if it was actually manufactured there, but you never know.
I was not planning to pick up another dish, but figured I should grab a solid one when I had the chance. Of course, my big ladder, angle grinder and sawzall were 3 hours away, so I spent more time than I should have taking things apart.
Mount and pole
Actuator
Back view with TV antenna pole
Nice feedhorn cover will a clamp you could throw a lock on
Dish after removing feed and arms
Back view of dish showing bracing arms
Norsat LNB with a very faded label
And an Omni Spectra motor where a Google search brings I can only find a single hit on this site, with no replies.
Dish survived the 300 km trailer journey from Calgary to the cabin, and does well on the string test. I know this is a top down photo, but there is less than a string width when running through the holes for mounting the feed support arms.
Dish does not pass the wife test though, she is not too excited about a big white golf ball in the middle of the yard. I'll be studying up on the best way to camouflage this puppy with a cool paint job, then maybe it will end up waaayyy out in the back corner of the lot.
So, if the weather holds, and I can scrounge the promised pole, and the Titanium LNBF and actuator controller ship in November... maybe I'll have the 10 foot mesh up and running before it gets too frozen. Otherwise, the BUD goes on the next year project list.
The unit was located at a house that is going to be demolished in a couple of weeks. The demo contractor has promised to dig out the pole for me when they have a backhoe on site. Keeping my fingers crossed...
Is there a prize for finding the most rare BUD equipment that no one else has ever seen before? What you have here is your world famous solid dish supplied by Jack Williamson Enterprises of Red Deer, Alberta. I'd be surprised if it was actually manufactured there, but you never know.
I was not planning to pick up another dish, but figured I should grab a solid one when I had the chance. Of course, my big ladder, angle grinder and sawzall were 3 hours away, so I spent more time than I should have taking things apart.
Mount and pole
Actuator
Back view with TV antenna pole
Nice feedhorn cover will a clamp you could throw a lock on
Dish after removing feed and arms
Back view of dish showing bracing arms
Norsat LNB with a very faded label
And an Omni Spectra motor where a Google search brings I can only find a single hit on this site, with no replies.
Dish survived the 300 km trailer journey from Calgary to the cabin, and does well on the string test. I know this is a top down photo, but there is less than a string width when running through the holes for mounting the feed support arms.
Dish does not pass the wife test though, she is not too excited about a big white golf ball in the middle of the yard. I'll be studying up on the best way to camouflage this puppy with a cool paint job, then maybe it will end up waaayyy out in the back corner of the lot.
So, if the weather holds, and I can scrounge the promised pole, and the Titanium LNBF and actuator controller ship in November... maybe I'll have the 10 foot mesh up and running before it gets too frozen. Otherwise, the BUD goes on the next year project list.
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