Hi everyone, I hope you are all having a great day!
You know the saying one mans junk is another mans treasure! Well I found a junkyard the other day and my wife is not too thrilled about it! lol!
I have been really badly wanting to get a 1.2 meter or 4 foot dish to try the c band experimnet on. Well something told me to call some of the dish places in my area and see if any of them are "old timers" and might have some old leftover stuff from the good ole days!
Well I found this guy and called him on the phone, told him what was going on, and he said, " I have what you need for your project"! I said cool!
Well I got in the old pickup truck and drove up to his house where I found the most awesome display of unused dishes I have ever seen in my life! It looked like he ripped off three cable companies and a tv station! I have never seen so many channel masters in my life! In all the guy had 9 of the 1.2 meter ku channel masters with old school lnbs on them and a cool feedhorn, 3 of what looked to be 6.5 foot c band fiberglass dishes, a couple of 33 inch fta solid steel dishes, and a couple 40 inch or so channel master dishes!
I could only fit a couple in my truck at a time, so I bought a 33 inch and a 4 foot dish.
I put it on the pole I had my primestar on and found it fits just right on there.
he gave me a great price on these things, Are any of you in the tyler texas area? I hate to see them go wasted, My wife frowned enough at the 4 footer, I know she would allow me to throw that 6.5 in with it.
I am going to order a new c/ku combo lnb and see how it works and might even try to motorize the thing, Worst case if the motor wont work I can use it on the 33 I bought for ku feed chasing and then aim the 1.2 meter at a good sat for both c and ku band and leave it there!
You know the saying one mans junk is another mans treasure! Well I found a junkyard the other day and my wife is not too thrilled about it! lol!
I have been really badly wanting to get a 1.2 meter or 4 foot dish to try the c band experimnet on. Well something told me to call some of the dish places in my area and see if any of them are "old timers" and might have some old leftover stuff from the good ole days!
Well I found this guy and called him on the phone, told him what was going on, and he said, " I have what you need for your project"! I said cool!
Well I got in the old pickup truck and drove up to his house where I found the most awesome display of unused dishes I have ever seen in my life! It looked like he ripped off three cable companies and a tv station! I have never seen so many channel masters in my life! In all the guy had 9 of the 1.2 meter ku channel masters with old school lnbs on them and a cool feedhorn, 3 of what looked to be 6.5 foot c band fiberglass dishes, a couple of 33 inch fta solid steel dishes, and a couple 40 inch or so channel master dishes!
I could only fit a couple in my truck at a time, so I bought a 33 inch and a 4 foot dish.
I put it on the pole I had my primestar on and found it fits just right on there.
he gave me a great price on these things, Are any of you in the tyler texas area? I hate to see them go wasted, My wife frowned enough at the 4 footer, I know she would allow me to throw that 6.5 in with it.
I am going to order a new c/ku combo lnb and see how it works and might even try to motorize the thing, Worst case if the motor wont work I can use it on the 33 I bought for ku feed chasing and then aim the 1.2 meter at a good sat for both c and ku band and leave it there!
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