Dish ID, please ?

[brentb636]

Here's 3 pics of my first free decent dish. It's a solid 1 meter, and was sitting in the parking lot of my favorite hardware store. Fell off the house next door ( was dangling by cable).
Can anyone identify, I suspect it's a classic of some sort, and will replace my 90cm Fortec, I think.

 

[1ADAM12]

Fell off the house next door ( was dangling by cable).

Still Attached to the house? Did you ask permission to remove?

 

[brentb636]

You thought you had me busted !
Not attached to the house, but sitting in the parking lot. House is a rental, currently vacant. House is owned by Hardware store owner, who approved getting the ugly thing out of his sight. Turn off the flashers and siren.

 

[phlatwound]

............. Turn off the flashers and siren.

Never seen one just like that, Brent, nice score though.

 

[brentb636]

It's solid enough. On the dish bracket it explains that the bolt is the elevation point, and that the increments are each 5 degrees. It should definitely be an improvement to my 90cm Fortec dish. I have a 2 year old SG-2100 that I'll put into service again, and see if it'll move it. Already have it re-painted with camouflage paint .

 

[Anole]

I've got a BUD with a round backing plate like that, but never saw one on a little Ku dish.
I'd say it was commercial, based on the feedhorn and the single polarity LNB (as best I can tell).
You did well !

edit:
Couple of years back, JsatTV and some of us had a discussion about the 1 or 1.2 meter Fortec on his motor.
It didn't have a proper pivot bolt, and needed a fine adjuster for elevation.
If you have any trouble, I'll dig out the links (with plenty of pictures) and you can do some mods to the dish.

 

[brentb636]

I've got a BUD with a round backing plate like that, but never saw one on a little Ku dish.
I'd say it was commercial, based on the feedhorn and the single polarity LNB (as best I can tell).
You did well !

edit:
Couple of years back, JsatTV and some of us had a discussion about the 1 or 1.2 meter Fortec on his motor.
It didn't have a proper pivot bolt, and needed a fine adjuster for elevation.
If you have any trouble, I'll dig out the links (with plenty of pictures) and you can do some mods to the dish.

I may be able to move my 1.2M adjuster over to this dish. Haven't measured it up yet, but at worst , I'd need a couple more holes. Thanks for the idea, Green one.

 

[1ADAM12]

You thought you had me busted !
Turn off the flashers and siren.

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Nice Dish!

 

[Anole]

I may be able to move my 1.2M adjuster over to this dish.

Wow, that DOES look familiar... ... we must've already had this discussion! - :up

 

[turbosat]

Way to go Brent. dishes falling out of the sky for you, lol. Let us know how it performs.

 

[brentb636]

Update:
The 1 Meter dish has replaced my 90cm dish, with decent results. Haven't yet had a chance to modify my "dish elevation fine tuning bracket", but my rough setup today is giving better numbers across the arc. RTV is even decent with a Q of 45 on my Merc II.
Bought a new , 50mm tube for my SG21000 from Sadoun, and it's definitely the way to go. [edit] Anotherl plus, a blindscan of 123W no longer picks up the tp's on 125W. [/edit]

 

[turbosat]

Nice setup Brent, mini-farm! Bigger is better when it comes to blocking AMC21, haha.

 

[brentb636]

It would be nice if they'd all get a little bigger. Maybe put a 8 footer where the 1.2M is , and move the 1.2M over.

 

[Gary Z]

LOL that is a good one! Looks like Adam 12 jumped the gun on that one!

....Turn off the flashers and siren.