Future New Addition To The Dish farm

[ACRadio]

I just got back from a 700 mile round trip to Petersburg Virginia... I also made a trip on Friday 3/27. On the first trip I picked up a 1.2 meter Channel Master, two 1 meter CM's, a 75cm, and an old solid aluminum Muzak dish, about 95cm. There were some other goodies like LNB's and such that came home with me too. On this trip it was for only one thing...a 12 foot commercial Prodelin that was built onto a home made polar mount. I will put it in the place that I was going to move the 10 foot Channel Master, but I will install the Prodelin and leave the CM where it is. It will need some work so it won't be put up immediately but when it's done it should be a sweet dish. I purchased a lightly used Saginaw ball screw jack for moving the heavy beast, and I also scored a Seavey C band ortho feed with the "deep dish ring." Here are some pics before disassembly...

 

[Mr Tony]

sweet fricking dish

 

[Anole]

whoa !

... 12 foot commercial Prodelin
... built onto a home made polar mount.
... a lightly used Saginaw ball screw jack for moving the heavy beast
... and I also scored a Seavey C band ortho feed with the "deep dish ring."

Wow, that was quite the haul! - :up
We'll be looking forward to some signal reports, as well as pictures when you work on and install it.

For a minute, I thought I saw a Birdview in the last shot. -
But I guess I was wrong.
(would be curious to know more about it, though)

 

[FTABman0]

VERY NICE AC!
DROOL....... :up

Aw, the Muzak Dishes!!

Great finds!! Pictures of them in service is on the horizon!!


B~Man

 

[Sadoun]

Nice find. The dish looks in good shape.

 

[phlatwound]

Nice finds, AC!

My seat-of-the-pants engineering degree tells me the pole and mount on that 12 footer looks a little light, but if it was up and operating, the proof is in the pudding.

Good luck on the installation!

 

[zaxxon]

Nice haul, but 700 miles??? Ya shuldda called me first, it's only about 5 miles to Petersburg for me.

 

[ACRadio]

Nice finds, AC!

My seat-of-the-pants engineering degree tells me the pole and mount on that 12 footer looks a little light, but if it was up and operating, the proof is in the pudding.

Good luck on the installation!

It had been up for 20 years before disassembly, but it will probably be installed with a bit more substantial pole...

 

[eurosport]

Most Impressive! :up