I have a seamless, perforated dish that doesn't have any clear markings on it. It measures ~9ft in diameter and is motorized. I'm hoping to get some information on the possible make/manufacturer of the equipment.
Any thoughts?
Darned right!
I have one much like it. (see my signature)
I've collected pictures of dishes (many from this forum) for a number of years.
There are a small number that look like first cousins to yours (including mine).
They vary in names, motors, and feed horn mounts.
But all the actual
dishes look like peas from the same pod!
What I think happened, is that every little manufacturer who wanted to get into the dish business, ordered an OEM dish-blank from a real metal spinner.
They then outfitted it THEIR way to make a unique product.
That's why they all have different mounts, feedhorn legs, etc.
The only real producer of dishes back then that seem a likely source, is
DH Satellite.
Oh, and there IS a seam. It runs horizontally right across yours.
It's where two panels were welded together before the dish was spun to shape.
Mike Kohl commented favorably in my thread on having installed one in California back in the day.
So, if your dish is still in good parabolic shape, it should be a winner.
As to looking a LOT like the Birdview perf dish, well, ... I don't have one to compare to.
But, it's not really that much like the Birdview solid spun aluminum dish.
That comparison I
have made.
So, did BV spin both themselves?
Did they buy a DH perf?
Did they have DH make both solid and perf?
All I know is that the BV perf and solid are not the same size, and you'd think they would be, if BV made both!
As to size of your dish, measure straight across the business end, inner edge to inner edge.
No signal is reflecting off that rolled edge, so don't count it.
And, don't let your tape measure droop into the dish - that's not proper.
Now... do you get about 8', like mine?
That's okay, it'll still give bigger dishes a run for their money on C-band, especially outfitted with an ortho feed and two good LNBs.
I'm not especially in love with dual band orthos, but other forum members are.
