One of a kind setup on Ebay!

[Dishman Dan]

Check out item number 230423993711 on Ebay!

It is a one off a kind 12' "parabolic" setup in Colorado. Ice, is this one of your relatives?
I tried to post a link to the auction but did not have any luck.

 

[Mr Tony]

DAMN!!!

by the way...here is the direct link

 

[Dishman Dan]

Thanks for the "uplink" Ice!

 

[Anole]

I'll offer Iceberg $100 toward that dish . . .
. . . if he'll move there!! -
Look, they've still got snow!
But check the weather there... no more complaining!
Aurora - Colorado Weather current conditions, forecast, satellite Map on Yahoo! Weather

 

[putney]

very cool!

 

[Lak7]

Holy Signal Sucker Batman!

 

[phlatwound]

Wow, that's an interesting melding of technologies there.

And it didn't even get a bid.

 

[Dishman Dan]

And it didn't even get a bid.

I was going to bid but I asked my wife if I could bid...

...the auction was done when I finally regained consciousness!!!...

 

[Bill_KY]

It was a EME dish used for moon bounce on the ham radio bands. EME means Earth Moon Earth.





"(ham) operators utilize EME for two-way communications. EME presents significant challenges to amateur operators interested in working weak signal communications. Currently, EME provides the longest communications path any two stations on Earth can utilize for bi-directional communications.
Amateur operations use VHF, UHF and microwave frequencies. All amateur frequency bands from 50 MHz to 47 GHz have been used successfully, but most EME communications are on the 144, 432, or 1296 MHz bands."

From wiki
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EME_(communications)

 

[Cosmokramer11]

wow that is so cool. Something tells me that dish will never lose signal during a rain storm

 

[Digital Logic]

sweet jebus... that's a dish! that would've given my grandfather WW2 flashbacks!

 

[goaliebob99]

Screw moving the dish, Ill buy the house. Its for sale!

 

[pro96]

can this get the sensitive DVB-S2 signals?? LOL

 

[Dishman Dan]

The seller replied to my email about what happens if it does not sell. He says if anyone is interested to contact him through the Ebay listing. If that does not work I do have his contact info!

He also says that it will be about 3 weeks before he has to decide if he is going to scrap it!!!...

Colorado is closer to Minnnesota than it is to Pennsylvania! (Hint, Hint!)

 

[DJ Rob]

I wish I had the cash and a way to move it over since he is only about 30 miles away...

 

[PopcornNMore]

This would be a great addition to my dish farm.

 

[Dishman Dan]

I wish I had the cash and a way to move it over since he is only about 30 miles away...

Drop him a line and see what he will take for it!

It would be a shame if it did end up in a scrap yard!

 

[Tron]

Somebody near Denver please save that dish!

 

[SatelliteAV]

What a perfect set-up of inclined orbit tracking! I wonder if the tracking mechanism would allow real time tracking of satellites in non-stationary orbits? Very interesting fusion of technologies!

 

[Dee_Ann]

OMG!! Is he talking to Pandora with that thing?

That's just crazy looking! It sure could use a coat of paint.
Just imagine it painted like a giant sunflower!
Now that would be cool!