please help ID my dish...

[Beano_face]

I've posted this b4 in other forums, but couldnt get a positive reply...

first 3 pics are of what my dish looked like before I modded it... I have only seen 1 or 2 other BUD's in pics that even looked similar. the last pic is a front shot after it was finished, and got painted.

its a 10 footer, its really heavy, and the only ID on it was "startrak" on the lnb cover...

any info would be great

thx

beano

 

[mjac]

Looks sorta like my 10.5' BH but I don't have a ID on it either.

 

[bill42]

Just curious. Looks like you added more ribs. Also since you "modded" it why do you need info on who made it?

 

[turbosat]

I think Star-trak was a manufacturer back in the c-band hey-days. Generic mesh dish. How's it work?

 

[Beano_face]

Just curious. Looks like you added more ribs. Also since you "modded" it why do you need info on who made it?

I didnt add more ribs... I cut off all of the back bracket business, and put a polar mount on it...

 

[Beano_face]

looks like its a model of janeil dish... thx to randyk for posting this pic...

 

[Beano_face]

Just curious. Looks like you added more ribs. Also since you "modded" it why do you need info on who made it?

it performs very well ... its a deep dish so it it has good isolation between sats. I can pull in dvb-s2 signals across the arc no problem... from 87 to 139... (cant go further east due to a tree across the alley )

 

[Anole]

great job

Wow, that was an ugly monster with all that bracketry on the back side!
Sure does look nice after you put a proper mount on it. :up
Any trouble getting it to hold its shape? Pass the string test okay?

cant go further east due to a tree across the alley

suggestion: dynamite :up
no? well , maybe some copper sulfate, then...

 

[Beano_face]

Wow, that was an ugly monster with all that bracketry on the back side!
Sure does look nice after you put a proper mount on it. :up
Any trouble getting it to hold its shape? Pass the string test okay?


suggestion: dynamite :up
no? well , maybe some copper sulfate, then...

thx... it was a big job to get it up and running...

I used the mount from my parents old 10 footer.

and I just did a "string test" not too long ago when I did some spring tweaking... BUD is holding its shape nicely. ribs are made of heavy steel, the dish(without the mount) weighs 300+ lbs...

I would have liked to see how it was originally mounted, but it was dug out of the ground when I went to pick it up. I dont rember seeing the polar mount for it laying around...

lol... would love to cut down that tree... but its not on my property...

 

[Anole]

lol... would love to cut down that tree... but its not on my property...

I got that.
My suggestion holds.
Dissolve some copper sulfate crystals in hot water (warning: may be toxic) and apply weekly, 'till the patient is cured.
(safer way: dig a little hole near the roots, and pour in two cups of the blue crystals)
Wash your hands thoroughly afterwards.