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rrob311

rrob311

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I finally found a large Cband dish near me. The guy says it is 8 feet but I have a hunch it is probably 12 feet or at least 10. I will be out of town next week on vacation so I plan on picking it up in two weeks if all goes as planned. Does anyone know what kind of dish this is? He is also throwing in a couple of receivers for it so hopefully they are 4dtv units.
 
Is there some writing on the center.
It does not help much to know who made it because everybody has gone out of business. I think it looks good and it should do a good job for you!!! EB
 
Looks like a nice dish. Great find! I had a 10.5' Luxor back in the 80's that looked just like this dish, but used a button hook feed support.
 
If you could take a pic of the mount I might be able to tell. It kind of looks like a channel master and it has to be at least 10', awesome find Rob.
 
Ya I won't be able to get out there until monday after next. I could probably stop to check it out after work one day but its the opposite direction of my house from my work so I will probably wait until I have an extra day off. My prediction is 12 feet.
 
Well I just got back from taking the dish down and it appears to be a 10' Unimesh. It came with 3 receivers. An old Drake analog mover, an old Pansat 2300, and a DSR905 4dtv sidecar that I will sell. Had about 6 wasp nests inside the feedhorn cover. Luckily I did not get stung.
 
el bandido said:
Is there some writing on the center.
It does not help much to know who made it because everybody has gone out of business. I think it looks good and it should do a good job for you!!! EB
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It had Unimesh written on the center but the sticker is missing and it was full of wasp nests!
 
I snoozed too long on the 12' Paraclipse down in MA, a member of another forum snagged it. In my jealous rage last night I began hunting for another BUD on Craigslist. A few minutes of searching brought me to a 10' dish in my own town for 50$! I called the guy this morning and he is the owner of a local parts store. I just picked it up a few minutes ago. It looks like a SAMI or Unimesh. I haven't got all of the pieces yet but I don't think I could have got much more lucky as the dish was disassembled. I just didn't have the time to go after the Paraclipse. :-)
 
The 50$ dish turned out to be a bust. The guy couldn't find the mount so he gave me my money back. I got to keep the mesh sections. I could possibly get the feedhorn supports but I may have to nag the guy. Here are some pictures. I would like to identify the brand so I can see about locating a mount for it.
 
I just picked up a nib ten foot orbitron dish with a dsr920 receiver with all the accessories for 100$. Probably going to store this dish for now.
 
It comes with a new Venture actuator and an Astrotel PM-93-C/KU feedhorn assembly. All new and unused. This setup came from Skyvision.

Later today I am going to pickup the AZbox with 10' Channel Master fiberglass dish for 200$. Bonuses for this deal are a Pansat 9200 and a few diseqc switches including an 8 into 1.
 
I finally got the rest of the pieces for the local 10' dish from the parts store owner. The feedhorn cover says Odom on it. I have everything but the mount. I found a free mount down in Ct that I will have to pickup soon. Unfortunately one of the dogs damaged the mesh in one section but its fixable.
 
'Tis the season for picking up large dishes. I just scored a Radio Shack 9' dish today with an HH actuator. The guy had it all disassembled in the basement. I have a line on a 7.5' Winegard next week that will require takedown.
 
Well I just got back from getting the Winegard. I went up under the impression that it was a 7.5' dish. It turned out it was a heavier duty 10' dish and its different from my main dish. This dish has 8 segments. It was almost 3 stories up and it took a few hours of careful maneuvering to get it down. It has a buttonhook on it also. Luckily I didn't fall.
 

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