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Re: Looking for an AO-40 dish


Muzak dishes appear to becoming available as well as Muzak has switched to 
Dish Network to carry their feeds.

I've even seen a few around town that were left at businesses, see if
you can haul it away for them.

Or, ask the local Muzak dealer.  The ones I got seems to be identical to the 
earlier PrimeStar dishes (the "standard" looking offset fed ones, not the 
newer "squished" ones).

Wind a 4.25 or 5.25 turn helix for a feed, and you should be good to go.

Fred W0FMS

>From: Bruce Nolte N3LSY <brucenol@abs.net>
>To: gary@ridepix.com
>CC: Amsat-Bb <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
>Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Looking for an AO-40 dish
>Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:26:48 -0400
>
>Gary Gonnella wrote:
>
>>What do you consider suitable?
>>7 foot to 12 foot are available for the asking, just knock on a few doors
>>and must people will give them to you for taking them down.
>>
>>Gary Gonnella W6RYO
>>gary@w6ryo.com
>>http://www.w6ryo.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org [mailto:owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org]On
>>>Behalf Of n6gr
>>>Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 7:45 AM
>>>To: amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org
>>>Subject: [amsat-bb] Looking for an AO-40 dish
>>>
>>>
>>>and any auggestions where to find a suitbale dish.
>>>
>>>Brad
>>>N6GR
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>The big TVRO dishes can indeed be had for free,  and can yield excellent 
>results if a good pointing system can be devised. That being said, they can 
>be a handful to point and can be obtrusive in your yard (you might not 
>care, but what about the YL and the neighbors?)  I got one for the asking 
>off of somebody's front lawn who was getting ready to haul it away.
>
>If the big dish isn't practical, there are many dishes available in the 1 
>meter range that can work well, and are much easier to point and mount than 
>the big C band dishes. Think Primestar!!   Primestar a few years ago had a 
>satellite TV service that used dishes that were about 36 inches across, and 
>varied in shape from oval to round. To make a long story short were out 
>competed by and eventually sold out to DSS,  IIRC and they replaced all of 
>the old Primestar dishes with smaller DSS dishes, leaving all of the old 
>Primestar dishes to spend their final days as lawn ornaments.  Many of 
>these lawn ornaments are still in place, and their owners can frequently be 
>talked into parting with them. You may also want to check with a satellite 
>TV dealer, he may have a few or a few dozen on his back lot he might be 
>willing to sell for a song. If you are truly desperate, you can always try 
>E-Bay. I have seen Primestar dishes going there for less than $20, but it 
>might cost more to ship than the purchase price.
>
>Don't ignore commerical dishes of this size either, that often sprout on 
>the rooftops of many communications intensive businesses, they are rugged 
>and often have shapes more suited for simple homemade feeds than the 
>Primestar dishes.
>
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