C-Band satellite dishes used to be the thing to have. In the late 90’s, the advent of small DBS (pizza pan) dishes killed them off as they were large, heavy, some say ugly, and required a lot of maintenance. In these next couple posts I will be documenting my first try at setting up a C-band dish or BUD for feed hunting.
Quick back story, I was driving through the neighborhood and for many years I’d admired the satellite dish that a neighbor had in his front yard. A couple weeks ago I was riding by and he happened to be outside and I stopped to ask him if I could have it. Luckily I had stopped when I did because he said he was getting ready to cut it down and send it to the scrap yard! Fast forward two week and we took it down. It was relatively painless and the bolts came free quite easily with a little PB Blaster after being in the elements for the last 20 years. It is heavy but not as heavy as you would think. We listed it off and guided it down to the ground. Below are a few photos of the dish as well as a time lapse video of the removal process. Looking forward I will bring you detailed posts of the process from finding a site and pouring the concrete to finding out what the condition of the LNB, motor and general health of the dish, such as if its warped and if the focal distance is correct. Currently the dish is as it was sold and installed in 1996. For those of you who think there is not to receive on this you are mistaken. Its not the typical type of TV you would expect from todays satellite and cable providers but there is programming out there and there is some of it that is free. In this case though, I enjoy the hobby of tuning the dish and scanning the satellites to see what is being broadcast more than watching anything in particular. Stay tuned…
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