I attempted to post a query about an old 6' RadioShack dish that's been offered on Craigslist here in Hawaii. That post seems to have vanished, I included a hot link and may have violated some DH forum protocols or just posted the thread incorrectly or in the wrong place.
Anyway the owner of this dish says via email that it's quite heavy (300 pounds) but doesn't seem to know what the model is. I'm planning to have a look at it to try and determine what sort of shape it's in. I believe I'm at about 158 degrees W. longitude and about 19 degrees N. latitude here on the Big Island. Some of the "birds" on the Dr. Sat site seem to be between about 121-131 degrees W. (AMC's 10, 11, 21, Galaxies 13, 14, 15, 18, 23) and I'm wondering if I could conceivably receive their signals here, whether they might broadcast interesting programming (I'm interested in sports, network, science, PBS, foreign and U.S. news programming, music etc. Not interested too much in religion or non-English language programming). I already get great land-based digital signals with a DBGH I built, but I'm interested in what FTA might offer, and how much it might cost for the appropriate receiver, cables, LBN, aiming hardware that I may need to replace etc. The owner of the dish says that he once received about four satellites but that his receiver broke.
If anyone can enlighten me I'd be grateful, I haven't seen the dish up close yet, it's clearly been neglected and has kudzu or banana poka vines clinging to it. I suppose it might be salvageable but don't know if it's suited for my intended purposes. Thanks,
Mike
Anyway the owner of this dish says via email that it's quite heavy (300 pounds) but doesn't seem to know what the model is. I'm planning to have a look at it to try and determine what sort of shape it's in. I believe I'm at about 158 degrees W. longitude and about 19 degrees N. latitude here on the Big Island. Some of the "birds" on the Dr. Sat site seem to be between about 121-131 degrees W. (AMC's 10, 11, 21, Galaxies 13, 14, 15, 18, 23) and I'm wondering if I could conceivably receive their signals here, whether they might broadcast interesting programming (I'm interested in sports, network, science, PBS, foreign and U.S. news programming, music etc. Not interested too much in religion or non-English language programming). I already get great land-based digital signals with a DBGH I built, but I'm interested in what FTA might offer, and how much it might cost for the appropriate receiver, cables, LBN, aiming hardware that I may need to replace etc. The owner of the dish says that he once received about four satellites but that his receiver broke.
If anyone can enlighten me I'd be grateful, I haven't seen the dish up close yet, it's clearly been neglected and has kudzu or banana poka vines clinging to it. I suppose it might be salvageable but don't know if it's suited for my intended purposes. Thanks,
Mike