Building my own dish

[blknight]

making own dish

So has anyone tried making their own dish I know a lot of Shortwave guys make there own antenna's and I understand some have made parabolic ones. Just curious, I'd try it if someone pointed me in the right direction. Love to tinker with stuff and figure out a cheap way to do it.

blknight

 

[TuxCoder]

Hi blknight, welcome to SatelliteGuys.US.

Talk to ken2400 on here (or search for his threads & posts), he is the resident "let's see what we can make dishes out of" guy.

 

[Mr Tony]

split this off from the FAQ area

 

[ken2400]

What size dish do you want to make? Sometimes people leave Primestar dishes on there homes. I have three and still I find them in my travels.

18" DTV/Dish network dishes and LNBF end up in the trash from time to time. They also stay on rentals long after people leave. Look for disconnected cords.

http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=stressed+parabolic&

Wal-mart sells milar emergency blankets in the camping department. I have yet to try this idea tho.

So has anyone tried making their own dish I know a lot of Shortwave guys make there own antenna's and I understand some have made parabolic ones. Just curious, I'd try it if someone pointed me in the right direction. Love to tinker with stuff and figure out a cheap way to do it.

blknight