First dish you ever seen

[coltonjared]

Figured I share the first satellite dish I ever seen that’s still standing today. Came back to my home town today and had to run to the store and the house next door still has a 10ft fiberglass dish in the back yard and was also the first one I ever seen at the age of 3 in 1993 and not having any idea what it was. As long as I can remember the buttonhook has alway been bent down on it

 

[MikeI]

Nice. 1st ones I saw were at Max's sports bar in Glendale Arizona in mid 80s

Sent from my VS995 using the SatelliteGuys app!

 

[Lone Gunman]

I'b bet that's not bent down. It looks like it's made that way, like the smaller Ku dishes you see today.

 

[907TECH]

I was installing 12 foot dishes starting around 1982, when the home market opened up due to 120 degree LNA's going from about $2000 to $400. I have been working on them ever since, but now on much larger commercial equipment.

 

[N0QBH]

Though not the first time I'd seen a satellite dish, the most memorable was 1978 in Singapore.
As I was riding to our destination in the cab I noticed all the dishes looked like huge bird baths pointing straight up.
We were on the equator.

 

[primestar31]

I couldn't tell you, but it was real early in the 1980's. I installed my first c-band dish in 1984. It was a threaded rod hand-cranked 6ft spun aluminum Danex, and I had to figure out everything myself with the help of old Popular Electronics, and Radio Electronics magazines articles.

 

[KE4EST]

Don't remember the year, but my uncle got one in the early 80's, he way more money than us at the time. I want to say '82.

 

[O'Doyle]

mine was a 10ft. paraclipse dish, one of our neighbors had in the late 80's...was fascinated to stand and watch it move along the arc.

 

[Greg Mueller]

15' solid at the store I used to buy VHS tapes from before you could find them anywhere else.