What’s the mold number on the back. I have an 84E that worked well when I was using it at my old house.
The 84E dish has a special designed scalar. I see it in the pictures. I would suggest you use that if possible. There is a chance the LNB attached to it is like one I have that has a V port and a H port to use with a simple multi-switch. That dish may be FTA ready
So in other words, I need to cross my fingers that the original LNB still works or else the dish is trash?
No, the scalar has a c-120 flange mount on it. You can mount any c-120 flange ku lnb on it that you'd like. Even if the original one is good, AND is a H/V model (not all were) they were like .8dB noise level. So not all that good compared to newer types. The lower the better.
I meter across. Channel Master 84E Satellite Antenna Dual Linear Eagle Aspen LNBF Shipping Incl | eBayIf this is an 84E, would it be a 1 meter?
If this is an 84E, would it be a 1 meter?
.84cm, which means it's basically a 33 inch dish. A very good one however. Where these elliptical dishes excel, is in receiving multiple satellites at the same time. You can mount a bar in place of the center lnb, and mount multiple lnb's along it/ above /below to work for your location. Realize that the dish doesn't skew as it's built, you skew the lnb(f). Though in the past I have mounted a fishing boat seat ball-bearing mount between the dish and the mount, and used that to skew the dish. You have to drill a hole and thread it for a self-tapping screw, so you can lock it down in the best position after skewing. The boat seat mounting hole slots are almost perfect from the factory. You only have to ream them out a little bit.
I've become pretty experienced in offset LNB's (not as much as danristheman!) so it sounds like this might be a good experimental dish for me. I'm tempted just to go out there and throw it in the trunk, as I have no idea how to determine who owns the abandoned property, but I suppose that's grand theft satellite!!
I think what I'm going to do is approach the guy who lives across the street from there, and see if he knows who owns it. If he doesn't know, then I think I'll just rescue the dish. At least then I will have made an attempt.