What brand BUD is this?

[Greg Mueller]

Today I scored a 10' BUD (free of course!) and try as I might, I can find no identifying labels or names on it. Here's what I know about it.....

10'
Dark gray color.
Comes in 4 "petals" which are aluminum
The mesh is held on with screws and does not have round holes.
About 2/3 way out on each petal is a brace which is round tubing and is arc shaped.
The petals are held together with 1/4-20 bolts.
The feed assembly is held by 4 poles which hook to the edge of the dish.
The screw jack looks original and is an HTS brand
The scalar ring says "780" on it and it has a 30 deg LNB.
The LNB cover looks like a big gum drop.
It looks a lot like a Unimesh dish

Any body know what brand this might be?

 

[charper1]

Any Photos?

Maybe Kaultronics (KTI), Patriot, Orbitron(sp)?

 

[Greg Mueller]

No photos yet. I can take some of the petals if that would help

 

[Lynskyn]

Sounds like a Laser (aka Perfect 10) dish.

 

[charper1]

ah forgot about the popular Perfect 10 and Sami

 

[Greg Mueller]

Does it say somewhere ,how to attach photos?
Maximum size and how to do it?

 

[Greg Mueller]

Ok I think I got it

Here's 3 pics of the mystery dish

Where.jpg
Can you see the BUD in this pic?

Petals.jpg
I have all 4 sections of the dish standing here

Mount.jpg
It looks worse than it is. A little sand blasting and paint and Voi-la!

 

[Lynskyn]

Yessir, that's a Laser/Perfect 10 dish.

 

[Greg Mueller]

Thanks!
Did/do they work well?

 

[Lynskyn]

Yes, I installed many of these and always got very good results. If I remember correctly, the F/D ratio is .375 and the focal distance is 44 5/8" to the feed throat.

 

[charper1]

If you are going to be looking for parts, many were based on the same basic design I think. Could try SAMI too.

http://www.samidish.com/index.html