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No idea - is it metal? Looks like some edges are dented.
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The guy says it's fibreglass (i.e. plastic).
Also says it's a 2m dish.
I asked exactly as it seems that there is some damage to the rim.
Could be even recent from taking Down the dish - ironically, the dish is usually safest when mounted, most damage occur during handling...
Also says it's a 2m dish.
I asked exactly as it seems that there is some damage to the rim.
Could be even recent from taking Down the dish - ironically, the dish is usually safest when mounted, most damage occur during handling...
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http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/attachments/lnb-ii-jpg.62938/
http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/attachments/c120d-jpg.62937/
The supports and the LNB-holder look like the ones on my dish.
Hard to see any details in your picture but perhaps you can compare to
my hardware, the hex bolt, the feedhorn and the "caretaker" are my own
additions. No markings on my dish but the rest seems to have Swedish
origin, vintage Swedish Microwave maybe.
http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/attachments/c120d-jpg.62937/
The supports and the LNB-holder look like the ones on my dish.
Hard to see any details in your picture but perhaps you can compare to
my hardware, the hex bolt, the feedhorn and the "caretaker" are my own
additions. No markings on my dish but the rest seems to have Swedish
origin, vintage Swedish Microwave maybe.
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Not my picture - the sellers.
Nice pics of your dish. Have no possiblity of comparing, unfortunately.
But SMW sounds reasonable. It being an ex-communal TV dish.
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After enlarging the picture of the front I can see the same metal
brackets on the periphery (for the LNB support arms) and the shape
of the rim and rear side of the dish are definitive hints that the dishes
come from the same company. The fibre-glass structure added to the
rear side makes them really stable mechanically, warping is not possible.
I refurbished mine by filling a few spots of delamination (often caused by
small damages to the surface which gets larger when water freezes and
slowly causes delamimation over the years). A spraying with 2 component
boat paint made it look like new. If my 150 cm dish had been on the small
side I would travel south tomorrow but I don't have to fortunately.
brackets on the periphery (for the LNB support arms) and the shape
of the rim and rear side of the dish are definitive hints that the dishes
come from the same company. The fibre-glass structure added to the
rear side makes them really stable mechanically, warping is not possible.
I refurbished mine by filling a few spots of delamination (often caused by
small damages to the surface which gets larger when water freezes and
slowly causes delamimation over the years). A spraying with 2 component
boat paint made it look like new. If my 150 cm dish had been on the small
side I would travel south tomorrow but I don't have to fortunately.