Should I or shouldn't I?

[2cvbloke]

Ok, after a long, wet, and windy walk home, I spotted another dish that was not on a wall or pole or even in any visible use (seeing how it's on it's back on the ground), looks to be either 60 or 80cm, is a solid dish, has a Universal-looking LNB and looks in good condition...

So, the all important question, should I have it or not?

 

[gandalfthegrey]

2cv...
One word springs to mind.....magpie

 

[Analoguesat]

You can never have too many dishes. My spare 80cm dishes are performing a useful purpose in the garden - blocking up holes in the hedge until I find a use for them

 

[2cvbloke]

You can never have too many dishes. My spare 80cm dishes are performing a useful purpose in the garden - blocking up holes in the hedge until I find a use for them

Let's count them then...

1 Lidl 80cm
1 saved from the skip 80cm
1 60cm Channel Master
2 minidishes
1 porty dish
1 BSB Minidish
1 LNB-less BSB squarial
1 Attisat FPA

That's 9 antennas, one of which I can't use at all (the BSB squarial), one which is being adapted (the BSB minidish), one that has 3 LNBs which I can't use properly (the Lidl 80cm), one which I keep meaning to send to Kameleon but I keep forgetting (a minidish, unless he has one already), one that I just destroyed for the hell of it (the other minidish, I have some spare dishplates in the cellar), so that leaves me with 4 working antennas (3 dishes, 1 FPA)...

Ok, one more'll do....

 

[Analoguesat]

Err heres my collection.

1 60cm (round) on the wall for 28E.
3 80s in the garden for 5E, 13E, 19E
1 100cm in the garden for 16E
1 43cm in the shed
1 BSB40cm dish for playing with
2 80s blocking holes in the hedge...
1 120cm in my office at work been waiting a lift home for 5 years

I think thats all of them!

 

[Rob]

Ok, after a long, wet, and windy walk home I spotted another dish, should I have it or not?

You should have taken it and used it as an umbrella till you got home.

 

[BarMoo]

All those dishes reminds me of that pic I posted here showing the antenna farm at the BBC.

I would be quite content with a fixed dish at 28° and a motorised large MF for playing with.

Else they are simply a bugger just to 'store' - unless you have a garage (but don't drive).

.

 

[2cvbloke]

You should have taken it and used it as an umbrella till you got home.

Good idea, if it wasn't blowing a gale too....