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20-01-2004, 01:42 PM
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Sony satellite dish - any use for it?
Got a Sony Satellite Dish. DirecTV had replaced it with theirs. The Sony
looks good. Wondered if there is any use for it.
Some hacks or something.
Or is it old news and should be thrown out?
Chantecleer
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20-01-2004, 01:42 PM
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Re: Sony satellite dish - any use for it?
In alt.home.repair
"Chantecleer" <chantecleer-no-spam@zetan.dissimulo.com> wrote:
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> Got a Sony Satellite Dish. DirecTV had replaced it with theirs. The Sony
>looks good. Wondered if there is any use for it.
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> Some hacks or something.
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> Or is it old news and should be thrown out?
make it a wok
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20-01-2004, 01:43 PM
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Re: Sony satellite dish - any use for it?
You might try putting a mike at its focal point and eavesdropping on folks
with it. They sell something like that under the name "The Big Ear".
Happy New Year,
Jeff
Chantecleer wrote:
> Got a Sony Satellite Dish. DirecTV had replaced it with theirs. The Sony
> looks good. Wondered if there is any use for it.
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> Some hacks or something.
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> Or is it old news and should be thrown out?
>
> Chantecleer
--
Jeff Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
"If you can smile when things are going wrong, you've thought of someone to
blame it on."
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20-01-2004, 01:44 PM
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Re: Sony satellite dish - any use for it?
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 19:42:18 -0500, Jeff Wisnia
<jwisnia@conversent.net> wrote:
>You might try putting a mike at its focal point and eavesdropping on folks
>with it. They sell something like that under the name "The Big Ear".
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>Happy New Year,
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>Jeff
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>Chantecleer wrote:
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>> Got a Sony Satellite Dish. DirecTV had replaced it with theirs. The Sony
>> looks good. Wondered if there is any use for it.
>>
>> Some hacks or something.
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>> Or is it old news and should be thrown out?
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>> Chantecleer
I have a DirecWay dish. I thought of lining it with 1 inch square
mirrors and place a rotisserie at the focal length. Solar grill!
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20-01-2004, 01:45 PM
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#5
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Re: Sony satellite dish - any use for it?
Sell/give it to a Ham radio operator who may use it for satellite comms.
Steve
"Chantecleer" <chantecleer-no-spam@zetan.dissimulo.com> wrote in message
news:emV0YW4=.5630a37ec5d6ab7e5dbaf58a075f1d7f@107 2910207.cotse.net...
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> Got a Sony Satellite Dish. DirecTV had replaced it with theirs. The Sony
> looks good. Wondered if there is any use for it.
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> Some hacks or something.
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> Or is it old news and should be thrown out?
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> Chantecleer
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20-01-2004, 01:45 PM
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Re: Sony satellite dish - any use for it?
On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 10:08:22 -0600, "Steve" <someone@knology.net>
wrote:
>Sell/give it to a Ham radio operator who may use it for satellite comms.
In areas that recently got DirecTV local service needing the oval
dish, the scrap metal heaps at dumps and recycling centers are full of
round dishes.
Barry
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20-01-2004, 01:50 PM
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#7
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Re: Sony satellite dish - any use for it?
Sell the LNB on ebay
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20-01-2004, 01:51 PM
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Re: Sony satellite dish - any use for it?
Paint a happy face on it!
"Keith S." <kschauweker@aol.comMyPants> wrote in message
news:20040102223753.25517.00003205@mb-m15.aol.com...
> Sell the LNB on ebay
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20-01-2004, 01:53 PM
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Re: Sony satellite dish - any use for it?
On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 12:27:42 -0500, "Dick Smyth" <rps@surenet.net>
wrote:
>Paint a happy face on it!
Years (and years and years) ago a large radar dish in Peru (don't ask)
needed some maintenance and a field site crew used some on-hand paint
to bring it up to code, made a happy face, stowed the dish in the
upright position, and left the area. While the decor didn't affect the
performance of the dish at all, some in Officialdom were *not* amused.
Of course they took pictures before they left. :-)
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