[Antennas] sat ant question

[cboone at earthlink.net]

A 10ft dish for C band is still good...you could use it for:
1) replacing the 18in dish on your Ku rcvr and never miss a show during a rain storm ;)
2) Get a digital rcvr and watch the sats still on the C band channels (some are in the clear but not most)
3) use it for EME use on 432 and up (prefer the higher bands but it would work on 432)
4) put on a LP TV or LPFM station and use it for your network sat feed
5) make it a solid dish, point it straight up and use it as a BIG bird bath!
6) sell it to someone who wants to use it in 1-5 above

Chris
WB5ITT

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken <KD4IEN at cox.net>
>Sent: Apr 15, 2007 11:58 AM
>To: Antennas at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Antennas] sat ant question
>
>
>my wife and I are looking at some property in Tenn,  Google Earth 
>says its about 2000ft above sea level. I'm guess thats good for my 
>new GENERAL class ticket.... but one thing I saw on the property I 
>know nothing about....It's a BIG BLACK SAT TV ant. Now I know they 
>were used along time ago, but  are they used today for 
>anything?  Should I keep it, or is it so old and out dated, that I 
>should tear it down and put something else in it's place?   Just 
>curious to see if maybe HAMS use that band now?  Thanks for the help.
>73's from KD4IEN
>Ken Snipes
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