Hi Gary

The dish I have from the FQA cleanout is a prime focus unit-- looks light duty

-I think it was from the HBO kit business that Jon had...

You can have it if it useful to your needs..

I only collect ham microwave stuff  in pairs --  so it is surplus to my needs...

Alway happy to take away unused dishes--We store them in the car barn at KD9PGA
for when anyone needs a dish......

rayj   WB0EBG / KD9PGA Trustee
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On Sat, Aug 3, 2024 at 8:15 PM Gary via 10GHzContest <10ghzcontest@www.chris.org> wrote:
NLRS Area 10GHz Contest Group.

Hi Everyone,

I have two STEEL 75 cm oblong dishes that I can't use. Too heavy for roving. They have most of the hardware and the feed arm. However, there are no feeds. Free for pick up.

I am looking for a 75 cm aluminum dish. This is the dish that Jon, KØFQA, sold many years ago. Many of us bought them from Jon. The dishes were made of thin aluminum so I don't know how many survived. Jim, KFC uses one on his dual band setup. There are many to be found on the internet from China. They are dirt cheap. Unfortunately, I don't need a thousand or more of them. The dish I had was left by the road side a number of years ago at the Kiester site. Very windy that morning. I was in a hurry to leave and forgot I had moved it to the right side of my car out of the wind and didn't put it back in the trunk when I left. I only realized it was gone a few sites later when I didn't see it in the trunk while setting up. I'm sure there was an aluminum UFO flying around the area that weekend. If I hadn't been roving alone another rover may have noticed.

Here are a couple of images from the internet to jog everyone's memory.

These look just like the dish I was using.

If anyone has one that has survived and is willing to part with it please let me know.

73, Gary WBØLJC

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