[PPRAANet] DirecTV Dish - Free to a good home

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Bob,

One excellent way to use home satellite dishes that are no longer needed for
that purpose:

1. Cover the concave dish area with aluminum foil or aluminum tape to make
it reflective
2. Mount a grate in place of the LNB (which is the focal point of the dish)
3. If possible, put the dish onto a support that can be turned toward the
sun
4. Place a cooking pan or pot on the grate
5. Let the energy of the sun cook your meal or boil your water, such as for
coffee
6. Be careful, because a properly-oriented reflective solar oven can become
very hot very quickly!

Jim Cady, PPRAA
W0CAD

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2022 5:42 PM
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Subject: [PPRAANet] DirecTV Dish - Free to a good home

We have unplugged from DirecTV so I took the satellite dish down from the
house.
I don't have a use for it, so I am happy to give it away rather than put it
in the trash.
I can send you a photo (the PPRAA reflector rejected it).

What would you use this for? I dunno, but here are some ideas:

* Replace your old DirecTV dish
* Have a second dish for your DirecTV system
* Build a 2m slot antenna (disquise antenna to circumvent HOA rules) See
https://w6nbc.com/articles/20xx-dishslot.pdf (thanks, WD0AJG)
* Use the dish for the microwave bands, maybe 10 GHz
https://www.ntms.org/files/Nov2015/Fun_with_Off-set_dish.pdf

Let me know if you want this dish, else it will go into the trash.

73 Bob K0NR
bob at k0nr.com
719 659-3727



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