Recent content by Graham Grable

Quick question. Would any of you have any estimates on how much this dish would weigh? I'm finding similarly spec'd dishes, but those weights vary from 400-900 lbs.

Thanks for all your help. I'm actually helping to build my university's first CubeSat, and we are in the process of creating a ground station for it. Our dean has this dish that he doesn't want, and I'm finding out if we could use this dish for our data downlink, and potentially for others if we...

Yeah, of course. Thanks for your help. Is there a particular type of paint that I should look for? Also in terms of mounting it elsewhere, what would you think the difficulty in setting it up to track satellites across the sky would be? Again, thanks for your help.

Hello, I am looking into getting this dish for free, which I believe is a Channel Master/Andrew Type 243 dish. Is there a surefire way to see if it is, or can any of you help me identify it? Its seen its day in the weather, and I'm curious if I should be concerned or not. Is there a special...