How big is this dish.

[kegnkiwi]

How big do you recon this dish is, I think its 3-4 m. It is located outside saltsmill in Bradford UK. It looks like it's in use. No idea what use it would have to them but there are what looks like a bank of possible 5 x 1.2m in the same building.

 

[moonbase]

How big do you recon this dish is, I think its 3-4 m. It is located outside saltsmill in Bradford UK. It looks like it's in use. No idea what use it would have to them but there are what looks like a bank of possible 5 x 1.2m in the same building.

Could be a 3.0m or a 3.7m?
I do not think it is a 4.5m and not sure if anyone manufactured a 4.0m?

It looks like a 4 petal design, it would clean up well and be a reet good dish for anywan lucky to get hold of it.

 

[abbeycott]

How big do you recon this dish is, I think its 3-4 m. It is located outside saltsmill in Bradford UK. It looks like it's in use. No idea what use it would have to them but there are what looks like a bank of possible 5 x 1.2m in the same building.

Looks like a Channel Master..

 

[kegnkiwi]

Looks like a Channel Master..

It is a channel master I believe if you zoom into the middle of the picture it says channel master I think.

 

[mdkgr]

Could be a 3.0m or a 3.7m?
I do not think it is a 4.5m and not sure if anyone manufactured a 4.0m?

It looks like a 4 petal design, it would clean up well and be a reet good dish for anywan lucky to get hold of it.

You are wrong there pro factories that makes dishes up to 6.0m for commercial use hard to find offcourse,

For easy to find brand new try Prodelin 4.5M it is available to buy right now

There are dishes even more than 6.0m available but very rare and extremely expensive.


The dish above in the photo is 99% Channel Master cause of the polar mount looks like the RAVENS dishes which is identically the same, or else some clone if no

 

[moonbase]

You are wrong there pro factories that makes dishes up to 6.0m for commercial use hard to find offcourse,...

What proof do you have that I am wrong?
None !

The doorway to the right of the dish might have a clue to the dish size?
If the doorway is 7ft high, the dish is approximately 1.5 times the height of the door which would make it approximately 10.5ft.
A 10ft dish is approximately equivalent to 3.0 metres.

My guess is that is it a 3.0m dish at smallest and 3.7m dish at largest.

 

[mdkgr]

What proof do you have that I am wrong?
None !

The doorway to the right of the dish might have a clue to the dish size?
If the doorway is 7ft high, the dish is approximately 1.5 times the height of the door which would make it approximately 10.5ft.
A 10ft dish is approximately equivalent to 3.0 metres.

My guess is that is it a 3.0m dish at smallest and 3.7m dish at largest.

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vincor.com

CPI SAT Prodelin 1451 4.5M Receive Only Antenna

Midband Gain ( +/- .5dB)- C Linear: 42.9 dBi, C-Band Circular: 42.6 dBi, Ku: 51.9 dBi

www.digisat.org

I am not guessing i have real data + plus im a pro installer ( i install these dishes)

Personally in my region i got one 3.7m very old + 2.4m new, also there is one 6M dish which is going for scrap and i might get my hands on it.

Also there are crazy big dishes around if you know where to look ( some DXers have 12m antennas as an example)

I hope these data clarify your thinking

 

[mdkgr]

What proof you got? Your thinking????????

 

[mdkgr]

What proof do you have that I am wrong?
None !

The doorway to the right of the dish might have a clue to the dish size?
If the doorway is 7ft high, the dish is approximately 1.5 times the height of the door which would make it approximately 10.5ft.
A 10ft dish is approximately equivalent to 3.0 metres.

My guess is that is it a 3.0m dish at smallest and 3.7m dish at largest.

What about the doorway????????????????

 

[moonbase]

5.0 Archives

vincor.com

CPI SAT Prodelin 1451 4.5M Receive Only Antenna

Midband Gain ( +/- .5dB)- C Linear: 42.9 dBi, C-Band Circular: 42.6 dBi, Ku: 51.9 dBi

www.digisat.org

I am not guessing i have real data + plus im a pro installer ( i install these dishes)

Personally in my region i got one 3.7m very old + 2.4m new, also there is one 6M dish which is going for scrap and i might get my hands on it.

Also there are crazy big dishes around if you know where to look ( some DXers have 12m antennas as an example)

I hope these data clarify your thinking

That 4.5m Prodelin does not look anything like the dish in the picture at the start of this topic.
Also, the pictures of the DH dishes in the link you uploaded have nothing to do with the topic, they are nothing like the dish in the picture.

Nobody asked about where to find big dishes, the topic was asking how big the dish was in the photo uploaded to the forum.

 

[moonbase]

What about the doorway????????????????

Doors are normally within certain height ranges.
If you estimate the door height to be 7ft you can use that as a reference to try to get an approximate idea of the dish size.

That is my point about the doorway.

 

[mdkgr]

That 4.5m Prodelin does not look anything like the dish in the picture at the start of this topic.
Also, the pictures of the DH dishes in the link you uploaded have nothing to do with the topic, they are nothing like the dish in the picture.

Nobody asked about where to find big dishes, the topic was asking how big the dish was in the photo uploaded to the forum.

Possibly the dish is 2.4 Channel Master cause of the length of brackets and polarmount mounts based on photos

My response was about your guess post

(What proof do you have that I am wrong?
None !
The doorway to the right of the dish might have a clue to the dish size?
If the doorway is 7ft high, the dish is approximately 1.5 times the height of the door which would make it approximately 10.5ft.
A 10ft dish is approximately equivalent to 3.0 metres.
My guess is that is it a 3.0m dish at smallest and 3.7m dish at largest.)

Because in reality there are bigger dishes than you think around!!!!!!

 

[moonbase]

Because in reality there are bigger dishes than you think around!!!!!!

The topic is about the dish is the picture that was uploaded to the first post in this topic.
It is not about the availability of other big dishes.

Where did you get the idea from that I do not know about big dishes, did you make it up?
I am aware that there are large dishes around.

 

[mdkgr]

Possibly the dish is 2.4 Channel Master

The topic is about the dish is the picture that was uploaded to the first post in this topic.
It is not about the availability of other big dishes.

I am aware that there are large dishes around, here, take a look at some decent size dishes.
The 1st picture shows the assembly frame being prepared for a 9.0 metre Ka-Band dish.
The 2nd picture shows a few large dishes on the same installation site.

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Well done we re getting somewhere now

 

[moonbase]

Possibly the dish is 2.4 Channel Master

Well done we re getting somewhere now

We are getting nowhere.
Other big dishes elsewhere have nothing to do with this topic.

The topic is about how big the dish is in the 1st post of the topic.
My estimate is that it is possibly a 3.0m or a 3.7m. However, that is only an estimate.

If the O/P passes the location again they might be able to get the dish size and possibly the make from any info on the back on the dish.

It might be worth getting in a car and driving to the location to measure the dish !!
Prevent this topic getting to 20 pages...

 

[kegnkiwi]

Lets just leave the topic where it is we have all had a good chat about it, it does not need to go any further and lets all remain friends here. Thank you everyone for their input it was appreciated.

 

[kyser143]

How big do you recon this dish is, I think its 3-4 m. It is located outside saltsmill in Bradford UK. It looks like it's in use. No idea what use it would have to them but there are what looks like a bank of possible 5 x 1.2m in the same building.

Being local and having worked just round the corner from this location the dishes would be at least 3m..reason for having them is likely due to a company called Pace that was and maybe still is based there at Saltaire Mills...they used to make set top boxes for Sky and Amstrad.

Pace plc - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[kegnkiwi]

Being local and having worked just round the corner from this location the dishes would be at least 3m..reason for having them is likely due to a company called Pace that was and maybe still is based there at Saltaire Mills...they used to make set top boxes for Sky and Amstrad.

Pace plc - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Thats very interesting as it would have been of interest to me if i had seen any buildings with the name on it. I did go into the buildings around the rear of the main building as i was more interested in the buildings and the history that the current contents of the main buildings. That would also explain the bank of 5 or so 1-1.2 dish's on the other side of the building.

 

[moonbase]

@kegnkiwi

Pace are no longer in existence, they were merged with another company and the joint venture was subsequently acquired by Commscope.
The big dish and the smaller 1.2m dishes might be redundant and available?

If you are serious about the big dish you could ask the building manager if anyone in the building is using it?
If it is no longer in use they might simply let you dismantle it and take it away free of charge or for a nominal sum?

If they agree in principle to letting you have the dish you might need to provide a "statement of works" outlining your proposed plan of action for dismantling it to comply with health and safety regulations.
I have had to do this in the past when dismantling and removing large dishes of similar size from corporate sites.

 

[kegnkiwi]

@kegnkiwi

Pace are no longer in existence, they were merged with another company and the joint venture was subsequently acquired by Commscope.
The big dish and the smaller 1.2m dishes might be redundant and available?

If you are serious about the big dish you could ask the building manager if anyone in the building is using it?
If it is no longer in use they might simply let you dismantle it and take it away free of charge or for a nominal sum?

If they agree in principle to letting you have the dish you might need to provide a "statement of works" outlining your proposed plan of action for dismantling it to comply with health and safety regulations.
I have had to do this in the past when dismantling and removing large dishes of similar size from corporate sites.

Unfortunately it is not something that is suitable for my house. Its would need someone with a lot of land to be able to site that, or at least not have neighbours who are in such close proximity.