"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot)
05/05/2015 at 08:06 • Filed to: Question
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"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot)
05/05/2015 at 08:06 • Filed to: Question | 0
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These satellite dishes, can I turn them in for scrap metal? I have two on my property, but we don’t have nor will get cable anytime soon, so these things are just eyesores.
Also, are they powered by anything? I see at least one wire running from it (coaxial), but I wasn’t sure if there was a second line that gave it power. I was wondering since I'll be digging them up myself.
jkm7680
> zeontestpilot
05/05/2015 at 08:10 |
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Sell them on the List Of Craig! You probably could get like $3.00 worth of scrap from them.
Slant6
> zeontestpilot
05/05/2015 at 08:11 |
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You won’t get much for them. A dollar or two at most.
thebigbossyboss
> zeontestpilot
05/05/2015 at 08:13 |
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Just junk em man. You waste more gas driving to scrap then you’ll get.
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zeontestpilot
> Slant6
05/05/2015 at 08:13 |
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Well, I'd be rid of them, :/
whoarder is tellurium
> zeontestpilot
05/05/2015 at 08:14 |
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Could be powered with whats called a “power inserter” and its at a very low voltage. The LNB ( blocky thing on the end of the antenna) is the part the coax is running into and it receives/converts signal collected by the dish.
Otherwise, its not too much of an issue to unscrew the coax at the LNB head and not have to cut a thing. (couple of screws hold the LNB on itself)
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zeontestpilot
> jkm7680
05/05/2015 at 08:14 |
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Would the dishes work without the service?
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jkm7680
> zeontestpilot
05/05/2015 at 08:15 |
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I’m not sure, some strange-o would buy them for summoning aliens and shit probably so it’s worth a shot.
Axel-Ripper
> zeontestpilot
05/05/2015 at 08:15 |
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As others have said you can probably get more on CL than you can scrap. Not much to them, but people want them for spare dishes (you can take your box when you travel and have sat TV anywhere when camping/tailgating/etc)
Party-vi
> zeontestpilot
05/05/2015 at 08:16 |
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Sell them on ebay. The costly part is the low-noise block downconverter. I paid around $100 for my dish and LNB shipped.
Edit: It’s only coax running from the dish to the house - no power.
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zeontestpilot
> thebigbossyboss
05/05/2015 at 08:18 |
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Well, I got two rusted out burn barrels in my backyard as well, which I wanted get rid off. So I need to make the trip anyways. I'm pretty sure the garbage men won't pick up those barrels, so I'm making the trip regardless. :/
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thebigbossyboss
> zeontestpilot
05/05/2015 at 08:19 |
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Well in that case take it.
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zeontestpilot
> Party-vi
05/05/2015 at 08:20 |
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Not a bad idea, plus it’s good to know it’s only coax on it. Not sure of its condition, so many just auction it for whatever price, just to be rid of it.
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zeontestpilot
> whoarder is tellurium
05/05/2015 at 08:21 |
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True, but I wonder how the pole is anchored...
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zeontestpilot
> Axel-Ripper
05/05/2015 at 08:22 |
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I wasn’t aware you could do that with the box, but that’s a pretty good idea.
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Party-vi
> zeontestpilot
05/05/2015 at 08:25 |
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Just be sure to put the model and serial numbers in the bid as well. You might just get a flat rate shipping quote and start the bidding off at $20 to see what happens.
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Axel-Ripper
> zeontestpilot
05/05/2015 at 08:53 |
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Yeah, you just need to know how to angle it to get signal and you’re pretty much good to go. I just moved and my parents took my old dish so they could use it on their camper.
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zeontestpilot
> Axel-Ripper
05/05/2015 at 09:05 |
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Hmm, the plot thickens because I live in a campgrounds, just in the residential part. The RV part is on the other side, so....potential clients.
uofime
> zeontestpilot
05/05/2015 at 09:48 |
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probably nothing, possibly concrete. Only one way to find out!
Sethersm
> zeontestpilot
05/05/2015 at 10:19 |
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The one I needed to get rid of, I just broke down into its component pieces and tossed it into my curbside recycling bin. The dish itself is likely aluminum (pop cans), the other bits are likely steel (other food cans). *glances left, glances right, whispers* The actual electronic part, I took to work and tossed into our electronics recycling bin. (shhhhh!!!)
The coaxial cable is all there is wires wise.
E. Julius
> zeontestpilot
05/05/2015 at 11:11 |
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My parents have had satellite tv since it first became widely available (before I was born). Apparently, back in the days when it used to involve a Big Ugly Dish (such as the one pictured), if you knew what you were doing you could adjust the dish to receive all sorts of signals besides your television provider. The main thing my dad used to do was tune it to receive the raw feeds that news networks used to broadcast live from far flung locations like the middle east and stuff. You could see them lining up shots, testing different camera angles out, watch the reporters rehearse what they were going to say, do sounds checks, all sorts of things. Of course this was before it went through their “command center” and was combined with the tv feed from the newsroom, so you didn’t get any context or any of the graphics or anything, but still cool.
Nowadays the signals are all digital and specially encoded, so you can’t pick up much besides your tv provider’s signal. I also don’t think you can do as much with the dish as you used to be able to, but anyone who has one of these dishes should at least able to pick up the DirecTV signal. I believe the verification takes place at the receiver end, where your receiver will actually decrypt the signal into something watchable.