I found 2 satellite dishes dismantled in order to be thrown away. I guess they were from former satellite TV receivers (now the building has fiber optic and IPTV).
- one smaller, metallic, about 70cm (23inch) diameter, the white paint looks like new, with an eccentric LNB arm
- one bigger, about 2 meters (6 feet) diameter, made out of some semi-flexible material that looks a translucent fiber glass, with the reflective paint almost completely gone
Already harvested the 2 LNB's, mostly out of the curiosity to open them later, secretly hoping for some RF goodies inside, but didn't open them yet.
I am not a ham, so I am thinking more about reusing them for capturing weather pics with an SDR, maybe some day RF astronomy scans, or a huge solar furnace with the big one.
1. Does it worth to collect the dishes for some other projects?
2. Is it reasonably possible to transport the big one tied on top of a normal sedan car about 100Km (60 miles) away?
3. Other ideas for interesting project to do with them, please?