Fun To Be Had With a 10-Foot Satellite Dish?

An anonymous reader writes "I'm moving to a rural community in the central United States. On the property is a satellite dish in excess of 3 meters in diameter that seems to still be in excellent condition. I already enjoy shortwave radio and was wondering what interesting TV feeds I might be able to catch with the dish. What kind of equipment would I need and how much should I expect to spend? If it's not useful for that purpose, what other fun projects might I use it for?"

Comments

UVB-76?

[WormholeFiend]

UVB-76 has been broadcasting new stuff the past few days...

If you're looking for fun, you're doing it wrong

[tomhudson]

1. Remove dish from roof or back yard or whatever for this winter
2. Find ski hill
3. Group Downhill Saucer

You might even get airborne, in which case you have a real flying saucer. At the very least, it would scare the crap out of the snow-boarders.

Broadcast a cryptic signal for years

[Parlett316]

Then change it one day and watch the internet implode.

Have Fun with the neighbors

[Anonymous Coward]

Point the dish at your nearest neighbors house to make them paranoid.

Re:Astronomy?

[TheCRAIGGERS]

I don't get it. How would a 10' dish help him achieve first posts? And why bother?

Improper Use of the 3 Step Process

[WED Fan]

You are hereby served notice regarding your improper use of the UGI patented "3 Step Process". The UGI (Underpants Gnomes International) have established that all "3 Step Processes" must take the form of

1. Action
2. ???
3. Profit.

If you continue to use your errant "3 Step Process" legal action may follow.

IAAUGL

The Underpants Gnomes International do wish to make a constructive suggestion. The use of A B C instead of 1 2 3 would not be in violation of the UGI's patent.

Screw you guys. I'm going home.