boards from satellite eyes & there value

[wadarbr549]

hello all, i have been saving the boards from inside satellite eyes from direct tv and other dish carriers for a while now...i cant seem to find if anyone has a set price they buy them for....i have found a few helpful threads on the subject but i cant seem to find a buyer with a price for them...
i also cant find a set price on the runner boards from flat tvs and flat monitors...i have some pictures if any of the buyers would care to chime in id really appreciate it....thank you for your time..now i will attempt to post the photos

[wadarbr549]

id also like to add, i run across a few different types of the boards from the satellite eyes, some are very plainly copper, some are gold, very few of the old ones are almost white and i assume these are silver,
then i get a lot of them that are not quite gold looking but they are not quite silver either, in the right light they look more gold than anything...any info that can be given would be greatly appreciated

[spinroch]

I can't give you prices, but the satellite "eyes" are called LNBs
That stands for Low Noise Blocks - Strange but True

[wadarbr549]

thanks spinroch, yes i have read that before i have also heard folks call them amps...i am just curious about the grade of them...it seems to vary drastically on every one i take a part...

[spinroch]

Ask one of the buyers on the Buyers thread

[Mechanic688]

Bundle the amp boards together and put them up on auction on Ebay, and watch them go,,,

[BRASSCATCHER]

Or have them refined

[Trot]

if you figure out what to do with them. please post your results. I am sitting on a few hundred of them. I too am questioning which route to go.

[wadarbr549]

thank you all for the fast replies....i will look into ebay ...does anyone have any information on the ones i was talking about that look like they are a color in between gold and silver..i have some posted in the photos in my first post...i just dont want to put them up on auction and say they are gold plated and them be plated with something else

and trot ill be more than happy to post any info i get on here for all to benifit from...

[Sirscrapalot]

I know which route I'll go with them, an they don't include a buyer, or ebay.



Feel free to send them to me, anytime you two get tired of holding them

Sirscrapalot - Doing a little dance.

[ozzy214]

Used to be high grade. now being told it is mobo grade.

[Trot]

No problem there SSA. Ill feel guilty if I only send the boards though. I'm going to need to send you the clean aluminum they came off too.

[Sirscrapalot]

LOL.

I'll take the alum as long as you keep the big heavy things they come in.

Sirscrapalot - After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.' - William S. Burroughs

[hobo finds]

I got mid grade high for them last time I mailed them in. $1.50 lb

[hobo finds]

After 50 to 60 screws to remove I can see where you would want to hold on to these boards!

[Sirscrapalot]

I'll give them a home if you guys get fed up with the screws..price drop if I have to do it! :P

Sirscrapalot - Gold makes it all worthwhile, an silver!

[wadarbr549]

i do hate the screws but i cant pass em up.. since i made the deal with my junk yard i can buy about anything they have for 20 to 30 cents per pound.. as long as i get them from the shred pile i can get all i find for 30 cents per pound..so basicaly the boards are free..

i just cant wait to cash in all the silver contacts i have been getting...not only am i getting them for 30 cents per pound, i am allowed to strip them from breakers and what ever else i fend them in..that way im only paying for the good stuff....

i was afraid the owner would turn on me and start saving the boards and such his self but he is not interested in seperating anything any further than he already does,,i reckon its worked for 40 some years his way so he sees no need to change it around now...i even have my own 3 small hoppers there now off to the side of the shred pile...i seperate all the copper , aluminum, and motors i come by for them..he even bought me a new pair of tin snips the first time i filled up the copper wire hopper for them...