Channel Master 1.2m

[Costactc]

I took the wifey out for a drink yesterday and we decided on the terrace at East Side Mario's Italian Resto/Bar. I parked near the rear of the restaurant and we walked by the back to get to the front. I noticed that they had 2 satellite dishes, one was a Bell dish and an older looking Channel Master 1.2m with a nose cone. The dish is in rough shape and could use some tlc and it also looks like it hasn't been used in a while. I was thinking of asking the restaurant owner if they are still using it and, if not, to offer to remove it or buy it. I have full intentions of returning and inquiring.

My only concern is its weight, it looks heavy. I have googled the specs but can't seem to find its weight. I'm just curious if my stab 1.2 would be powerful enough to move that dish. If anybody has any idea or ideas I would really like to hear them. Here is a picture of the dish that I googled, I haven't formally taken pics of the actual dish.


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[sadass]

I have one of those, not bad on weight, i say go for it, nice solid KU dish, the owner lives across the road from me ,

[sadass]

There is so many dead dish in town, across from east side at Nissan, that dish on the pole is not in service anymore, Best western has a few, if there still on the roof, not sure about Brookshell/seway gm, not sure if tje fifth wheel had any, if i did not live downtown and had the room i would if grabbed everyone i have seen,

[chifut]

Take it and throw in the garbage the 1.2Fortec

[Costactc]

I have one of those, not bad on weight, i say go for it, nice solid KU dish, the owner lives across the road from me ,

My wife says her name is Wiley but I'm not sure. I will enquire.


There is so many dead dish in town, across from east side at Nissan, that dish on the pole is not in service anymore, Best western has a few, if there still on the roof, not sure about Brookshell/seway gm, not sure if tje fifth wheel had any, if i did not live downtown and had the room i would if grabbed everyone i have seen,

I know and that doesn't include about another 50 c band dishes that are out of service as well. I totally agree with you Chifut, hopefully I can slap this one on as I have been looking into replacing it. I will pass by later and take some pics.

[Costactc]

I passed by and took some pics. The only thing concerning me is that there is no rear mount whatsoever, I'm sure that could be addressed:


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[chifut]

Missing the rear mount is not a big deal ,anyway the original mount is heavy and you need to modifyied it to lower the weight .I did take out the whole mount from my Muzac 39/43 inch which is very similar with that on on your picture ,and install a mount from old 31 inch stamped dish . The weight now is 25 pound and is no problem for my SG 2100 to rotate from one end to the another end of the arc.

[Costactc]

I finally found an Andrews/Channel Master 1.2m dish with a wild looking feed that I have never seen before. The seller frequents my parts often so he will be delivering it to my house. This dish will be modified as my good neighbour Lexmark is working on a polar mount, slapping an 18" actuator on it.


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[eastof111]

Nice looking dish, I've never seen one of those available in my neck of the woods.

[Costactc]

I got my Andrews/Channel Master 1.2m dish last night. $80 for a brand new in the box dish and components. The seller told me has others if anybody else is interested:


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[sadass]

thats a sweet deal, if only i had the room, living downtown sucks for that as there is no room for nothing and i face a public parking, and the city is looking everytime they go by...

[Costactc]

Too bad and the guy is in Cornwall about every 2 weeks so no shipping charge.

[easily confused]

thats a sweet deal, if only i had the room, living downtown sucks for that as there is no room for nothing and i face a public parking, and the city is looking everytime they go by...

Hey sadass, paint the pole and dish to look like a sunflower. No one will ever notice. :smoke:

[eastof111]

Costa, how heavy is that dish for ground shipping?

[Costactc]

It's not mentioned in the manual East but I would have to say about 40-45lbs with all the accessories.

[eastof111]

Just did a rate request from UPS for 50# from Cornwall to AZ. and it comes out to $179 ground shipping. Too bad it's so expensive for shipping or I would bite.

[Costactc]

Just did a rate request from UPS for 50# from Cornwall to AZ. and it comes out to $179 ground shipping. Too bad it's so expensive for shipping or I would bite.

You would deal directly with the seller East and he's located in Newmarket, Ontario.

[Costactc]

I just received my new heavy duty H to H CX-500 for the Channel Master dish. I picked this up on a UK site and figured I saved hundreds instead of going the route of an actuator and a polar mount. I will have pictures later on. This is where I found it:


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[eastof111]

Looks like it's built like a tank!

[Costactc]

It is East, this is old school. They don't build them like that anymore. I will slap a stand alone positioner to move the dish. I'm just not sure where to install this dish to avoid my wife divorcing me- an inground pole or on the roof???/

[rrob311]

That is a fine setup Costa. Just what I am looking for. I would be willing to drive far for a dish like that. I talked to a guy from Plattsburgh the other day and he says there is a Ferry that takes you from Vermont to the NY side.

[eastof111]

In ground if you have an area in the back yard where it won't be very visible to the wife. That's how I was able to keep my wife happy. LOL... Last resort the roof. Or an npr that you can move around for best location.

[Costactc]

Thanks East but my back yard isn't that big, the wifey would eventually see it...I'll figure something out but concentrating on slapping an actuator onto my 1.2m Fortec at the moment with Lexmark's home made polar mount.

[Costactc]

Some pictures of the heavy duty motor, the first being the channel master dish mount:


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[Costactc]

Here are a couple of pics of the setup Lexmark has with his 1.2m Fortec, exactly the same as the one he made for me but with a stab motor arm:

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[Costactc]

The weather was spot on today so we installed the newly painted Fortec 1.2m dish and its new polar mount and actuator. I haven't tested it out yet but will tomorrow as long as it doesn't rain as the positioner wires are outside for now:


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These are the pictures of Lexmark's home made polar mount, just awesome.

[Costactc]

I got the actuator wire hooked up outside and somehow squeezed it into my basement, with my sons' help. The hole needed to accommodate 2x5 ribbon cable and now 3 singles so it was real tight. I now need to get it to my living room, the hard part that I will attempt this afternoon to hook it up with the vbox 7 positioner. Hopefully, some time this weekend, I will be able to blind scan Amc 21 at 125w with my vu+solo2 and see if I can help Rodder out.

[Costactc]

Took the better part of 3 hours yesterday, swollen arms and cuts on both hands to finally realise that the hole leading to the living room is to small to accomodate all the wires. My carpentry skills, or lack of, will come into place as drywall will be removed and drilling to be done to increase the size of the hole. I will get that done with the minimal amount of curse words as possible, I hope.

[Costactc]

Finally.....Passing this frickin wire cost me the better part of 5 hours but patience does eventually prevail, time to start scanning my ku arc with my new actuator-the brown wire was the bugger in question:


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[Costactc]

All ku sats scanned in from 15-103w and will continue later on and scan 125w with my vu+solo2 to see the results of a blind scan.

[chifut]

...Costa ,I don't think WE can see more new cnhls ,no mater with Vietnamish or American box ...

[Costactc]

...Costa ,I don't think WE can see more new cnhls ,no mater with Vietnamish or American box ...

Chifut, the point is for me to scan Amc 21 with my Vu+solo2 to see if blind scan picks up all the channels. This is the thread I'm referring to:

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[Costactc]

I have a bit of time on my hands today so Lex and myself are going to test out the Channel Master 1.2m dish today. Lex came up with a temporary base to place the dish as I wouldn't want to install a pole without actually knowing that this dish will work. I'm going to use my invacom twf-031 lnbf with my gibertini feedhorn to begin but if it doesn't show anything I will slap that lnbf on the feedhorn that came with the dish:


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[Costactc]

Worked like a charm with the channel master feedhorn. The heavy duty HH motor moves the Channel Master 1.2m with ease:


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[Costactc]

A few more detailed pics. I will do a bit more testing before notifying the wifey of another pole install:


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[eastof111]

Now, that's a setup I would love to find on Craigs list or ebay for that matter, but closer to home.

[skink]

Costactc Those are great pictures!Can you tell us more about the H-H motor attached.I have a couple of those CM dishes and want a motor that can handle the weigh.Thanks

[Costactc]

Costactc Those are great pictures!Can you tell us more about the H-H motor attached.I have a couple of those CM dishes and want a motor that can handle the weigh.Thanks

The motor works flawlessly but is quite noisy, here is where I purchased it:

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[skink]

I just went back to the site mentioned and the price of the H-H motor has increased quite large amount.