Channel Master 1.80 Upgrade in Costa Blanca

[pipino]

well ,Finaly i decided to take down the motorized Gibertini and swaped it with a fixed (for now at least )CM 1.80 exclusively for Astra2,i must say the Dish is simply Fantastic ,design and performance wise,i had to call 3 friends to help me out as its very heavy and being so high in the building it did give us some scary moments , thankfully ,now i do have a Rock solid 24/7 BBC1 signal ..and all Vertical transponders , here is some snaps i toke earlier today ..enjoy ...cheers

[CROSSBONES]

Be even better if you motorise it!

It is a heavy dish!! built like a tank though!!

[kenny1234]

Nice!

I want one

[satelliteman]

Nice result pipino.

[pipino]

Be even better if you motorise it!

It is a heavy dish!! built like a tank though!!

yes correct ,but the polar mount has to be very well built ,i dont realy want the dish to danse at all when strong winds ,i´m already planing it with a friend of mine and it will be based on those models ,if you have more diagrams and ideas i will realy apreciate your assistance..cheers

[CROSSBONES]

I had one made.

http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellit...ter-mount.html

Any good fabricator could make you one.

Satellite super store make an ali adaptor that fits the 1.2m polar mount

Looks a bit weak for my liking! specialy in your exposed position!! And over priced!

Hope my pics help you out. If you have any questions please free to ask, ill try my best to help.

[pipino]

I had one made.

http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellit...ter-mount.html

Any good fabricator could make you one.

Satellite super store make an ali adaptor that fits the 1.2m polar mount

Looks a bit weak for my liking! specialy in your exposed position!! And over priced!

Hope my pics help you out. If you have any questions please free to ask, ill try my best to help.

many thanx for your help m8,the satellitesuperstore one look a bit "mickymouse" or "B&Q" type of thing ,if i put this up in my roof i will see a life dansing performance ..did yours move at all ?? if you seen how stable a fixed the dish is now with the original AZ/EL mount ..its impresive

[CROSSBONES]

My dish did shake, but I put it down too using the wrong size support.

I used a 3" pole, as the original is 4.5" I think?

I did fill it with concrete, but the length from the ground was quite long. I did

try and steady it with T & K`s but didnt work too well. (was located by the side of my shed)

[Nachmany]

Nice setup !!!
Try to motorize it in the futher, and don't use polar mount for CM 1.2m or jager 1224.

[antenna1]

nice install.

[deepbluesky]

Congrats for your new setup pipino.

I have to agree with CROSSBONES. It would be a pity not to motorize such a nice piece of dish.

In your profile you say there's a Famaval 1.90m in your posession. I would be very interested in hearing if its efficiency is far lower than the much more solid built Channel Master.

[pipino]

In your profile you say there's a Famaval 1.90m in your posession. I would be very interested in hearing if its efficiency is far lower than the much more solid built Channel Master.

hi m8 ,
i would say is more less the same ,,regards the diametre the guys from tecatel say its 1.90 ,but i think its a 1.8X ,you can see it here _http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellite/817777-post1.html

regards

[deepbluesky]

Thanks pal. I've just had a look to the specifications: _http://www.famaval.pt/en/tiki-index.php?page=antenas_180 which show that it is not 1.90m but 1.79m. But a Channel Master looks to be better built and last longer in harsh weather conditions.

[pipino]

Thanks pal. I've just had a look to the specifications: _http://www.famaval.pt/en/tiki-index.php?page=antenas_180 which show that it is not 1.90m but 1.79m. But a Channel Master looks to be better built and last longer in harsh weather conditions.

yes indeed Channel master is very solid,,by the way i ´v just collected an old 1.20 hirschmann fibre glass antenna (at leat 20years old) but still looks very good ,i will take some snaps and post them here,,have you any infos about it??...cheers

[deepbluesky]

Unfortunately not, but maybe some people on german boards. What do you want to know except of the f/d ? Since it's >20 years old we do speak of a PFA, right ?

[pipino]

Unfortunately not, but maybe some people on german boards. What do you want to know except of the f/d ? Since it's >20 years old we do speak of a PFA, right ?

no its an offset one ..shame its inside a wherehouse right now and i cant access to take photos untill tommorow,i think i saw one member in this board with the same model ..

[deepbluesky]

Alright then take some photos tomorrow and think about what you would like to know exactly about it. It might help if you upload the photos on a public available service (imageshack, directupload,..) so that even people having not an account here on this board can access them. This way maybe members from german boards can answer your questions.

[rolfw]

Alright then take some photos tomorrow and think about what you would lik It might help if you upload the photos on a public available service (imageshack, directupload,..) so that even people having not an account here on this board can access them. This way maybe members from german boards can answer your questions.

We specifically ask members not to do that and instead upload them to the forum, then we know that the photos stay with the thread in perpetuity, rather than get cleaned off the imageshack server.

People only have to register to see the pictures, what is the difficulty with that?

[deepbluesky]

Look, for me it's the same, but i know for sure that there are plenty of people that are either lazy to register in other boards or just don't speak English at all so that even the process of registration is a pain if their native language is not in the choice of the available ones. If particularly these people might be able to help it would be a pity.

I could recommend pipino to register in certain german boards as well but if somebody here could help him this would be the best solution.

[rolfw]

Well in this section it doesn't matter whether they are registered or not, as non-registered members can view attachments.

We do try to find answers to questions on this forum, rather than send members elsewhere.

[deepbluesky]

Ah i wasn't aware of that attachments also can be seen by visitors.
I agree with you Rolf that preferrably the question should be answered here if possible. I'm sure somebody can help pipino.

[pipino]

i try to upload the pics soon as possible..my concern is about the feed horn holder ..because its seems broken