Just Acquired A 1.2M Channel Master

[Archived-1]

ive just bought this today the dish is a 1.2 ? well i begged it :-), i will be needing some help soon please :-).

 

[Captain Jack]

Nice dish, Martin. A 1.2m Channel Master. Did it come with a polar mount?

 

[Captain Jack]

If it comes with the v box then it will come with a polar mount and the jack arm. So a nice purchase. I am on my phone right now but there are a few threads with info on setting up CM dishes. Check one of my threads labelled "me new toy" from late 2011...

 

[Mickha]

Could be an old 36V motor, below the dish, at least I assume that's what it is as you have been given a V-Box.
Too slow at typing as beaten to it.

 

[Archived-1]

thankyou lads :-), i will take some pics when i get her back home, and see what ive got and what i need to do to get her up and running,
thanks agian :-).

 

[digi247]

A Good clean up on the dish and it will look like new, take care with the Polar mount part and give that a clean and maybe a seeing too with a wire brush and it should last you years, a shame it didn't have the matching feedhorn but a nice new shiny Black Ultra will fit in and do the job nicely.

A very nice purchase let the fun begin :-rub

 

[RimaNTSS]

Yes, dismounting everything, cleaning, changing all nuts and bolts to INOX. Find good place and make solid holder, and make it dead-plumb. Nice antenna.

 

[Captain Jack]

Martin, check this one - http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/topic/150708-my-new-toy-d/

 

[Mickha]

Moved posts from My Sat Playground thread

 

[Archived-1]

thanks again, I was hopeing to pick it up today but i cant get in touch with the seller atm :-(, so hopefully tomorrow, ive already fitted pull wires under the floor for the cables so routing them will be easy,

i have a good all round line of sight when i get 2 tree stumps down, someones coming to do me that soon,

i can get it fixed before i landscape the garden :-),

i will take pictures along the way here are the first few to give you an idea please excuse the mess/dust i am doing work inside/outside daily atm,


all cables will be hidden in the alcove unit i have built the white wires in there are my pull wires that go under the floor to the outside of my house,

tree stumps need to come down the new dish will be going a little to the right of my temp one,

my line of sight could not be better i am clearing channels on both sats, only the stumps in the way atm,

 

[Lazarus]

Errm, you might want to redact your address from pic #3 ....................

 

[malsat]

Why not install it on your out house ?
stumps shouldnt be a problem then

 

[Archived-1]

thanks ive thought about that but it can be seen from the road, ive not lived here that long and dont want to upset anyone, but i might do :-),

ok just got her back home i am very pleased, cost 63 pound for dish and the bits and 60 pound to have it picked up 123 pound very happy,

i think i only need some cable and give it a clean and a grease and i should be good to go,

what type of cable do i need please and also can you see anything out of place/not there.

 

[aceb]

I'd be tempted to strip down, clean and re-grease the actuator, probably give the dish a good scrub too.

Use the best coax you can afford, I've been surprised how much difference to marginal signals good quality cable can make, even over fairly short runs. I only use CT125 these days. RBS is a cheap way of buying it if you've the room to work with it.

If you do strip it down take lots of photos first, it could save time later on and don't forget to mark any threads or bolts so you can put it back together with the same alignment, it'll save some of the headache when you are setting up the arc.

 

[Analoguesat]

Nice bit of kit there Martin. If you arent going to use the cams flog them on ebay and you can offset some of the cost

 

[PaulR]

If you arent going to use the cams flog them on ebay and you can offset some of the cost

Free insertions this weekend as well!

 

[Archived-1]

thanks lads, so the coax and motor cable come as one please ?, ive just stuck it on the wall as a temp measure, ive seen a few scrap men driving around, plus it will be easy to work on,

everthings like new i think i will just grease/oil clean it up,

 

[Lazarus]

Looks to be in pretty good nick - you shouldn't have any trouble making it look (and work!) like new.

 

[wod]

The coax cable and motor cable are separate cables.

you used to be able to get ribbon cable with it all included but haven't seen it for ages.

two 10mm holes or 14mm if you run a twin feed from the dish shouldn't be too much hassle.

 

[RimaNTSS]

I would run 4 cables to this antenna: 2 coax, one to drive motor (usual electrical cable with 2 wires 1,5 sq.mm each), and one signal cable (usual electrical cable with 2 wires 0,75 sq.mm each).