Wanted Wanted 90-100 prime focus dish

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Chris James

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Hi guys
Been out of satellite for quite some time now (since sky digital start red and lost all interest )
Now looking to start back int it looking to find a prime focus dish with polar mount and actuator can go to 1.2 but that’s max for now
No idea on reciever or positioner as yet think just ku-band for now till I’m back in the game
Look forward to what you have for sale
 
I have 3 Precision dishes in the garage, a 90, 1.2 and a 1.5 but they are a long way from you in Yorkshire .
 
Chris James said:
Hi guys
Been out of satellite for quite some time now (since sky digital start red and lost all interest )
Now looking to start back int it looking to find a prime focus dish with polar mount and actuator can go to 1.2 but that’s max for now
No idea on reciever or positioner as yet think just ku-band for now till I’m back in the game
Look forward to what you have for sale
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Pipedream said:
I have 3 Precision dishes in the garage, a 90, 1.2 and a 1.5 but they are a long way from you in Yorkshire .
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That’s typical but I wonder could the 90cm be posted
 
No disrespect to Pipedream but quite a few decent dishes of around that size, and located in the Southern UK, crop up regularly on the ebay, Gumtree, & Sphock (etc.) websites.
 
Thanks for input
Well I only posted yesterday so I’ll see if anyone pops up near me
Been looking on eBay for ages only seen 1 and was too far
 
Just wondering , why especialy PF ?
 
Just always preferred them to offset
I’d really want a 60cm prime focus dish only ever seen one once in what satellite magazine
 
The smallest prime focus Ive used has been a 50cm cassegrain type, but it was years ago.

Getting an original C120 flange LNB to fit on any feed these days will be your main task rather than sourcing a reflector.
 
I just realised, I have a Precision 1.2m prime focus dish down the side of a shed. It comes with the original feed support arms and a Precision Ku-Band feed. I also have some brand new Invacom C120 LNB's and a couple of used Inverto C120 LNB's.

There were two of these dishes but I sold one, the one that is left has some of the paint coming off the rear mounting ring but it can be rubbed down and painted easily enough.
I would need to check if the dish has any dents or dings in it as it has been down the side of the shed for a few years now.

I cleaned them up at one point and sold one then put the other one away, it will probably need another clean up.
Couple of pics attached.

Note:
There is no mount or ground stand included.
However, you could probably cobble up some type of bracket up to get a 1.2m onto a DiSEqC motor if the dish is to be installed in a sheltered location?

Ideally, a Precision polar mount or a Jaeger 1224 would be the preferred mounting option but these are quite scarce nowadays and generally sell for decent wad.


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A Nice Pair.jpgPrecision 1.2m (Before Cleaning 01).jpgPrecision 1.2m (After Cleaning 02).jpgPrecision 1.2m (After Cleaning 01).jpg
 
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Channel Hopper said:
The smallest prime focus Ive used has been a 50cm cassegrain type, but it was years ago.
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Arcon Sweety type dishes turn up often on ebay, in 43cm & 57cm sizes.

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ozumo said:
Arcon Sweety type dishes turn up often on ebay, in 43cm & 57cm sizes.

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Not the one I was asked to install, those sizes could be posted without too much difficulty. With a 90 or larger it becomes rather expensive.

Is the o/p on the south coast ?
 
malsat said:
Hi Chris,

Where in Yorks are you?
I have a few CM 1m or 1.2m with polar mount and jack, not sure if jacks work though
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Chris is in Southampton, previous dish offer from Pipedream is Yorkshire
 
malsat said:
Hi Chris,

Where in Yorks are you?
I have a few CM 1m or 1.2m with polar mount and jack, not sure if jacks work though
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......... Southampton!

It's Pipedream who is in Yorkshire :D



Edit: Snap
 
Lazyonics said:
Forgive my memory but was unicorn the dish and Precision the name of the company who made them ?
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Unicorn PF Dish - Who Manufactured Them ?

Hi, Does anyone know who manufactured the Unicorn spun aluminium prime focus dishes? The dish face has the characteristic spun aluminium pattern that you see on the Precision dishes and I wondered if Unicorn had them manufactured by Precision. The main difference between a Unicorn dish and a...
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Channel Hopper said:

Unicorn PF Dish - Who Manufactured Them ?

Hi, Does anyone know who manufactured the Unicorn spun aluminium prime focus dishes? The dish face has the characteristic spun aluminium pattern that you see on the Precision dishes and I wondered if Unicorn had them manufactured by Precision. The main difference between a Unicorn dish and a...
www.satellites.co.uk www.satellites.co.uk
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Yes, a blast from the past, we have "scopus" to thank for the details about the Unicorn dish.

The first time a Unicorn dish came to my attention was way back in either the late 1990's or early 2000's when there was an article in "What Satellite" magazine featuring a Unicorn dish on a Jaeger 1224 motor.
If I recall correctly, they described it as a "Reference 1.2m setup" or something along those lines?

Unfortunately, I binned all of my "Wot Sats" some time ago otherwise I would have dug out the article and uploaded it to the forum.
 
moonbase said:
I just realised, I have a Precision 1.2m prime focus dish down the side of a shed. It comes with the original feed support arms and a Precision Ku-Band feed. I also have some brand new Invacom C120 LNB's and a couple of used Inverto C120 LNB's.

There were two of these dishes but I sold one, the one that is left has some of the paint coming off the rear mounting ring but it can be rubbed down and painted easily enough.
I would need to check if the dish has any dents or dings in it as it has been down the side of the shed for a few years now.

I cleaned them up at one point and sold one then put the other one away, it will probably need another clean up.
Couple of pics attached.

Note:
There is no mount or ground stand included.
However, you could probably cobble up some type of bracket up to get a 1.2m onto a DiSEqC motor if the dish is to be installed in a sheltered location?

Ideally, a Precision polar mount or a Jaeger 1224 would be the preferred mounting option but these are quite scarce nowadays and generally sell for decent wad.


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Please yes I’d like this but comes down to price as I’ve no idea of where to find parts to make this work
 
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