Channel Master 1.8 Offset Stringing accuracy.

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Ok I've just spoken to Julian at Elite antennas very nice helpful guy . the prices quoted are for dish and back plates only .

1.8 £672
2.0 £795
2.2 no price atm, I am going to email him for a price,
2.4 £1680.

 

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... Thats it then, end of!.

No its not J

..and a 2.2m would probably be a non stock item ...so I can imagine what that would cost ..
Nice but seriously too expensive for non lottery winning mortals like myself ...

I am guessing the 2.2 will be just over a grand,

 

[moonbase]

Ok I've just spoken to Julian at Elite antennas very nice helpful guy . the prices quoted are for dish and back plates only .

1.8 £672
2.0 £795
2.2 no price atm, I am going to email him for a price,
2.4 £1680.

Are those prices inclusive of VAT @ 20% or exclusive of VAT?
What is a back plate, I thought they had a circular mounting ring on them?

That 2.4m looks cheap enough if the price includes VAT.
One point about the 2.4m antenna, they use a different size rear mounting ring to the one used on the 1.2m to 2.2m range.

 

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Are those prices inclusive of VAT @ 20% or exclusive of VAT?
What is a back plate, I thought they had a circular mounting ring on them?

That 2.4m looks cheap enough if the price includes VAT.
One point about the 2.4m antenna, they use a different size rear mounting ring to the one used on the 1.2m to 2.2m range.

No vat was mentioned Dave, he said someone called Dave called the other day I thought it would have been you,
what ever points are different will make no difference to me, I will be starting from scratch to make a new mount.

 

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What is a back plate, I thought they had a circular mounting ring on them?

Yes Dave rear rings then

 

[moonbase]

No vat was mentioned Dave, he said someone called Dave called the other day I thought it would have been you,
what ever points are different will make no difference to me, I will be starting from scratch to make a new mount.

I got a quote from Elite for a 1.8m dish back in July and it was £890 excluding VAT, that was the last time I spoke to Julian some 4 months ago. The project that the dish was to be used for was subsequently cancelled so the order did not materialise.

I assume the quote of £672 that you got for a 1.8m antenna was for the version without the rear radial bracing arms, that's the only reason I can think of to account for the difference in price, unless you talked him into a discount, or they have reduced their prices.

 

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Yes pal bare bones dish, the braces can easily be made and installed if needed.

 

[John]

Yes pal bare bones dish, the braces can easily be made and installed if needed.

My bare bones 2.2 in happier days .... there big buggers yer know Martin

 

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My bare bones 2.2 in happier days .... there big buggers yer know Martin

Love it J, I am having one, I think I will be going for the 2.2 depending on price, if not the 2.0, watch this space.

 

[moonbase]

Love it J, I am having one, I think I will be going for the 2.2 depending on price, if not the 2.0, watch this space.

You have the bug now Martin. Them offset focus dishes will never look the same again now you are in the world of the Precision/Elite prime focus antenna. These are Carlsberg dishes but these guys actually do make them.

 

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You have the bug now Martin. Them offset focus dishes will never look the same again now you are in the world of the Precision/Elite prime focus antenna. These are Carlsberg dishes but these guys actually do make them.

Off set dishes are for pussy wimps was it ?, I still love my cm but it got to go and
be replaced with a man dish

 

[Captain Jack]

PFs are definitely sexier. Once my house is rebuilt (!), I'll give the PF 1.8m CM a go... just for comparison.

 

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You have the bug now Martin. Them offset focus dishes will never look the same again now you are in the world of the Precision/Elite prime focus antenna. These are Carlsberg dishes but these guys actually do make them.

Carlsberg dish?

 

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Video of them spinning a dish.

 

[John]

Another one for you to drool over lol

 

[scopus]

Another one for you to drool over lol

You know you want one..............

 

[moonbase]

Carlsberg dish?

Probably the best dishes in the world.
It is the theme of the Carlsberg lager advert on UK TV. "If Carlsberg made satellite dishes......."

 

[moonbase]

Off set dishes are for pussy wimps was it ?, I still love my cm but it got to go and
be replaced with a man dish

"pussy whipped gimps"

 

[John]

You know you want one..............

.... been there, done that..... wouldn't mind going back at some stage tho

 

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Probably the best dishes in the world.
It is the theme of the Carlsberg lager advert on UK TV. "If Carlsberg made satellite dishes......."

I see. (Or rather, I don't see enough UK TV these days!)
But then it is rather appropriate for comparing with certain brand dishes...
Overpriced, run-of the mill, bog-standard dishes sold as high-performance stuff.
Carlsberg is just mass-oriented lager here in DK. Not the cheapest, but nothing to get excited about. Still drinkable, but pales in comparison to the real, high-quality stuff.
A bit like Heineken a few years back: "Reassuringly expensive". And in the Netherlands - just standard lager...

I'd take a London Pride or a proper IPA any day.