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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Channel Master/Laminas 1.8m project
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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Jack" data-source="post: 927128" data-attributes="member: 243342"><p>Welp, today, I picked up a 1.8m Channel Master dish. For me, it's the Holy Grail of dishes (even the 2.4m has less appeal for me - maybe it's TOO big?!) and finally I have it!</p><p></p><p>The dish, the Az/El mount and the stand cost me a grand total of £41. There are no LNB arms with it, so I sourced these .. for a price. Added that to the cost of hiring a van and diesel, it cost me a grand total of £236! Not so cheap after all!</p><p></p><p>That said, I am still happy that I have it. The condition of the dish, the Az/El mount and the stand is excellent - being only 18 months old, I'd expect it to be!</p><p></p><p>It's all very heavy and awkward to handle. My 1.5m Gibby is a paper bag in comparison. Unless a tonne of bricks falls on it, it will outlast every dish out there. The dish itself is not THAT heavy (33kg springs to mind), so here's my first question.</p><p></p><p>Is anyone running this dish off a Jaeger 1224 motor? If I was to do it, I would strengthen the body with some pig iron, but is the mechanism up to swinging the dish back and forth? I think someone here ([USER=191372]@scopus[/USER] ?) is, in fact, running it of the 1224... thoughts?</p><p></p><p>If that fails, I do have a beefy polar mount - it's was designed for a prime focus dish but once I add declination control to it, it won't matter.</p><p></p><p>It won't be installed any time soon - not until I move - but I'll start the work on polar mount in the mean time.</p><p></p><p>Some pics. Dish:-</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]78044[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]78046[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]78045[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The "small" one is the 1m Channel Master:-</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]78047[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>NPRM:-</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]78043[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Polar mount to be modified:-</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]78048[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Jack, post: 927128, member: 243342"] Welp, today, I picked up a 1.8m Channel Master dish. For me, it's the Holy Grail of dishes (even the 2.4m has less appeal for me - maybe it's TOO big?!) and finally I have it! The dish, the Az/El mount and the stand cost me a grand total of £41. There are no LNB arms with it, so I sourced these .. for a price. Added that to the cost of hiring a van and diesel, it cost me a grand total of £236! Not so cheap after all! That said, I am still happy that I have it. The condition of the dish, the Az/El mount and the stand is excellent - being only 18 months old, I'd expect it to be! It's all very heavy and awkward to handle. My 1.5m Gibby is a paper bag in comparison. Unless a tonne of bricks falls on it, it will outlast every dish out there. The dish itself is not THAT heavy (33kg springs to mind), so here's my first question. Is anyone running this dish off a Jaeger 1224 motor? If I was to do it, I would strengthen the body with some pig iron, but is the mechanism up to swinging the dish back and forth? I think someone here ([USER=191372]@scopus[/USER] ?) is, in fact, running it of the 1224... thoughts? If that fails, I do have a beefy polar mount - it's was designed for a prime focus dish but once I add declination control to it, it won't matter. It won't be installed any time soon - not until I move - but I'll start the work on polar mount in the mean time. Some pics. Dish:- [ATTACH]78044[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]78046[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]78045[/ATTACH] The "small" one is the 1m Channel Master:- [ATTACH]78047[/ATTACH] NPRM:- [ATTACH]78043[/ATTACH] Polar mount to be modified:- [ATTACH]78048[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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