At the suggestion of a fellow member, I am posting my latest project. This dish was mounted low to the ground. Take note: Whenever I acquire a dish mounted low to the ground, there is almost always some type of damage. In this case I believe it to be where a lawnmower was ran into it several times. Always mount your dishes far enough above the ground as to not run into them with anything. The damage was on the edges so it would not affect reception but I decided to try and fix it so the cracks would not get any worse. Regrettably I did not take any “before” pictures. I thought about using fiberglass body filler but decided I wanted strength. Another poster had used JB Weld with good results so I thought I would give that a try. It worked far better than I thought it would.
In full disclosure, I have done body work before. But this repair was pretty easy to do. If you look hard enough you can see where the JB Weld is smooth without the pebbly finish that the rest of the dish has.
I decided to compare signal qualitys between the 1M Channel Master and the Primestar
84E. I used the same LNB (Hughesnet) on both dishes both peaked on AMC-21. The 1M Channel Master was a tad better, but not by much. It only gained 3 points on all but one transponder. Someone has suggested that it is because the dishes are about the same width. I do not know. I don’t understand this. But that were the results. I would say that this is a testimony to a Primestar 84E. It continues to be one great dish.
In full disclosure, I have done body work before. But this repair was pretty easy to do. If you look hard enough you can see where the JB Weld is smooth without the pebbly finish that the rest of the dish has.
I decided to compare signal qualitys between the 1M Channel Master and the Primestar
84E. I used the same LNB (Hughesnet) on both dishes both peaked on AMC-21. The 1M Channel Master was a tad better, but not by much. It only gained 3 points on all but one transponder. Someone has suggested that it is because the dishes are about the same width. I do not know. I don’t understand this. But that were the results. I would say that this is a testimony to a Primestar 84E. It continues to be one great dish.
