Wow!!!

[PopcornNMore]

After looking on E-Bay for the past several weeks for a great deal on a 90cm dish for FTA, I decided to buy one this weekend after I return home from a business trip in South Eastern Florida. While on the business trip, we stopped into a wholesale electronics store to buy some parts needed for a project we are working on. When I went up to the counter to pay, I asked if by chance they had any satellite dishes. The man said "Yes, go out back". There I saw a stack of excellent condition Channel Master 1.2 meter satellite dishes. I brought one inside and asked how much. To my surprise, the man said "$10". I then went back out and got 4 more at only $10 a piece.

The only problem is that they do not include the mount or feed horn poles. I figure, I can easily find out the elevation needed for North Port, Florida and make my own mount and figure out the focal point and make a feed horn assembly for these dishes. Does anybody have any helpful suggestions? I could use some good ideas on how to build the mount.

Thank You,
Dave

 

[PSB]

The plans here......

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=42450&highlight=primestar+mount

may help with the mount, but the tricky part will be fabricating the feedhorn mount to catch the exact focal point. NICE FIND!

 

[PopcornNMore]

Pete,

Thank you very much! This is exactly what I was looking for. I will post my reasults after the project is completed.

Dave

 

[PSB]

Thanks again to Ziploc for his efforts :clap

 

[Wholeshoe]

I have a 1.2 M Primestar and beilieve you could make the lnb mout out of conduit. I am not at home now but could measure them up for you and take some pictures sometime next week if you need measurments.

Wholeshoe

 

[gw1110]

Search

Why don't you search the internet for the manufacturer of the dish, tell them that while you were moving the dish a gust of wind came up, snatched the dish out of your hands and messed up the bracket that holds the lnb and ask to be sent a replacement?

 

[PilotS77]

Because it is unethical?

 

[carload]

Next best way - call that manufacturer and ask to buy the LNBF arm/bracket.

 

[PilotS77]

A much better option!

 

[SatelliteAV]

Andrews Corp. has the antenna portion of the Bankrupt Channel Master product line. They advise that these parts are not available. There was a liquidator attempting to sell several thousand of these reflectors a few years back and I heard that he finally had to pay to have them disposed of since no one was able to obtain the missing parts.

 

[PopcornNMore]

Thank you all for your help and suggestions. After doing a search online, I did find a company that sells the mounts for this dish. However, I am going to make a mount and feed assembly myself. It will be much more enjoyable and rewarding. I want to thank Ziploc for his plans. This will save me time in developing a mount for these Channel Master 1.2 meter dishes.
The place where I bought these dishes have more available. After I develop a mount and feed assembly, I may just go back and get some more and use them myself or sell them on E-Bay.
Within the next couple of weeks, I will be posting pictures of my progress so that others can possibly learn and do this themselves for dishes they may have lying around.

Thank You,
Dave

 

[PSB]

Looking forward to the pictures : )