Still working on getting the new CKD-12 installed. Ran into some interesting stuff. Turns out that they sent me a 4.5" mount instead of the 3.5" as advertised at Skyvision. Skyvision told me that either mount works with the rest of the dish components but the manufacturer messed up and sent a 4.5" mount. Anyway, I decided to keep the 4.5" mount and I replaced the 3.5" pole with a 4.5" pole. Unfortuneatly, I didn't get a chance to assemble the dish last weekend and next weekend only has high's in the 40's. I miss DST right now. Anyway, the instruction manual for this dish recommends an 18" actuator for traversing 120 degrees. I'm going to confirm this with Skyvision as I thought you needed a 24" actuator for a 12 footer. The manual stated that a 24" could get bent with this dish if it extends more than 18". Of course, there are software limits that can be set. If an 18" actuator is adequate, I just happen to have one.

Hopefully, I'll have the dish up before Thanksgiving. Photos and performance evaluation to come.