That does seem high? I am in the Dallas Fort Worth area and there is a person that orders the 1.2's from them(20 or so at a time). He sold me mine for 150.00. Spend a day and drive down here to pick one up????
I used the 2 inch rigid and it is very strong, I think I got it at Home Depot for around 40 bucks. http://www.alliedtube.com/electrical-raceways/conduit/galvanized-rigid-conduit.asp
The elevation bolt is very nice to have on the GEOSATpro 1.2M :up , it made the T5find much easier today for me and my wife:D , it is a very nice dish in my opinion.
My project for this weekend is complete:up I May still need to tweak it a tiny bit more but not today, as a matter of fact I may wait until this fall lol lol