Had a 12-foot (3.66 meter) solid dish installed in the summer of 1982. I was an early adopter; the whole thing cost about $7,000. Wild feeds (ABC co-anchor Max Robinson waiting to do his 15-second hit from Chicago each night was a hoot; golf in Japanese; blacked-out fights) plus the Canadian channels, regional sports networks and so much more. All great fun. CBC was about the last to scramble and it was time to switch to a small dish.