Motorised skew adjustment - any ideas?

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What is maximum rotation range? Do you reach +/-180 degrees to cover both vertical and horizontal polarities?
 
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How can you make sure that LNB skew in right position? Does this mechanism have end-switches?
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Of course, as soon as you try to make a small video of this original twist.
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Do you offer me to visit you in Poland and make some movie? :)
 
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The range of rotation is dependent on the antenna wire if it was so loose it lnb spins around.
And where are you if you visit in Poland, so I invite you to wekeend. :)
 
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And where are you if you visit in Poland, so I invite you to wekeend. :)
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Poland is big country, and I more or less familiar with it's northern part. Thanks for invitation.... who knows, as my friend says "Everything is possible". Things possible today we could not imagine 20 years ago. :rolleyes:
You have very impressive dish-farm, congratulations!
 
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You're right, anything is possible in case if you will ever in Poland in areas of the western parts welcome.
Yes antennae coming has me able to have 1.6 but not curly.
 
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Look at this:
h**p://w*w.vikingsatcom.com/product.php?id=86
It seems a very interesting solution. Most important, 4 LNBs (2 C-band and 2 Ku-band) can be installed, so both polarities are available together, or a 13/18 volt switch could be added to control two LNBs as a common universal one. The motor needs 24 volt DC and has a feedback by a common potentiometer. Probably feedback is not so important, and a very simple 24 volt power supply could be used to rotate feedhorn and adjust skew.
Probably it's very expensive (I don't know), but it seems a very interesting product.
 
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