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<blockquote data-quote="7mdish" data-source="post: 1116502" data-attributes="member: 401140"><h4>A33, yes you are right. I'm looking for AZ/EL mount due to inclined orbit satellite tracking, but as you said a good polar mount with elevation correction could be fine.</h4>For example, this could be a good solution:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]http://www.satellitesuperstore.co.uk/inclined_orbit_satellite_dish_240cm.htm#raven18io[/URL]Or this:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]http://www.satellitesuperstore.co.uk/inclined_orbit_satellite_dish_180cm.htm#raven18io[/URL]But, you said: &quot;That way your skew would be (about) right automatically...&quot; About. Yes, about! So, this is the main issue. Going to East or West limits in the Clarke belt, every polar mounts perform some mechanical errors, so the skew will never be really exact, and this could become a problem particularly getting feeds or weak signals. This is the reason for which I would prefer a motorised feed.Also, both dishes in the links above are offset antennas. What do you think about the usage of such dishes to get extreme East/West satellites? Is it the same like a prime focus one? I'm afraid it is not.Also, I need Quatro LNB instead of single out LNB. Do you think that LNBs offered in those bundles are OK? Thank you for your advice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="7mdish, post: 1116502, member: 401140"] [HEADING=3]A33, yes you are right. I'm looking for AZ/EL mount due to inclined orbit satellite tracking, but as you said a good polar mount with elevation correction could be fine.[/HEADING] For example, this could be a good solution: [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.satellitesuperstore.co.uk/inclined_orbit_satellite_dish_240cm.htm#raven18io[/URL] Or this: [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.satellitesuperstore.co.uk/inclined_orbit_satellite_dish_180cm.htm#raven18io[/URL] But, you said: "That way your skew would be (about) right automatically..." About. Yes, about! So, this is the main issue. Going to East or West limits in the Clarke belt, every polar mounts perform some mechanical errors, so the skew will never be really exact, and this could become a problem particularly getting feeds or weak signals. This is the reason for which I would prefer a motorised feed. Also, both dishes in the links above are offset antennas. What do you think about the usage of such dishes to get extreme East/West satellites? Is it the same like a prime focus one? I'm afraid it is not. Also, I need Quatro LNB instead of single out LNB. Do you think that LNBs offered in those bundles are OK? Thank you for your advice. [/QUOTE]

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