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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
My Channel Master 1.8 project.
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<blockquote data-quote="a33" data-source="post: 1128383" data-attributes="member: 332642"><p>By using a plate like that, you determine where the theoretical rotation range of 0-180 degrees around the mount's axis begins (so: where the zero degree is).</p><p>As the actual range you can reach is not 0-180, but maybe something like 25-155 degrees (very much depending on the mount build), you can use that 25 degree position for the lowest satellite at the retracted side that you wish to receive. Thus you can reach at the extended side to about 155 rotational degrees, in this example.</p><p>Hence my previous answer: <em>"That could be dependent on which is the most easterly satellite (max. retracted) that you want to receive, and which is the most westerly satellite (max. extended)?"</em></p><p></p><p>The location of the plate does not necessarily have to be on the pole-part of the mount (<em>edit: at the base of the actuator</em>), it can just as well be on the dish-part of the mount (<em>edit: at the top of the actuator</em>), or even a plate at both locations. What happens is that you manipulate the dish aiming angle, relative to the (theoretical) 0-180 axis rotational angle. There is no need whatsoever, to have due south/north at exactly 90 degrees or so; you can have it as you wish....</p><p></p><p>Greetz,</p><p>A33</p><p></p><p><em>Edited</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="a33, post: 1128383, member: 332642"] By using a plate like that, you determine where the theoretical rotation range of 0-180 degrees around the mount's axis begins (so: where the zero degree is). As the actual range you can reach is not 0-180, but maybe something like 25-155 degrees (very much depending on the mount build), you can use that 25 degree position for the lowest satellite at the retracted side that you wish to receive. Thus you can reach at the extended side to about 155 rotational degrees, in this example. Hence my previous answer: [I]"That could be dependent on which is the most easterly satellite (max. retracted) that you want to receive, and which is the most westerly satellite (max. extended)?"[/I] The location of the plate does not necessarily have to be on the pole-part of the mount ([I]edit: at the base of the actuator[/I]), it can just as well be on the dish-part of the mount ([I]edit: at the top of the actuator[/I]), or even a plate at both locations. What happens is that you manipulate the dish aiming angle, relative to the (theoretical) 0-180 axis rotational angle. There is no need whatsoever, to have due south/north at exactly 90 degrees or so; you can have it as you wish.... Greetz, A33 [I]Edited[/I] [/QUOTE]
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