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<blockquote data-quote="RimaNTSS" data-source="post: 837614" data-attributes="member: 312276">Perhaps it is not so easy to install polar-mount (PM), especially when there are not so much experience doing so. I came to conclusion that better do this job step by step. And those steps can be completely separates one from other but should be done in sequence: A- make PM dead vertical, B- catch Clarke belt, C-install actuator.A- could be relatively easy task, but should be done precise as much as possible;B- How to catch SAT-bow is written in lots of resources, but there is small problem there are no actuator yet&nbsp; :-shifty . What to do? Easy- make simple mechanical stop for your antenna on most Eastern or most Western position, and, BTW that would be really nice to have real satellite in this very edgy position. In my case, on attached picture you can see this tuning or mechanical stop. On the right side of it I can remove actuator at all, but antenna will stay tuned on 90*E (my Most-East satellite) and still have possibility to turn antenna with this mechanism. Instead of actuator, to be able to move antenna by hands and very fast another mechanism could be used, like on picture #2 or something like that. After &quot;B&quot; is completed, you can install actuator. And, I've said in another tread: Almost any antenna could be moved by any actuator if you have PM well balanced and fixing holes on the right places.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RimaNTSS, post: 837614, member: 312276"] Perhaps it is not so easy to install polar-mount (PM), especially when there are not so much experience doing so. I came to conclusion that better do this job step by step. And those steps can be completely separates one from other but should be done in sequence: A- make PM dead vertical, B- catch Clarke belt, C-install actuator. A- could be relatively easy task, but should be done precise as much as possible; B- How to catch SAT-bow is written in lots of resources, but there is small problem there are no actuator yet :-shifty . What to do? Easy- make simple mechanical stop for your antenna on most Eastern or most Western position, and, BTW that would be really nice to have real satellite in this very edgy position. In my case, on attached picture you can see this tuning or mechanical stop. On the right side of it I can remove actuator at all, but antenna will stay tuned on 90*E (my Most-East satellite) and still have possibility to turn antenna with this mechanism. Instead of actuator, to be able to move antenna by hands and very fast another mechanism could be used, like on picture #2 or something like that. After "B" is completed, you can install actuator. And, I've said in another tread: Almost any antenna could be moved by any actuator if you have PM well balanced and fixing holes on the right places. [/QUOTE]

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