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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
silly question time re polar mounts (non diseqc motors)
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<blockquote data-quote="ozumo" data-source="post: 1113380" data-attributes="member: 415308"><p>Polar mount skews the dish in a similar way to a DiSEqC motor. Though with a 'downward pointing' motor you may get a small amount of swing - in your case away from the wall for eastern satellites, towards it for west. This can be simulated on a polar mount by hanging the dish down like a pendulum, like in this post by RimaNTSS:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/polar-mount-stabilisation.166004/#post-935840[/URL]</p><p></p><p>I think in your case the motorised dish on the DiSEqC motor will see slightly more eastern arc than a fixed dish due to the 'swing'. </p><p></p><p>With a fixed dish you also need to adjust LNB skew. For satellites with a skew offset such as Eutelsat & Astra sats you could get better signal from a fixed dish as the skew can be optimised for a particular satellite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ozumo, post: 1113380, member: 415308"] Polar mount skews the dish in a similar way to a DiSEqC motor. Though with a 'downward pointing' motor you may get a small amount of swing - in your case away from the wall for eastern satellites, towards it for west. This can be simulated on a polar mount by hanging the dish down like a pendulum, like in this post by RimaNTSS: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/polar-mount-stabilisation.166004/#post-935840[/URL] I think in your case the motorised dish on the DiSEqC motor will see slightly more eastern arc than a fixed dish due to the 'swing'. With a fixed dish you also need to adjust LNB skew. For satellites with a skew offset such as Eutelsat & Astra sats you could get better signal from a fixed dish as the skew can be optimised for a particular satellite. [/QUOTE]
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