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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Jack" data-source="post: 911404" data-attributes="member: 243342"><p>Don't get me wrong, the Gibertini 1.2m is a great dish. My only worry is that it's made from aluminium, which is prone to warping. Laminas will be better as it's at least part fibre glass and is probably better for a Stab-type motor due to weight but the sail-in-the wind effect will still very much be there!</p><p></p><p>You can get a Channel Master with a polar mount quite cheaply on eBay - they turn up quite often. Or you can get a fixed one but invest in <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321619791056" target="_blank">this </a>motor to drive the dish. A polar mount would be a stronger option though... </p><p></p><p>A jack driven polar mount or a 36v h-to-h (horizon to horizon) motor needs a so-called V-box. This will take DiSEqC commands from your Clark Tech receiver, convert them to pulse counts (used to keep track of the dish/motor) and drive the dish to its correct location. Once configured, you don't really need to touch the V-box again.</p><p></p><p>Alignment is slightly more involved than a normal DiSEqC motorised dish but the principle is exactly the same.</p><p></p><p>There are plenty of thread on this.. but here's mine from when I refurbished a polar mount for the Channel Master... <a href="https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/my-new-toy-d.150708/" target="_blank">https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/my-new-toy-d.150708/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Jack, post: 911404, member: 243342"] Don't get me wrong, the Gibertini 1.2m is a great dish. My only worry is that it's made from aluminium, which is prone to warping. Laminas will be better as it's at least part fibre glass and is probably better for a Stab-type motor due to weight but the sail-in-the wind effect will still very much be there! You can get a Channel Master with a polar mount quite cheaply on eBay - they turn up quite often. Or you can get a fixed one but invest in [URL='http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321619791056']this [/URL]motor to drive the dish. A polar mount would be a stronger option though... A jack driven polar mount or a 36v h-to-h (horizon to horizon) motor needs a so-called V-box. This will take DiSEqC commands from your Clark Tech receiver, convert them to pulse counts (used to keep track of the dish/motor) and drive the dish to its correct location. Once configured, you don't really need to touch the V-box again. Alignment is slightly more involved than a normal DiSEqC motorised dish but the principle is exactly the same. There are plenty of thread on this.. but here's mine from when I refurbished a polar mount for the Channel Master... [url]https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/my-new-toy-d.150708/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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