08-01-2008
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| The Consumate Dreamer
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Originally Posted by nowready  "If you would mount the original polar mount at an angle depending on your position in the world, would that not do the job (keeping the dish on the C-Belt) without having to use another motor? "
The clark-belt is a circle centered on the earths center
The arc described by one motor disk has a center on the earths surface.
The two can never be completely coincident | Have a look a this: "...The largest 40" Primestar dish is on a Poor mans H-H mount!
I off-set the mast to match my exact latitude (45º) then when I move the dish from side to side it follows the Clarke Belt!" | ww.satellites.co.uk/satellite/693679-post1.html
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