dish moved

den123

bloody dish as moved again with the wind

wod

mines not moved at all but we didn't have much or any wind at all overnight

it will move again with that dish i was surprised you didn't buy the polar mount and 12 inch actuator for it and use that much better than a diseqc motor

Llew

I second that - my polar mount / actuator's been rock solid despite the best efforts that the current weather conditions (should be - it's clamped to a dirty great 3" steel pole )

Llew

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4dbennett

hi Llew, please explain the "polar mount" to me and where is it available,

regards Dave

Llew

It's an adjustable mount that enables the satellite dish to follow the satellite arc. An actuator is mounted between the dish and a hinged point on the mount. The motor in the actuator controlled by a positioner moves the dish to the required satellite on the arc.

You would normally buy a matched dish and polar mount (e.g. Andrews, Gibertini )

You could check out our sponsors, they may have something suitable.

A typical mount and actuator is shown here -

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staffspeted

Its a question of quality.
My 1.2 mtr Channelmaster and heavy duty mount hasnt moved a millimetre.
Gibertini dishes are good as a budget dish but disecq isnt the most stable of mount in a strong wind environment unfortunately!