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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
1m Channel Master project
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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Jack" data-source="post: 940470" data-attributes="member: 243342"><p>Well... I am deflated. With my Gibby down, I thought I'd give this motor a go with the 1m CM dish. Several problems straight away:</p><p></p><p>1) Massive wobble as a result of the flimsy Channel Master adapter plate... you can see the video below. There's no way I would put a 1.2m dish on it. Very flimsy.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]9TE36qpuYpU[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>2) Constant miscounts - going from 30W to 1W results in a dish being short of target by about 10 pulses. I checked the magnetic wheel inside and it has a slight wobble but not really enough to cause such huge miscounts. The counting seems rather odd too - it's almost as if it's counting two at a time and the count-up/down seems erratic (counting in 2s or even 3s). Difficult to explain, so here's the video again.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]QAWRC_z8F-U[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>I tried adjusting the reed sensor closer to the mag-wheel with no difference. Also seems like the reed sensor isn't centred to the wheel. Very weird. Maybe I am doing something wrong - not sure.</p><p></p><p>3) Now, I knew it was noisy, but this is NOISY! It'll wake the cows in the nearby fields...</p><p></p><p>So... back to square one. I am going to put it on the 1224 motor instead and I can sleep at night knowing I can put a 1.2m on the same motor without falling off on someone's head.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Jack, post: 940470, member: 243342"] Well... I am deflated. With my Gibby down, I thought I'd give this motor a go with the 1m CM dish. Several problems straight away: 1) Massive wobble as a result of the flimsy Channel Master adapter plate... you can see the video below. There's no way I would put a 1.2m dish on it. Very flimsy. [MEDIA=youtube]9TE36qpuYpU[/MEDIA] 2) Constant miscounts - going from 30W to 1W results in a dish being short of target by about 10 pulses. I checked the magnetic wheel inside and it has a slight wobble but not really enough to cause such huge miscounts. The counting seems rather odd too - it's almost as if it's counting two at a time and the count-up/down seems erratic (counting in 2s or even 3s). Difficult to explain, so here's the video again. [MEDIA=youtube]QAWRC_z8F-U[/MEDIA] I tried adjusting the reed sensor closer to the mag-wheel with no difference. Also seems like the reed sensor isn't centred to the wheel. Very weird. Maybe I am doing something wrong - not sure. 3) Now, I knew it was noisy, but this is NOISY! It'll wake the cows in the nearby fields... So... back to square one. I am going to put it on the 1224 motor instead and I can sleep at night knowing I can put a 1.2m on the same motor without falling off on someone's head. [/QUOTE]
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