- Joined
- Jan 1, 2000
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- Age
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- My Satellite Setup
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Triple Dragon, Dreambox 8000, Echostar AD3000ip, TBS6522,6925,6983 PCie cards.
Gibertini 1.25m motorised dish driven by the AD3000, with either Inverto BU Quad or Norsat / XMW Ka LNBs . SMW 1.05m + 3 other dishes. Speccy: Promax HD Ranger+
- My Location
- The Flatlands of East Anglia
Not having enough forward space on my pole for the intended Gibertini polar mount until I move the pole back (dish arm would intrude over neighbour's property), I have now installed my SMW polar mount on the dish.
At present it is on a temporary 2" ground level pole before final installation on the 3" pole. As far I can tell, the 18" actuator will have no problem moving the dish between roughly a 60E - 60W arc, as the original SMW 1.05 dish/polar mount did; bearings at extreme arc ends were taken with the iPhone Dishpointer app, as at the dish's present position on the ground precluded checking the extreme E/W satellites.
Dish movement along the arc is excellent with this combination, seems to be no obvious strain on polar mount or actuator. Some dry runs for a few days will no doubt show up any signs of distress.
Will be removing surplus metal from the actuator piston pivot bars now, as the position of the pivot away from the centre of the dish seems ideal - time taken to move the dish across the arc is just right.
At present it is on a temporary 2" ground level pole before final installation on the 3" pole. As far I can tell, the 18" actuator will have no problem moving the dish between roughly a 60E - 60W arc, as the original SMW 1.05 dish/polar mount did; bearings at extreme arc ends were taken with the iPhone Dishpointer app, as at the dish's present position on the ground precluded checking the extreme E/W satellites.
Dish movement along the arc is excellent with this combination, seems to be no obvious strain on polar mount or actuator. Some dry runs for a few days will no doubt show up any signs of distress.
Will be removing surplus metal from the actuator piston pivot bars now, as the position of the pivot away from the centre of the dish seems ideal - time taken to move the dish across the arc is just right.