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Gibertini 1.25M On Smw Polar Mount
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<blockquote data-quote="Llew" data-source="post: 805927" data-attributes="member: 175007"><p>Yes captain, by some degree. A good test was the horizontals on Nilesat 201 - some of these are found with the Gibby given good conditions (usually nighttime), difficult with the SMW dish.</p><p></p><p>Incidentally, the SMW mount has no declination adjustment; the angle for the UK and north Europe is predetermined in the mount's elevation angle, and can be adjusted by what is quaintly called a 'Tilt Bar' which is (was) provided by SMW for inserting between either the upper or lower mount fixing bracket for latitudes north or south. Not sure of the exact angular range either of the three cover, but there is a little diagram in the SMW installation bumf that shows the areas covered. Without the bar, the area extends from the north of England to the south of France/north Italy. No doubt a different thickness bar would allow a much narrower angle to be defined, but it's perfectly fine as it is without a bar where I am - the middle of the diagram cuts right through East Anglia.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Llew, post: 805927, member: 175007"] Yes captain, by some degree. A good test was the horizontals on Nilesat 201 - some of these are found with the Gibby given good conditions (usually nighttime), difficult with the SMW dish. Incidentally, the SMW mount has no declination adjustment; the angle for the UK and north Europe is predetermined in the mount's elevation angle, and can be adjusted by what is quaintly called a 'Tilt Bar' which is (was) provided by SMW for inserting between either the upper or lower mount fixing bracket for latitudes north or south. Not sure of the exact angular range either of the three cover, but there is a little diagram in the SMW installation bumf that shows the areas covered. Without the bar, the area extends from the north of England to the south of France/north Italy. No doubt a different thickness bar would allow a much narrower angle to be defined, but it's perfectly fine as it is without a bar where I am - the middle of the diagram cuts right through East Anglia. [/QUOTE]
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