Polar mount 83e to 61w

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Found this the other day.

_http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uSx77P_RKH4

If you look closely, it shows some serious modifying to get such a wide arc, particularly on a polar mount/ actuator setup that are normally more limited than a diseqc or h-h mount…. Some of which can just do that arc out of the box.. Just not on a 1.5.

He’s used a damper on the west side. Even with this you can notice the dish does the classic ‘flop over’ the critical limit and the damper then dampens its final few degrees. That last part of the arc is not much good going westward, but on the return journey, it should all line up OK with the weight of the dish pulling down the west arc and the damper assisting it‘s lift.

Noisy though....:cool:
 
yes, that's definitely not a standard polar mount for the 150cm Gib, lol :D
 
and if you look his mast is not vertical out a mile
 
I thought you can't get anything beyond 68.5 degrees east in the UK anyway.

Why bother trying to get something at 80 degrees east if it is below the horizon?
 
the person that has made the video isn't in the uk

quite interesting that they didn't use the jaeger 1224 with elevation actuator would have been easier ?
 
daro2096 said:
I thought you can't get anything beyond 68.5 degrees east in the UK anyway.

Why bother trying to get something at 80 degrees east if it is below the horizon?
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You can get 83e, depends where you are and how high up you are but it's not to say he is in the UK, but he could be in the SE (just) with those satellites.


and if you look his mast is not vertical out a mile
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The pole is 100%, it would have to be 100% to do that arc... it's just a trick of the eye .. camera angle & that aerial in the background...

That is some setup, especially with the the fact that it also has an elevation actuator for inclined orbits etc.. and re-focus for KU to C Band.. (the best way to do it).
 
you can also modify jager smr 1224 for reach up to 90 east,but 68,5 is my last sattelite,
so i have no use for!
all sateilites that in uk,are behind the horizont,are here behind the 2500m high mauntains,the result is the same:)
 
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