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<blockquote data-quote="rayhan" data-source="post: 988400" data-attributes="member: 409287"><p>Thanks a lot guys. I guess I've understood the geometry of the dish pretty well now. </p><p>To quickly skew the dish, I drilled slots in the dish only (refer pics). I was able to capture the central satellite (Insat4A 83E) and one other satellite (GSAT15). However, I wasn't able to capture ABS2 (the satellite with weaker signal).</p><p></p><p>Now I'm working on a proper mount to skew the dish, very much similar to the wavefrontier T55. Also, I'm changing the mounts. Again similar to the T55. I hope after I get all the new clamps made, I would be able to capture ABS2 as well. </p><p></p><p>I have a question though. The satlex calculator is meant for Wavefrontier. I guess the focal length of my dish would be different from that of wavefrontier. So in essence, the skewing angles for my dish should be different than the ones that I get from Satlex. Is there a way that I could calculate the skewing angle for my dish? The only satellites I'm interested in are : </p><p>1. ABS2 (74.9E) - Azimuth 175 and elevation 63</p><p>2. GSAT15 (93.5E) - Azimuth 135 and elevation 55</p><p></p><p>The middle satellite for my setup would be Insat 4A 83E.</p><p>The focal length of the parabola and the half of the radius of the circle is 360 for my dish. The total length and width of the dish are 1000*570 mm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rayhan, post: 988400, member: 409287"] Thanks a lot guys. I guess I've understood the geometry of the dish pretty well now. To quickly skew the dish, I drilled slots in the dish only (refer pics). I was able to capture the central satellite (Insat4A 83E) and one other satellite (GSAT15). However, I wasn't able to capture ABS2 (the satellite with weaker signal). Now I'm working on a proper mount to skew the dish, very much similar to the wavefrontier T55. Also, I'm changing the mounts. Again similar to the T55. I hope after I get all the new clamps made, I would be able to capture ABS2 as well. I have a question though. The satlex calculator is meant for Wavefrontier. I guess the focal length of my dish would be different from that of wavefrontier. So in essence, the skewing angles for my dish should be different than the ones that I get from Satlex. Is there a way that I could calculate the skewing angle for my dish? The only satellites I'm interested in are : 1. ABS2 (74.9E) - Azimuth 175 and elevation 63 2. GSAT15 (93.5E) - Azimuth 135 and elevation 55 The middle satellite for my setup would be Insat 4A 83E. The focal length of the parabola and the half of the radius of the circle is 360 for my dish. The total length and width of the dish are 1000*570 mm. [/QUOTE]
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