Channel Master 1.83 with AZ/EL mount conversion.

[cuda7670]

No, it is exactly 33°. If you measure from the horizon then angle will be 57° which is the latitude of my location. View attachment 146320

Sorry, analysis paralysis strikes me again!! The diagram makes it much clearer for me. My latitude is 26°, so my '33°' would be ~64°. Correct?

 

[RimaNTSS]

Correct?

I think yes.

 

[cuda7670]

This video helped me to get a better understanding of setting up a dish and polar mount. Some of the content is kind of dated but most of the instructions are current and easy to follow. You can skip ahead to get the mechanical bits, they start at around 34:18 and cover actuators, installing the dish and polar mount with an explanation of elevation and declination angles.

 

[FTA4PA]

This video helped me to get a better understanding of setting up a dish and polar mount. Some of the content is kind of dated but most of the instructions are current and easy to follow. You can skip ahead to get the mechanical bits, they start at around 34:18 and cover actuators, installing the dish and polar mount with an explanation of elevation and declination angles.

Great old video! Good info as the basics are still pretty much the same. Even an appearance from Bob Cooper of Coop's Satellite Digest. Thanks for posting!

 

[cuda7670]

Great old video! Good info as the basics are still pretty much the same. Even an appearance from Bob Cooper of Coop's Satellite Digest. Thanks for posting!

Further digging uncovered a post of a downloadable library of satellite dish instructions. Posted here in 2009 by a member called Davage. Although dated, their still valid instructions. In particular 'Tracking' by Shaun Kenny

Ripco.com

boresight.ripco.com

 

[Comptech]

Great old video! Good info as the basics are still pretty much the same. Even an appearance from Bob Cooper of Coop's Satellite Digest. Thanks for posting!

Anybody heard from Coop recently? Talked to him about 5 years ago when I reconnected him to Robert Coleman Jr, but lost his contact. Hope he is still fine in kiwi land.

 

[FTA4PA]

Anybody heard from Coop recently? Talked to him about 5 years ago when I reconnected him to Robert Coleman Jr, but lost his contact. Hope he is still fine in kiwi land.

Apparently he was doing OK as of February of this year.

Bob Coopers C Band Stories #1

 

[cuda7670]

I've been sooo slow to post anything lately. We've been having rain almost everyday here. Its not so much the rain that keeps me out of my shed/shop, its the lightning, now thats deadly. I made one observation recently while ordering parts. I ordered some stainless steel bolts, nuts and washers. 3/8x16 11/4 inch to be exact. I needed 10 bolts, 10 nuts and 16 washers. At my two local big box stores (the Orange and Blue ones) the total price with tax was about $23.00 for the 36 items. I priced them online at https://www.boltdepot.com located in Mass. The total from them with shipping and tax is $14.23 and they ship same day. I just have to wait for the post office to deliver them. I also ordered some galvanized 1/2 inch bolts from Bolt Depot. BTW...I have no affiliation with Bolt Depot.

 

[cuda7670]

Using some ideas of RimaNTSS and a youtube video I got some work done on the mount for the 1.8 dish. I'm taking my time and trying to minimize wasting any time or metal. I'll post as I go along.

 

[dnevnim]

Citam ranija desavanja oko instalacije motorizovanja antene 1,8 met.
Pa me zanima sta se desava,jel projekat zavrsen.
I ja sam u planu motorizovati 1,8 met.channel master antenu pa trazim zanimljiva rjesenja

 

[dnevnim]

Zanimljivo.dali je projekat zavrsen .
Posto planiram motorizovati svoju channel master antenu 1,8 met.
Bilo bi zanimljivo pogledati kako projekat izgleda u pogonu.
Hvala