My 2 cents. Good thing I'm not in Canada or it would cost ya' almost 3.
A bit of confusion. I read 8 foot. And then 1.8 meters. An 8 footer would give a far better wow factor than a1.8 (close to 6 foot) dish.
Way way back in the satguys archives there is a manual for a 1.8m Prodelin.
"Ceramic"? What ceramic? Fiberglass repair kits were almost a must have when snowmobiles had 'glass bonnets. But that T-boned 'vette in the intersection in Tarpon Springs one day. Forget about it. Fiberglass repairs, if done right, are strong as factory. Invest in a little bit of CF mesh if you really want a strong fix.
The photo above shows a polar mount with motorized declination. You really don't need that. Really.
Your receiver will not power a trailer jack style linear actuator. So you'll need a way to run it. An old receiver like an old Digicipher, one of the cheapest old eBay dish movers with a counter and E-W buttons. And a ring binder to write down encoder counts for each satellite.
Or get one of the vbox movers. I'm taking it you want to get this going as cheap as possible. Probably the bare minimum.
Oh. And cable too. 2 conductor to run the motor. And 2 conductor with shield for the sensor. Probably some sched. 20-40 PVC pipe to run it in.
The mount in your picture looks pretty robust. As opposed to the attached pdf from here:
I just bought an used Prodelin 1.8 Mts. 0179-189 dish, but when I search in the Prodelin website for its specifications and/or Diagrams, they are clasified by series numbers: 1183, 1184 for example.
Please does anyone could tell me the series number for this 1.8 Mts Prodelin 0179-189?
Or could post its specifications and/or diagrams?
Far spaced azimuth pivots will minimize slop in the mount.
Take those satellite charts with a grain of salt. What seems like you should receive a signal is not necessarily so. Especially if you're somewhat close to the edge of the footprint. And with a small dish. Good luck with that. Ku band is another animal.
