motor dish turn

[Bazinga]

Hi
How many degree does a motorized dish turn?

[toby69]

Re: motor dish turn

mine moves from 39east > 30west,
most motors have limiters which you can set limits to but have not tried that myself, as said my range at the moment is 70degrees,

[microchick]

Re: motor dish turn

The principal of a motorised system is that the dish moves from east to west to track the satellites positioned along the Clarke belt. In this method the whole of the dish is facing the satellite it is positioned at. 45 degrees West and East can be tracked from true south giving you the maximum range available before your dish is facing into the ground.

[Bazinga]

Re: motor dish turn

I have android app that can check all the sats that are visible, does this mean I will not be able to get the satellites that are in the far east and the far west? btw my location is in the south east of England

[microchick]

Re: motor dish turn

It all depends on the distance from the sattelite, foot print and beam. Which Sats particularly you want to receive?

[pan1300]

Re: motor dish turn

hi Bazinga

As microchick said: depends on some things, also on your dish size of course - about footprints you can always ****** eg satbeams to have an idea.

[bokkie]

Re: motor dish turn

I have android app that can check all the sats that are visible, does this mean I will not be able to get the satellites that are in the far east and the far west? btw my location is in the south east of England

I get 45e to 30w in the south east. TBH I don't think there is much for us past about 45e.

[thecrazybandit]

Re: motor dish turn

On the stab motor it goes to 50 degrees east to 50 degrees west

[Bazinga]

Re: motor dish turn

I get 45e to 30w in the south east. TBH I don't think there is much for us past about 45e.

let say i want to recieve all the sats between 45e and 30w, which dish size will I need?

[bokkie]

Re: motor dish turn

let say i want to recieve all the sats between 45e and 30w, which dish size will I need?

All sats and all transponders? Have a look here for a dish size guide.

h**p://linuxsat-support.com/dishes/2123-required-dish-size-guide.html

[digicon]

Re: motor dish turn

On the stab motor it goes to 50 degrees east to 50 degrees west

These are just some observations from installing the main popular types and there east to west limit.

Stab 100/120 65°-65°
Technomate TM2600 60°-60° due to built in limiters which can be adjusted
+++++++++ TM2300 same as above
Darkmotor Supreme 75°-75° No Limits software enabled in motor
+++++++ Superior Same as Above

I have tested others but listed the most popular.

Tested on my own ARC Darkmotor gave me the best as i could receive just barely 68.5° east a long time ago, am now limited to 57° east due to dish size and now using actuator.

The Darkmotor will reach further than any of the others but when using keep an eye out for obstructions and set limits in your box and not to rely on the motor itself

[thecrazybandit]

Re: motor dish turn

I do not go past 42 east very often as the dish is almost facing the ground

[bokkie]

Re: motor dish turn

Also have to consider where the satellite dish will be situated. If it's a wall mount you might not need able to go past a certain sat before hitting the wall. Take this into consideration before testing out what sats you can get or you could have an accident.

[microchick]

Re: motor dish turn

And to avoid that, the best settng is pole or ground mount. Pole mount increases your range. You get a full use of your motor, browsing through all the "in range" satellites.

[nanor01]

Re: motor dish turn

I can get from 42 East to 45 West but not much up there on Ku band after 30 West.. I live in Dublin.