Recent content by phlatwound

I use a center punch and line up a very light punch mark on the mount and pole.

That would be nice if you could just put in the location in degrees like that, since the names and designations are always changing it seems. I have always tried to think of everything by location anyway, less confusion for me, hope you can figure it out.

I had a TRX-100 several years ago and I don't remember a way to change the names, but it may be possible. I do remember printing out a chart and just relating the pre-programmed names to an orbital location slot and cross referencing to that when the satellite names changed. A lot of...

Is Starlink an option for you? I've been online with them for about a month and the performance is incredible for someone living out in the middle of the woods. You do need a pretty good view to the "north" typically in the lower 48 states. Pics are the mount I fabricated to breed the...

Ah, I may have misunderstood the question, I didn't even consider the NPRM to be part of the deal. If that dish comes with the NPRM and the RX unit/feedhorn that's a steal!

I'm not sure what mount it has but it would almost certainly require some fabrication to breed it to a STAB-type H/H motor. If that is a stamped steel dish I believe a STAB 120 would handle it, if you can find one anymore. A fiberglass 1.2 meter will require adapting to a polar mount or an...

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Wow, that's a blast from the past. Pretty sure I purchased that pair from "Mr. Tony". :cool: Got a lot of use out of both and they performed pretty well...think I still have one of them.

I don't know what your level of knowledge is regarding switches but this is a great place to start: https://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/switches-simplified.133554/ Anole, R.I.P. There is a lot more info in this thread than what you asked about but it might give you some ideas...

Nobody outside of Starlink knows that. I have seen guesses of around 30-100 per cell with the current satellite deployment on the Starlink subreddit but that's just conjecture. Of course the numbers per cell could/should increase as additional satellite "shells" are placed in orbit.

Perfectly plumb.

Since that dish is not a buttonhook-type you may not even really need that plate at the center, I have ran very similar dishes without them. That area of the dish is shaded by your feed so you are not losing any reflective area and all the bolts that hold the sections together provide plenty of...

That's an odd one to me you have there. I have seen reflectors very similar to that one (numerous radial ribs/buttonhook) but never seen a polar mount that was quite like that, with that big cast piece and the way you set the declination. Looks to be a pretty shallow dish? Should perform...

You may want to guy and/or brace that pole to stabilize it but, as you know, there is no requirement for it to be plumb since it's a fixed az/el mount. Glad you got it going.

Yes, back to basics exactly as Brct203 said, that is where I would go. And Brct203, I think with the typical 3 or 4 arm feed holder you are correct, of course with a buttonhook you can easily adjust focal length and F/D ratio independently of each other. As long as your focal length is good...