My New (to me) C-Band dish

[one thQUOTE="FaT Air, post: 3700582, member: 151853"]Quick, and dirty, way of reducing your focal length. Not by much, only a very little.We require pictures of the finished work (we LOVE pictures)
Angles, and where to measure them. Take a look at a page I put on the web. http://www.wisegise.net/BUD/1713/index.html
I don't know about a 'modified polar mount' but there is a 'modified declination' angle that produces better tracking at the ends of the arc. No re-work required of the polar mount.[/QUOTE]
This is really cool. And what is really cool about it is the fact that I am coincidentally using THAT VERY CHART .No wonder things clicked good when I was setting up. Trying to learn all this initially has been quite overwhelming, and trying to establish a good source of information, and I have really been fortunate in this quest to have found some great sources, and spend more time learning and not much time looking for info. at trying to find up to date Sat info was an interesting venture until the ASC1.

Tom14 said:

It is one that apparently SkyVision had years ago. CKD-8.5. Can you see what type of mount it is. From the directions in the documentation, It said that the mount can be a Polar Mount, or a H-H mount, but I've also heard "Modified Polar Mount" also, but I'm not that versed in these yet, so I'm not sure. I don't know if you can tell, but I can take other pics if needed. I think I have set it the way the modified is to be setup, and it seems to be working. I have set the top surface of the mount to my Latitude, and I set my elevation to the center of the arc (for me, it is 93.1). Then I set my declination accordingly, and I seem to be pretty good, but I will have an ASC1 by next week, and will have the sat info already programmed into it, so I will be able to see if I'm set straight on or not. And I've got an AMIKO MiniHD SE coming soon also, so things will be better once we get better equipment to work with, and an up to date database. My ViewSat came to me obsolete, but I didn't have the Forum to know what not to get. But I'm learning more every day. Thanks for the shoutout, and Take Care... T

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I figured that while I am in a holding pattern, I thought I would make productive use of this time while I'm learning the operations of the ASC1, and soon to come, an AMIKO MiniHD SE. But I went ahead and did some much needed work on the Actuator. It is a QARL 3024+, and it had been left for quite awhile with it's cap put on backwards, and you can see by the pic that it had to be quite a long time. Although when I started having mover problems, I immediately tested the connections and all are still working, but from the time I brought it home, I had already put this on the top of the list. So I've added some pics to let ya see how it went. There is the basic before and after process. It's all I know what to do with it,until I look it up in the forum. I just started with what I know I can do , and research the rest of the procedure before I button it up. (With the cap on correctly). I am going to get it a grease gun with the lithium grease tomorrow. I cleaned out the grease zirt nipple, and ready for that, so that's where I am. Getting the old girl a "Makeover" is going to make her happy to play with her new friends soon, and I want to get it right. But I believe in my last post, I said that I used my latitude for the top of the mast, but I believe I measured that angle from the part of the mast directly behind the dish's center section , and then my declination to the dish center section. It took me just a bit to figure out which is which, and not get turned around, but I'll give it another go over just before we get ready to go. Thanks again, and check out my sloppy, but effective facelift on the actuator.. T

It's an Android app called Sat Finder Lite. Hint.. Mount your device on a tripod, or secure swivel to get a nice even flow of images. You will also need to hold the unit very very still to keep the cursor on the arc as the photo is snapped. You'll see what I mean. It's just a thing, not an issue. And FREE works good for me. I have about 300 apps, and have only broke down and went for the (Pro) version of anything just a few times. Because sometimes, it is worth doing, but FREE and sufficient has been working for me otherwise. I use the MacGyver thing, cause I am truly a believer of using any practical use of any available resources. To make an equal or better use of any resource from which it was originally designed, and not at the cost of safety or the integrity of it's elements. Impractical means of acquiring resources are acceptable as long as no resources are acquired from illegal procedures that may cause any ill result of safety to the advancement of the human race. Lol!
I joke, but I use to get a kick out of all the stuff he would do, and gave inspiration to the basic idea of re-purposing of stuff.
Although I don't think I'll be making a flash bang device from an unsuspecting Tampon tube with a string fuse, Lol, but if you keep your mind open to allow for the concept of cross usage of resources, but in a resource friendly way, like using one of my wifes ideas of using a crescent wrench as a hammer, but that is not quite what is intended. To be useful but not damaging.
But my example would be appropriate for our current application of our Satellite Dishes. Example: I needed to drill another hole in the LNB Cone to evenly secure it to the bracket. The bracket had the hole already drilled, but I needed to drill a hole in the plastic dome. I'm standing on the step ladder with the nail I used to keep it aligned for mounting, the screw that goes into the bracket, a screwdriver, and a lighter. So, I can either take out all of the screws already attached, and take it 50 ft. to the drill, find the drill bit, drill the hole, then re-screw all the screws, I can go get the 100 ft. ext. cord and the drill, and drill bit, or I can heat up the nail with the lighter, poke it through the plastic, screw in the screw, and take the ladder back to the house... Because that is what MacGyver would do...Lol Take care and Thanks for the shout-out!