What would be the easiest way to motorize a 6 foot solid Channel Master Dish on a Baird Mount? Would be used for KU. Or better yet is it possible to motorize? I have 2 of these dishes.
6 FT Solid Channel Master
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Does this dish have four tubular LNB support arms (probably with a slight bend in 'em near the dish face)?
If so, it's prime feed.
Or is this an offset dish?
As I recall, that one has three tubular supports holding the LNB.
I've seen both.
I recommend an AJAK 180 motor, or maybe a Birdview if ya find one with a damaged dish.
(yes, a few years ago, we ran across just that very thing!)
Either motor should have no trouble swinging a molded 6' dish from horizon to horizon.
Both motors are for prime feed dishes, but...
We've got members who've put offset dishes on both, so that's not a problem.
Does this dish have four tubular LNB support arms (probably with a slight bend in 'em near the dish face)?
If so, it's prime feed.
Or is this an offset dish?
As I recall, that one has three tubular supports holding the LNB.
I've seen both.
I recommend an AJAK 180 motor, or maybe a Birdview if ya find one with a damaged dish.
(yes, a few years ago, we ran across just that very thing!)
Either motor should have no trouble swinging a molded 6' dish from horizon to horizon.
Both motors are for prime feed dishes, but...
We've got members who've put offset dishes on both, so that's not a problem.
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No, sorry. You have to find all three out "in the wild".
Surplus. Used. Previously loved. etc.
But lest you think such things are an impossible find, I actually found both the Ajak and Birdview locally, and within a few months of each other.
Of course, both came with 8' spun aluminum dishes, so the 6' Prodelin offset I thought about motorizing, went to the trash. -
Surplus. Used. Previously loved. etc.
But lest you think such things are an impossible find, I actually found both the Ajak and Birdview locally, and within a few months of each other.
Of course, both came with 8' spun aluminum dishes, so the 6' Prodelin offset I thought about motorizing, went to the trash. -
On a more serious and useful note, here are pix of the 6' Andrew/ChannelMaster dish on a BUD mount.
Note the bracketry to tilt it forward/down.
That compensates for the up-look of the offset dish.
Check the dish specs, but it's around 24°.
I've seen the hardware sold in stores in the UK.
Here in the USA, we usually just build our own.
These pix show the matching Ku feedhorn and LNB, as well.
Note the bracketry to tilt it forward/down.
That compensates for the up-look of the offset dish.
Check the dish specs, but it's around 24°.
I've seen the hardware sold in stores in the UK.
Here in the USA, we usually just build our own.
These pix show the matching Ku feedhorn and LNB, as well.
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