How Many Counts?

[Lone Gunman]

I've got two systems up and running. One is a 7.5ft SAMI connected to my Elite with a VBox X controller and a SuperJack dish mover. I'm looking at satellites from 37 back to 139W and the counts on that SuperJack is 000 at East limit and 518 at West limit.

The other system is a 10ft Winegard dish with an Ultra, another VBox X and a VonWeise dish mover. I'm also looking at 37 to 139 West on that system and it's giving me from 000 on the East limit to 993 on the West limit.

Was just wondering what others systems are doing compared to mine count wise.

 

[linuxman]

We had a couple of threads a few years ago on the subject of counts or pulses across the arc.

I just looked up one of my threads on the subject, and that thread is a great place to start. You can find it here.

 

[FaT Air]

I think it's a good idea to measure "how much of the actuator stroke" you're using to cover the arc. If you're only using 16- 18 inches of a 24 inch stroke actuator to cover your available arc, improvement can be had by moving the actuator mount point further out towards the side of the dish.