polar mount?

[danristheman]

Any ideas for a polar mount for a Andrew's commercial dish 1.2 meter or where to buy one.

Dan Rose

 

[primestar31]

You get one like everybody else does: remove it from another dish. I suggest from a 6ft mesh dish, that should work fine. Then you adapt it to the offset dish by modifying it to tilt the top of the dish forward so it stays at the 22~degree offset it needs to stay at.

 

[phlatwound]

I can only remember seeing 1 offset dish installed on a homebrewed polar mount on this forum, and it is here:

http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/100414-New-project-Primestar-to-polar-mount?highlight=primestar

I have installed 4 and 6 foot offsets on BV and AJAK H-H mounts, the principle is the same, you have to allow and build for the movement required to account for the dish offset angle.

 

[Titanium]

SatelliteSuperStore in the UK carries a beautiful polar mount design.

http://www.satellitesuperstore.com/dishes-motors2.htm

 

[KE4EST]

SatelliteSuperStore in the UK carries a beautiful polar mount design.

http://www.satellitesuperstore.com/dishes-motors2.htm

Wow that is nice! I really like the looks of it too.