1.2m ALLOY SATELLITE DISH

[comber]

think of spending a few pound on this dish 1.2m ALLOY SATELLITE DISH 1.3m x 1.2m & AZ-EL Mount
and will it be ok to fit on to a superior dark motor ,anyone have one on how
it peforms
thanks

[tti100]

I guess you mean an offset dish ? All disks can have motor, either diseqC_Usals or actuator with VBox and DiseqC 1.2. I use DiseqC Usals motors only on small dishes under 1.1m, and from 1.2 m and up I use an actuator with VBox and DiseqC 1.2. A bit more work finding all sats, but as good as Usals when this is done. Alligning dishes is the great art behind getting the full potensial out of your sat equipment. The true north/south axis, with many ways to find, all from finding the North Star in the sky to using from old sound based simple in-coupled meters to newer sat find meters, can all help finding your true axis ! I have one 1.2m centerfeed that I used much time in the past to find the perefect north, and now messuring this axis with my Milestone smartphone GPS, and copying this to other dishes on the same address. Of cause any light obstacles, like all kinds trees to all kinds of buildings makes a limit to your arc. I'm so happy now that my neibour has cut all obstacling tress that where a full front of blockings for me, and I had to have one disk for each small opening in this "wall" to have some sats. Now, before they build a new big building I have a great arc, but from 2014, this can change. Good luck with your own arc !