Re: [amsat-bb] ao-40

[Jim Walls <k6ccc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gunther Meisse wrote:

> Next problem? Pointing the dish. I am looking at a way to mount the dish on
> the 5500 rotor system, just over the motors so I do not present a weighted
> leverage problem to the system. The overall weight is not an issue. The
> final question will be if the 5500 will be accurate enough due to the couple
> of db 1/2 power beam width. We'll see.
> 73
> Gunther Meisse

Gunther,
As far as I can tell the 5500 is plenty accurate enough for the dish.  My
mounting pole wiggles some, and I can at times hear that in signal, but the
rotor is not a problem.
Take a look at my web site to see how I mounted a 2x3 foot "PrimeStar" dish
above a 5500 rotor.
http://home.earthlink.net/~k6ccc/Photo/Pics/S-band1.html

73
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Jim Walls - K6CCC
k6ccc@amsat.org
http://home.earthlink.net/~k6ccc/
626-302-8515    FAX  626-302-7501
AMSAT member 32537 / WSWSS member 395


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