A camera on the cross boom is useful for lots of things. I have had one on my setup for years. It was really useful for knowing where AO-40's S-band downlink was in relation to the many trees that surround my house. It was also a bit scary to watch the whole rig moving to the wind of a storm, and comforting to know that the antennas were still aligned properly after the storm had passed.
But, I presume you had some protection for those times when a satellite's path crosses within camera view of the sun, right? I rigged up a solenoid/spring driven shutter in front of the camera lens, as protection, reminding myself to only energize it when pointing in a safe direction. What did you use? Greg KO6TH > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:11:42 +1000 > Subject: [amsat-bb] Tracking the moon > > Has anyone ever put a camera on their antenna rotators to track the moon ? > > To check the pointing angle etc > > Andrew VK4TEC > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
