You'd just wreck the telescope mount unless it is a really robust unit. I used one of the Yaesu units to track satellites at my ground station. They were under computer control and there was a 2.4 G dish, a 40 element UHF Yagi and a 20 element VHF Yagi, along with a beefy fiberglass cross boom. It took hurricane Charley to destroy the setup.
Yikes, I just looked and the Yaesu units are over $600 now. This fellow used an X-10 Ninja camera mount to do something similar. http://aa5fr.com/elcheapoazel.htm Friendly Regards, Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 8:50 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remotely Adjusted Dish Mount Thanks, Mike. That's pretty close to what I envision. I need azimuth and rotation. I have a set of step motors from an upgrade on one of my telescopes and thought of maybe doing a McGyver on it but if there was something already out there that would allow a small dish to mount to it it would save me time since I never have any as it is. The mast has a 125 pound payload rating so I can go pretty beefy. Bob- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <[email protected]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remotely Adjusted Dish Mount > Not exactly sure what you're looking for, but Yaesu makes some really nice > Az/El rotators. I would think azimuth control would be good enough. > There > are a lot of cheap TV antenna type rotators. > > Friendly Regards, > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Robert West > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 12:43 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Remotely Adjusted Dish Mount > > I recently acquired an 80 foot Super Heavy Duty Will-Burt telescopic mast > with the goal for dual use of A) Site Survey and B) Emergency use during > AP > failure. > > I'm looking for a dish mount that can be remotely adjusted while the mast > is > extended. I haven't seen anything in my searches, wanted to know if > anyone > is using such a thing or have any recommendations of something they have > seen. > > It's a cool toy so I gots to at least make the wife think I'm really gonna > use it. > > Bob- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
