printf@cix.compulink.co.uk (Ian Stirling) (06/16/91)
>>retrofitting standard,$5,000 satellite dishes.Can somebody comment >>on what it takes to get a standard TV satellite dish to track a >>low-earth-orbiting satellite? > >Basically a new mount and more powerful motors and realtime tracking >software running on a personal computer. The polar mount used >on home dishes gives limited continous sky coverage in a tracking Why would it need more powerful motors? Arn't most mounts designed for reasonably rapid change between different satelites ,surely all that would be needed is a cleverer or re-programmed driver? Mail to either |PLEASE do not send large Printf%cix@ukc.ac.uk |(>20K)mail messages as Printf@cix.compulink.co |I get charged for them. Printf@cix.uucp | one of these may work |