Category Archives: Dish
Dishpointer – Dish positioning application for Apple iPhone
DishPointer is an exceptionally practical Internet site that users can use to calculate the azimuth and elevation settings for any satellite around the world. The site also shows approximately what direction to point the antenna with the help of Google Maps. Continue reading
Fibo-box Control your satellite dish with your PC
In the golden days, many analog receivers came with integrated motor control. Granted, the number of available satellites was rather limited back then, but on the other hand reception equipment usually carried a hefty price tag, so for many satellite enthusiasts it made perfect sense to have a single dish and LNB that could be rotated with the help of a motor. Continue reading
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Technomate TM-2300 Antenna Motor
The TM-2300 from Technomate makes it easy to convert the monofeed satellite system of a single user into a system that can receive all receivable satellites at a particular location.
Technomate’s antenna motor model that has proven itself for many years has been reintroduced to us with improved precision; something that we have to look into in much greater detail. Continue reading
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What causes Dish motors to shake?
A motorised dish can quickly turn from blessing to nuisance if the antenna rotates too slowly or starts to judder when large angles are covered. When worse comes to worst the motor might even get stuck, causing the receiver to freeze as a consequence. What’s the reason for this and is it a defect of the motor? Continue reading
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