Category Archives: Motors
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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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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Tagged Dish, equipment, LNB, motor, Satellite Launch, satellite tv on pc, software, transponder, tv on pc
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