[NLRS] satelite positioner arms

[Zack Widup]

Many people have given up on the C-band satellite dishes and are
practically giving the systems away. Check routinely on your local
Craigslist and you might get a whole system from someone in your area for
next to nothing. Most of those actuator arms are quite good and are meant
for high usage.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Doug Reed <n0nas at amsat.org> wrote:

>
>
> I think it was during the April breakfast that talk got around to
> questions about how to position a tower mounted 10GHz dish, or maybe
> it was for moon-bounce. One suggestion was to use the linear
> positioners from an old C-band dish. Then the question was where to
> get them. I suggested that many satellite dealers advertising on Ebay
> still sell linear positioners. Here is one Ebay listing for a 24 inch
> positioner for $50. Within the listing are links for a couple more
> units. How to mount and use them is left as an exercise for the
> user....  :-)
>
> 73, Doug Reed, N0NAS.
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