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From: printf@cix.compulink.co.uk (Ian Stirling)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: microsat tracking
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Date: 16 Jun 91 12:59:26 GMT
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>>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?

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