The First EME Station in Gulf
Currently on 432 MHz and soon on 144 MHz and 1296 MHz.
The First EME Station in Gulf Currently on 432 MHz and soon on 144 MHz and 1296 MHz.
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The story began when I finished fabricating the azimuth mechanism :
It was midnight, and I couldnt resist installing and testing it on the pole up on the roof! :
Here was the final job, a 9 RPM gearmotor to a 16:1 over-all reduction ratio. The final RPM was 0.5 :
After installing the dish ring :
and the dish (again, it was dark already, and I insist I should install the 3 meters diameter dish ribs myself alone!, dont try this at home!):
Testing and putting together the position reading circuit.
After finishing the Dish Control Box :
Installing the Azimuth and Elevation Potentiometers :
The complete setup after installing the linear arm and power/control cables :
The Patch Feed Assembly, took me a while to fabricate a good and solid bracket out of an old TV antenna!
Done.
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