Polar mounts and Clark belt

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Do polar mounts accurately track the Clark belt satellites
or are they just a compromise, compared to HH mounted dishes?

Or are polar mounts just for BUDs and not for Ku size dishes.

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The information I was seeking: Unless I have misinterpreted
information I have read, the polar mounts apparently were
popular with BUDs and are not popular with Ku dishes. Is
there a reason for Ku dishes to be offered primarily with
HH mounts?

cwmorrow@gbronline.com (Wayne Morrow) wrote in message news:<40a43bf7.13269119@news.gbronline.com>...
> >Do polar mounts accurately track the Clark belt satellites
> Yes.
>
> >or are they just a compromise, compared to HH mounted dishes?
> >
> >Or are polar mounts just for BUDs and not for Ku size dishes.
>
> I don't see that the physics would be restricted by size.

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Thanks for the explanations, I have a better understanding now.

Neil Wagner <oracNEWS@socal.rr.com> wrote in message news:<HZdpc.22672$EH6.22511@twister.socal.rr.com>...
> rose wrote:
>
> > The information I was seeking: Unless I have misinterpreted
> > information I have read, the polar mounts apparently were
> > popular with BUDs and are not popular with Ku dishes. Is
> > there a reason for Ku dishes to be offered primarily with
> > HH mounts?
>
> HH motors are just polar mounts with a built-in motor. Typical BUD
> installations use a separate actuator to move the dish around on its
> polar mount. One unit combining both mount and motor is simpler, but
> the size/weight of a BUD necessitates the use of the separate actuator.
> (There *are* exceptions, I know.)
> ___
> Neil