Titanium ASC1

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5. Here‘s where we
conducted our test of
the Titanium ASC1. This
is where ‚Feedsat‘, a well
known satellite enthusiast,
has installed several large
dishes in the South of France.
On a side note: Feedsat’s
garden is the perfect example on
how to set up oversized dishes
without ruining the harmony. Note:
all cables run underground!
6. First we lined up our equipment:
a laptop, the Deviser S7000 meter,
the Titanium ASC1 and finally the old
positioner that Feedsat has been using
up until now for one of his dishes.
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can simply carry the solidlybuilt
Titanium ASC1 out to
the dish by one of its handles.
Then connect to the
actuator and a power source
- you’ll then be able to drive
the dish to any stored position,
reset the limits, etc.
And you don’t even have to
be right next to the Titanium
ASC1; just use the included
remote control. And yes, we
did try it: it works outside
under full sunlight.
In fact, to really check
out all of the capabilities offered
by the Titanium ASC1,
we paid a visit to one of the
best known satellite enthusiasts
in Europe: ‘Feedsat’,
as he is known all over the
Internet forums and blogs.
Feedsat has quite a remarkable
garden in the South of
France: between perfectly
trimmed grass, a pond and
a swimming pool, you will
find two prime focus dishes,
one with a diameter of 3.1m
plus polar mount, the other
is currently 2.8m in diameter
(soon to be extended
to 3.2m and equipped with
a polar mount). There’s also
a 1.8m offset dish. All three
of these dishes are used for
the C-band, but the smaller
1.8m dish has a Ku-band
LNB as well.
Which of these dishes do
you think we selected for
testing the Titanium ASC1?
Of course we opted for Feedsat’s
largest dish, the Winegard
10’ Pinnacle TVRO 3.1m
dish, made in the USA. This
is a really huge and heavy
dish; the polar mount is massive
and the installed actuator
is hungry for power. In
fact, most regular positioners
would have a hard time
driving this dish and would
enter an over-current state.
If you keep overdriving it,
you might end up destroying
the device.
Not so with the Titanium
ASC1. After connecting the
wires, which only required a
few minutes, we were able
to drive the dish back and
forth without any effort. The
movement of the actuator
was always smooth and constant.
To further test the Titanium
ASC1 in actual use we
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