29 Dec
2009
29 Dec
'09
11:26 a.m.
Has anyone ever put a camera on their antenna rotators to track the moon ?
Yes, at our school, the surplus 12 meter dish had a big camera with an 8" lens. I restored it (40 years of dust and bird-poop on it) and when zoomed in, the Moon would just about fill the screen. Since our 432 MHz beamwidht was only twice the diameter of the moon, this made an excellent visual tracker!
Bob, WB4APR