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It is now common to see a small satellite dish for TV reception on the side of a house. If you have ever installed one personally, you know how difficult it can be to initially aim the dish. There is no sighting system on the assembly; also, you cannot actually see a satellite in the sky. Consider now the problem of an unsteady platform, such as a ship at sea or a TV news truck in a parking lot. This project consists of two pieces: a Satellite that floats in the sky (rather, sits on a convenient shelf) and a Scanning Dish that sits on an unsteady platform.
The Satellite has the ability to send and receive a signal. The Dish is driven, both in azimuth and elevation. The task is to scan until the Satellite has been located, establish an uplink, confirmed by a suitable handshake response. Read on! |
