The needs for communication and data transfer are growing at a staggering rate. More satellites and more dishes are being put into service on a daily basis to satisfy and utilize the technology advances. While we have written before about a satellite dish application, there has been a recent explosion of inquires from a variety of companies producing these products in all dierent sizes. These include both large land based designs as well as for mobile applications used by the media, government agencies, and the military. In the most recent applications, the requests have been for system solutions to drive the rotation of the dish. A typical design for larger systems has the main dish attached to a frame which then has a large “bull gear” around the outside? Two driving pinions are then po

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