Design of satellite dish positioning control system

Abstract

The recent snow storm in Palestine caused many satellite receiver dishes to move from their designated positions and accumulate snow in them. Consequently satellite receiver services were disrupted, displaying " no signal " on TV screen. We propose a satellite dish positioning control system , capable of monitoring and controlling any misalignment of the dish orientation through azimuth and elevation motor that received command from a microcontroller connected to the system. Furthermore the system operators a heater that melts the snow on the dish using sensors such as humidity and temperature or weight.