[amsat-bb] Re: G5500 / SatPC32 / Rotor control

[George Henry]

I have built the FOD-Track, and can vouch for its ease of construction and 
it's functionality.  I am currently building the SatTracker688 (recently 
featured in the AMSAT Journal) interface by Mark Spencer of the ARRL, and it 
is also fairly easy to build (1 surface-mount IC if you build it for USB 
instead of RS-232).  The FOD-Track will cost about $20 in parts, while the 
USB version of the SatTracker688 will run closer to $40 (unless you have a 
well-stocked junk box...)

I had a quantity of FOD-Track boards made, and sold them on 
rec.radio.amateur.space several years ago.  I have 1 left, if you are 
interested.  The schematic, parts layout, and instructions are all available 
from the AMSAT software page.

73,

George, KA3HSW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Raas" <sraas at optonline.net>
To: <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:13 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] G5500 / SatPC32 / Rotor control


> Hello everyone,
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> In interfacing the radio to the PC with sat pc32 it dawned on me that I 
> need
> to have rotor control as well. I think initially I will manually aim the
> antennas, but soon I will want full pc control. I will have a serial & USB
> connection available for this and am looking for a fully featured 
> interface
> that I can build in a kit form or from easily obtainable parts. What
> exactally 'fully featured' is, im unsure of.. but Im sure I'll want it.
> Trying tp keep cost down as well.
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> Thanks
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> Steve Raas
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> N2JDQ
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> FN20vg
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