[amsat-bb] Yaesu G5500 Rotator

[Michael]

   Thanks much for the picture although I'm still a bit confused. A lot 
of folks say I need the separation kit and you said I don't. I'm about 
to make the purchase soon and I want to get this right. I know a lot of 
folks say an elevation rotor is not even needed these days but I have 
wanted and coveted one of these rotor systems a very long time and the 
XYL  and CFO finally authorized the funds for purchase.
Thanks again for the pic and the advice.
73,
Michael, W4HIJ
On 3/26/2016 9:35 AM, Norm n3ykf wrote:
> Was out of town when this was posted. Wished to photograph it as the
> installation is hard to do in reality. Nothing like torching $$$$$.
> Pic of the G-5500 installation split is here:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/n3ykf/25430099854/in/dateposted/
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Michael <Mat_62 at charter.net> wrote:
>> I want to mount a small HF beam on a mast and rotate it using the azimuth
>> portion of the G5500 to point it. Then I'd like to install sat antenna's up
>> above the HF beam using the elevation rotator.  Is this where using the
>> "separation kit" comes into play?  I'm having a hard time wrapping my head
>> around the installation parameters.
>> Thanks and 73,
>> Michael W4HIJ
>>
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