[amsat-bb] Which rotor to buy?

[Mvivona]

Bob, 
I had the same reservations as you when I was researching all the possible options.  I've had several different rotors over the years. They all had complicated interfaces and extra stuff to make it all play nice. I was recently at a friends house and saw how simple his setup was and was sold. 
I have a little USB to 232 cable from my laptop to my LVB tracker. No extra programs running, just SatPC32. Works like a champ. Took me about 10 minutes to make it go. 

Michael Vivona
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On May 23, 2016, at 8:40 PM, Bob <WB4SON at gmail.com> wrote:

​I wonder if there is any "Middleware" layer required for the LVB tracker
to work?  The reason I ask is that the Green Heron Az/El controller
requires another piece of software to be loaded that somehow communicates
between SatPC32 and the controller.  My problem is that is just one more
thing to forget to load.

73, Bob, WB4SON
​

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 7:57 PM, Mvivona via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Henk,
> If you want to keep it straightforward simple and have it do everything
> you need, I would suggest the Yaesu G5500 with an LVB tracker. Has plenty
> of horsepower and fully controlled automatically through SatPC32. It's a
> plug-and-play set up.
> 
> Michael KC4ZVA
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On May 23, 2016, at 11:53 AM, PA3GUO <pa3guo at upcmail.nl> wrote:
> 
> 
> This is my current antenna setup:
> http://www.pa3guo.com/a7.jpg
> Basically, 6 ele for 145, 17 ele for 440, 23 ele for 1200, small quad for
> 23, and a multiband vertical.
> I am planning revise and clean this.
> AZI rotor kr400, 30 years old, 20 years by me, and 20 years in use.
> ELE rotor kr500, also 20 years in service.
> I know how to clean these rotors, but consider to replace the AZI rotor
> with a new one.
> Any advice?
> G450, seems less strong as the kr400.
> G650?
> G1000sdx or dxc?
> G5500?
> I do control these for sat tracking.
> Is variable speed in that case a disadvantage?
> Other thoughts?
> Here is a comparison table:
> 
> http://kur02.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23&Itemid=32
> I tend towards a G650 which costs around 425 dollar here, the G1000 dxc is
> 600 dollar.
> --
> Henk, PA3GUO
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