[amsat-bb] Which rotor to buy?

[Bob]

Thanks Michael for that info about LVB Tracker -- that sound refreshing.  I
actually use a Toughbook laptop running Win10 for my satellite operation
and that has a real honest to goodness RS232 port on it, which would make
it even easier!  Hopefully they will be back in stock at AMSAT.ORG before
too long (Martha normally announces when she gets a batch in).

73, Bob, WB4SON

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 9:26 PM, Mvivona <Mvivona at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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
> Sent from my iPad
>
> 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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