[amsat-bb] Which rotor to buy?

[daleh]

I concur. I use G5500 with LVB tracker SatPC32 with IC910H.  It is 
really a plug-and-play setup.

Dale,KL7Xj



On 5/23/2016 3:57 PM, Mvivona via AMSAT-BB 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
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> 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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