[amsat-bb] Just Brain Storming

[dougphelps at ameritech.net]

ou seek has already been done.  AMSAT sells the boards and a programmed microcontroller for an AZ/EL rotor using servo motors.  It is very robust and can take directions directly from SATPC32.  I built mine and love it.

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  On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Gerald Payton<gp_ab5r at outlook.com> wrote:   OK, so I am crazy, but I have been bashing my brain about using a servo motor to simulate the human wrist movement of varying the orientation of an antenna, as done in portable hand-held operation.


As I understand, servos primarily rotate 180 degrees left or right governed by the control signal.  That would accomplish the above requirements of pointing the antenna and adjusting for optimal signal.


However, and a BIG however, I know zip about servos or controlling them.  I realize too that their would be a antenna weight problem to overcome and other mechanical factors too!


Consequently, I am wondering it any of you experienced operators have contemplated this before?


Jerry  AB5R


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