[amsat-bb] Thoughts on AZ/EL rotors

[Corey Shields]

If you're comfortable with flashing an arduino and soldering a shield,
there is an open design for a G-5500 controller at the url below. It
works with the K3NG rotator controller arduino code (links are in that
page). A LOT cheaper than the GS232A!

https://gitlab.com/librespacefoundation/satnogs/g5500-ardushield/tree/master

Cheers,
-Corey KB9JHU

On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 1:47 PM, Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET
<wd9get at amsat.org> wrote:
> I've been using the sats with my Arrow and HT and am considering the jump
> to a more robust station. I'm pretty well set with my TS-2000 and I can
> figure out antennas, but the interwebs are a major tangle of articles about
> tracking systems, and  I'm having problems sorting out the info overload.
>
> I'm in south Texas and planning a permanent installation, so weather
> hardiness is necessary. This seems to me to rule out SatNOGs and Portable
> Rotation systems. The main alternative I'm seeing is the Yaesu G-5500 (Alfa
> Spid is more than I'm wanting to spend). Where things get really murky is
> the computer interface. The GS232A is a bit on the expensive side. There
> are many alternatives, but many are no longer in production or are
> technically outdated.
>
> What I'm looking for from the group is recommendations for Az-El rotor
> systems and computer interfaces (I'm using SATPC32 and HRD for the tracking
> software).
>
> Thanks & 73,
> Keith WD9GET
>
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Corey Shields