[amsat-bb] Thoughts on AZ/EL rotors

[Dave Webb KB1PVH]

Here are some of the popular rotor interfaces in no particular order.

LVB Tracker from AMSAT
https://www.amsat.org/product/lvb-tracker-complete/

ERC-M
 http://www.vibroplex.com/contents/en-us/d79.html

EA4TX controller https://ea4tx.com/en/products-page/ars-usb/

Fox Delta ST2
http://www.foxdelta.com/products/st2-rs232.htm

Green Heron RT21
https://www.greenheronengineering.com/RT_Overview.php

Dave-KB1PVH


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On Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 1:50 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 technically outdated.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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