[amsat-bb] Thoughts on AZ/EL rotors

[Devin L. Ganger]

You can also get one of the FoxDelta controllers:

http://foxdelta.com/products/st2-0417.htm

$65 for a small kit that is a pleasant build, $10 more pre-assembled.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Corey
> Shields
> Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 10:56 AM
> To: Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET <wd9get at amsat.org>
> Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thoughts on AZ/EL rotors
> 
> 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 longer in production or are technically outdated.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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> >
> > * Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET wd9get at amsat.org <wd9get at amsat.org>*
> >
> > 'Christianity and science are opposed…but only in the same sense as my
> > thumb and forefinger are opposed - and between them I can grasp
> > everything.' —Sir William Bragg (Nobel Prize for Physics- 1915)
> >
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> >
> > *xb*
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