[amsat-bb] Thoughts on AZ/EL rotors

[Mike Sprenger]

Keith 

I’ve built several of the arduinos and loaded the K3NG code (excellent stuff) to drive 2nd hand Yaesu 5400s which all works great w/SATPC32

Mail me direct if I can help.  

Thanks,
Mike
W4UOO

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> On Aug 1, 2018, at 1:56 PM, Corey Shields <cshields at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 technically outdated.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>*
>> 
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>> 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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