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Can you just use a Yeasu G-5500 rotor?
by madengr 6y ago
Can you just use a Yeasu G-5500 rotor?
- kawfey 6y agoYou could, but that's a $750 rotator to spin some serious antenna weight. What'd be more ideal is if someone ran a kitting business for the open source satnogs rotator. https://wiki.satnogs.org/SatNOGS_Rotator_v3 https://wiki.satnogs.org/SatNOGS_Rotator_v3 Buying in bulk, one could probably get the price down to $200 and still keep a profit, but the volume would be so low that it's probably not worth the time and effort. I've thought about doing this, ran some math, and that's the conclusion I came to.
- golem14 6y agoI suspect so, but it's pretty heavy machinery and really made for a big mast. I've shied away from it so far because it's a big investment, and it's a bit unclear how precise it is, how exactly to connnect it to a computer and so on. My gut feel is that SatNOGS would be easier end-to-end (and probably easier to repair and upgrade if necessary). But yes, I should consider the Yaesu.
- elkos 6y agoCan always use the SatNOGS client with your Yaesu rotator https://wiki.satnogs.org/Rotators https://wiki.satnogs.org/Rotators