[bars] Az/El rotor?

[KC1SOZ]

If your antenna is relatively light weight, why not use a motorized
telescope mount? Those are relatively inexpensive and can be controlled
with bluetooth, internet or wifi.

73,
KC1SOZ
Juan


On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 11:42 PM Tim KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> Back in the 70s, when the Earth was young, one of my motivations for
> wanting a ham license was to 'work the birds', specifically the AMSAT OSCAR
> satellites.  I didn't quite get my ticket back then but my interest in
> satellites stayed with me.  Now that I've (finally) gotten into the hobby
> I'm ready to send some signals into space.
>
> What I need now is an Az/El rotor (Yaesu G-5500 or similar) to point the
> antennas at the right spot in the sky.  I can manage to build the antennas,
> but the rotor is a bit beyond my ability.  If you, or anyone you know, has
> one they may be willing to part with I'd appreciate a heads up.
>
> Thanks & 73,
>
> Tim - KC1RET
>
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