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        "address": "normanlizeth (a) gmail.com",
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    "sender_name": "Norm n3ykf",
    "subject": "Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 setup",
    "date": "2018-06-26T22:34:05Z",
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    "content": "Center of rotation is 225. (450/2) When making rotator loop (control\ncables and coax), center the rotator before creating it.\n\nHave a blast. This is a great niche of ham radio.\n\nNorm n3ykf\n\nOn Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 5:57 PM, Greg <[email protected]> wrote:\n> Ditto on the 360 here in FN00.  If I recall, (set me straight if I’m thinking Nova) SatPC32 has a 1 minute before AOS.  So usually, it will swing 180 to get oriented anyway before AOS.\n>\n> Greg\n> N3MVF\n>\n>\n> On Jun 26, 2018, at 5:43 PM, Mark D. Johns <[email protected]> wrote:\n>\n> 360 + 90 = 450. Not 420. Use all of it if you can, but SatPC32 will seldom\n> go the whole extra 90 degrees. As noted by others, the ability to do the\n> back flip, 180 degrees of elevation, is usually of more utility.\n>\n> North or south stop is religion, not science (though I'm sure someone has\n> done the math to prove me wrong on that). Your preference. I use a north\n> stop, even though I'm located fairly far north.\n> --\n> Mark D. Johns\n> KØJM / MØGZO / ex-9H3DJ / ex-KØMDJ\n> Brooklyn Park, MN USA   EN35hd\n> -----------------------------------------------\n> \"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,\n>   you would stay out and your dog would go in.\"\n>    ---Mark Twain\n>\n>\n> On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 3:12 PM Butch via AMSAT-BB <[email protected]>\n> wrote:\n>\n>> I have no operating experience with satellites.\n>>\n>> I am installing this G-5500 az-el rotator on a satellite ground station\n>> and I am using SatPC32 tracking software and an ERC interface.  Everything\n>> is operational, so far...\n>>\n>> I am trying to decide whether to use 0 to 360 degrees or 0 to 420 degrees\n>> on the azimuth rotator.\n>> The station is located in Eastern TN, USA.  The  0 to 420 uses all\n>> available rotation but then the meter readings are not as useful.  Are\n>> there any preferences on this?\n>>\n>> From a practical, operating point of view, should the azimuth mid point or\n>> home position have the antenna pointed North or South?  Or some other\n>> direction?\n>>\n>> Thanks for your input.\n>>\n>> Butch K8KO\n>> _______________________________________________\n>> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions\n>> expressed\n>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\n>> AMSAT-NA.\n>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>>\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed\n> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed\n> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n",
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