Can you run an AC rotor on an small inverter?  Maybe a true sine inverter. 
Or would the inverter be too electrically noisy?
I also wonder if a brushed DC motor would be noisy too. Right up there with the antennas.
Maybe they use a brushless or stepper motor. ???

Jim, wa9tgo

On Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 05:10:25 PM EDT, Peter Goodhall via AMSAT-BB <[email protected]> wrote:


Would explain why the product photo looked exactly the same

Peter.

On Sat, 5 Aug 2023 at 20:43, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB
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> It’s the same product with the addition of Bluetooth. RFinder bought the design from Portable Rotation, which had discontinued it. The price for the basic system prior to its discontinuation was $799, although I don’t know an apples to apples comparison based on what is included with this package.
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> Paul, N8HM
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> On Sat, Aug 5, 2023 at 14:34 Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> That is interesting. How does the cost compare to that other company who used to sell portable 12v rotor? I have no idea if they would be directly comparable on features.
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>> Don KB2YSI
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>> On Sat, Aug 5, 2023, 14:16 Tom Schuessler via AMSAT-BB <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> Yes they are pretty proud of all their products and show it by the price tag, but the RFinder folks have been announcing their portable AZ-EL rotator system.  I expect that some of you folks who have a few more available bucks than I will want to jump on this.  They still show it a s Pre-order though.  They also seem to indicate that one of their radios will also do satellite, with polar plots and I suspect frequency adjustment capabilities.
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>>> https://androiddmr.com/products/rfinder-portazel-portable-12v-bluetooth-az-el-rotator
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>>> Be interesting to see what the AMSAT community says about these products.
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>>> Tom, N5HYP
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