Be cautious with Idiom Press. I ordered one of their controllers advertised as "assembled and tested" a couple of months agoo. What I received was assembled MINUS the controller chip. Not sure how it was tested, if at all. I have made many requests for the missing part but nothing has been delivered in the 2+ months of waiting. Check out the complaints at eHam...
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org]On Behalf Of Tony Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 23:19 UTC To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Computer Controll for old Yaesu Rotators
All,
I have an old Yaesu G-500A elevation rotator mated to a Yaesu G-800SDX and would like to use computer controll for both. They each have their own controller, but they do not have buit-in computer controll boards.
Idiom ( http://www.idiompress.com/rotorcard.html ) makes a board for the G-800SDX, but I can't find anything for the G-500A.
What would be the best inteface / boads to use with this set-up? The Yaesu GS-232 interface is a bit pricy and was wondering about an alternative. I use NOVA software for tracking.
Thanks,
Tony -K2MO
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