Scott, For portable operation I use a large geared RC servo and a small servo tester wired together. It runs off of a tiny 6V LiPo battery. I ordered the geared servo with a 8 inch plastic disc on top. That makes it easy to mount a PVC boom for my antennas. It's on a camera tripod so that I just tilt the tripod to the proper elevation.
Here is the servo. https://www.servocity.com/html/spg805a-bm_standard_rotation.html
Here is the controller. http://www.gravesrc.com/imx10570-imex-servo-tester.html
Michael Vivona Sent from my iPad
On Oct 5, 2015, at 5:36 PM, Scott scott23192@gmail.com wrote:
Greetings all.
Wondering if anyone could recommend a basic AZ-only rotator that is compatible with Orbitron?
I was hoping to find perhaps a low-cost television antenna rotator (or similar) to give me some automation in the AZ direction without the expense of a full AZ-EL system.
Something that works on 12vDC for portable operation would be a nice bonus, but is certainly not mandatory.
Thanks!
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