Michael,
Yes. The standard package assumes you will mount the pair together, and has a bracket which attaches them to each other. If you want to separate them, you need another mast clamp and some other bits of hardware. I have mounted the azimuth rotator at the bottom of the tower which rotates the mast, and the elevation rotator above the top, which is mechanically equivalent to what you are doing. Works well, and removes the lateral stress on the azimuth rotator.
73s,
Alan WA4SCA
<-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Michael <Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 12:46 PM <To: amsat-bb@amsat.org <Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G5500 Rotator < <I want to mount a small HF beam on a mast and rotate it using the <azimuth portion of the G5500 to point it. Then I'd like to install sat <antenna's up above the HF beam using the elevation rotator. Is this <where using the "separation kit" comes into play? I'm having a hard <time wrapping my head around the installation parameters. <Thanks and 73, <Michael W4HIJ < <_______________________________________________ <Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! <Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb