Re: [amsat-bb] Computer Control of Yaesu G-5500B Rotor
Les,
Good deal on your order. It was fun to build, and yes, the price is hard to beat.
I bought a DIN connector and cable to connect the controller to the G-5500B from an ebay seller. It was low price too. That's how I connected mine.
I'm looking forward to the IC-9700 and plan to use an Alpha Delta coax switch for my 2m and 70cm antennas so I can use the SDRPlay as a receiver when desired.
73,
Bob W7OTJ
On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 11:44 AM Les Rayburn [email protected] wrote:
Bob,
I just ordered the Fox Delta ST2 USB controller based on your recommendation. The price is hard to beat too!
How difficult is it to wire up the connecting cable for the Yaesu G-5500b?
I’m currently using an Icon IC-910H, but hope to upgrade to the IC-9700 later this year. I’m trying to rig up an interface to allow me to use an SDRPlay RSP2 for receive now.
Hope to work you on the birds soon. Let me know how you like that IC-9700. Thanks again!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63nf AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
On Mar 7, 2019, at 6:36 AM, Bob Hammond [email protected] wrote:
Les, I recently finished the Fox Delta ST2 USB controller and am quite happy with it. I use a G5500B and SatPC32. Still waiting for the Icom IC-9700 so I can get on the air. All I have hooked up now is a SDRPlay rsp2.
Bob W7OTJ
On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 11:34 PM Les Rayburn [email protected] wrote:
With a lot of help from Marcus Thomas, KF4YHP I finally completed the installation of my Yaesu G-5500B Az-El rotor tonight. This will allow my 432, 2 Meter, and 1296 antennas inside my attic to finally track satellites throughout their passes.
I’d like to have computer control of the rotor using SatPC32. Can anyone point me towards an assembled interface that will work well?
Saw this on ebay, but not sure how well it will work with SatPC32. Any thoughts?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Rotator-control-interface-board-box-for-YAESU-G... < https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Rotator-control-interface-board-box-for-YAESU-G...
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63nf AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
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I believe there are no AMSAT LVB trackers available new. But the Fox-Delta is supposed to be a sort of clone if I remember right. LVB works fine with SatPC32. Some day it would be fun to build one from a Raspberry Pi. <Puts at the bottom of long list...>
On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 3:46 PM Bob Hammond [email protected] wrote:
Les,
Good deal on your order. It was fun to build, and yes, the price is hard to beat.
I bought a DIN connector and cable to connect the controller to the G-5500B from an ebay seller. It was low price too. That's how I connected mine.
I'm looking forward to the IC-9700 and plan to use an Alpha Delta coax switch for my 2m and 70cm antennas so I can use the SDRPlay as a receiver when desired.
73,
Bob W7OTJ
On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 11:44 AM Les Rayburn [email protected] wrote:
Bob,
I just ordered the Fox Delta ST2 USB controller based on your recommendation. The price is hard to beat too!
How difficult is it to wire up the connecting cable for the Yaesu
G-5500b?
I’m currently using an Icon IC-910H, but hope to upgrade to the IC-9700 later this year. I’m trying to rig up an interface to allow me to use an SDRPlay RSP2 for receive now.
Hope to work you on the birds soon. Let me know how you like that
IC-9700.
Thanks again!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63nf AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
On Mar 7, 2019, at 6:36 AM, Bob Hammond [email protected] wrote:
Les, I recently finished the Fox Delta ST2 USB controller and am quite happy with it. I use a G5500B and SatPC32. Still waiting for the Icom IC-9700 so I can get on the air. All I have hooked up now is a SDRPlay rsp2.
Bob W7OTJ
On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 11:34 PM Les Rayburn [email protected]
wrote:
With a lot of help from Marcus Thomas, KF4YHP I finally completed the installation of my Yaesu G-5500B Az-El rotor tonight. This will allow my 432, 2 Meter, and 1296 antennas inside my attic to finally track
satellites
throughout their passes.
I’d like to have computer control of the rotor using SatPC32. Can anyone point me towards an assembled interface that will work well?
Saw this on ebay, but not sure how well it will work with SatPC32. Any thoughts?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Rotator-control-interface-board-box-for-YAESU-G...
<
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Rotator-control-interface-board-box-for-YAESU-G...
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63nf AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
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" Some day it would be fun to build one from a Raspberry Pi. <Puts at the bottom of long list...> "
Just fyi - it was pretty straight-forward to implement a small Arduino based CAT controller for a old Cornell Dublier Azimuth rotator. The motor driver uses a off-the-shelf transformer to power the motor and is opto-isolated from the Arduino. The unit connects to the laptop via a USB cable, and works very nicely with SatPC32 as well as HRD. I plan to add a 2 line LCD display, just for kicks, although it is not really needed.
73!Umeshk6vug
On Friday, March 8, 2019, 11:37:52 AM PST, Burns Fisher [email protected] wrote:
I believe there are no AMSAT LVB trackers available new. But the Fox-Delta is supposed to be a sort of clone if I remember right. LVB works fine with SatPC32. Some day it would be fun to build one from a Raspberry Pi. <Puts at the bottom of long list...>
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