I'm pretty sure this isn't the article you were thinking of, but I made my own Az/El rotor from a U-110 and a regular Ham-type rotor, with a Basic Stamp-based controller. Has both manual and automatic modes. See the pictures and links to the design documentation at the top of:
http://home.wavecable.com/~ko6th Good luck, Greg KO6TH On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Joel Black <[email protected]> wrote: > I am looking for an old article regarding the use of two U-110 rotors for > satellite operations. > > I have gone through all my old references and cannot find what I'm looking > for. > > Basically, it was a setup using two U-110's (or it could have been two > U-100's). The homemade controller used either toggle or rocker switches > and had a digital readout of AZ/EL using DVOM's. As far as I remember, it > was all manual. I remember seeing this in the back of some publication, > but I cannot find it. > > Does anyone have any inkling of and idea what I'm talking about? > > 73, > Joel - W4JBB > ______________________________**_________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: > http://amsat.org/mailman/**listinfo/amsat-bb<http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb> > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
