> From: Jeffrey Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [BAWUG] Two-axis computer-controlled antenna mount
> Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 21:24:09 -0700
>
> My colleagues want to be able to readily repurpose a mounted
> directional antenna, so that it would be easy to point it at site A
> then quickly rotate it to point at sites B, C, or D. We are
> thinking a computer-controlled telescope mount would work, or a
> pan-and-tilt unit used for cameras and lights.
>
> The Meade telescope units look pretty sturdy, but the question is
> whether you can actually remove the telescope. The pan-and-tilt
> units from Directed Perception have a rating of only 6lbs, which is
> enough for the antenna but I worry about wind loading.
>
> If any of you have mounted an antenna this way I'd like to hear your
> experience.
>
> Regards,
> Jeffrey Baker
Check out the Yaesu g-5500 www.yaesu.com/amateur/g5500.html.
this is a pan/tilt rotor designed for amateur radio satellite arrays.
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