OBSERVATIONS FROM NORWAY .   13-05-07.

A FULLY AUTOMATED SATELLITE STATION USING 25 YEAR OLD RADIOS.  (Part2)

(For anyone in regular contact... LA2QAA has been suffering from a foot problem... hobbling around on crutches for a short while.  His condition has improved so much of late that he only needs one crutch now, so things seem to be looking up.  .... GM1SXX)


It's a (working) scale model of the elevation rotor that fits onto the azimuth rotor in my last observations (The DOG Tracker). Made with a miniature junkbox 12v motor and simple hand tools.
 

A demonstration model elevation rotator for the 'DOG Tracker)


 

The whole point of this exercise is to prove that the Dog Tracker really does track and tune "old" radios automatically.
 

Another short of the DIY elevation rotator.

 

Even more uses for tubular aluminium. A prototype loop-yagi


73 John.

la2qaa@amsat.org

(Hmmm.... wonder where he got that length of good quality aluminium alloy tubing? ... GM1SXX)