Alan,
Agreed. I looked at that and considered it. However, what I ended up with is
both accessible and also fully automatic. With a USB connection to the PC,
the heading is set based on the call sign entered in the logging program.
That seemed better than a not integrated but accessible rotor where I still
had to look up the needed beam heading then set it manually.

I'll write it all up in part 3.

73, Jim


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Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 9:43 PM
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Subject: Re: Hex Beam and accessible rotor, part 2: the mast and mounting
the beam

In the future, remember that the Yaesu rotor control boxes have an easily
removable front glass, and as the needle is quite stout, it is a trivial
exercise to read the direction of your antennas.


Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ