Mike,

Tnx for the info, and it was nice to chat with you last night.

I had thought of rotating the mast, but that would turn into more of a 
project than I want to get involved in.  The 450 rotor is  about half 
the weight of a Ham IV  and I am thinking about putting it at the top 
and pushing it up.     I do have an old Ham IV here, but again more 
weight to push up.    I looked into getting the Ham IV control box 
modified with the  Rotor EZ board, and it would cost  me  about $270  to 
have the board with serial control installed and shipped back.

I have  a lot of  ways I can  go here and not quite sure which is the 
best at this time.  I do know the  TV rotor isn't going to cut it long term.

If I go with one of the higher end Yaesu's, I can get a $75 option for 
my WaveNode unit that will allow pc control, but not  positive right now 
  how accessible it is.

73, Steve KW3A.

On 8/24/2014 3:02 PM, Michael Ryan wrote:
> Steve:=20
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> The one I have experience with is the 800 model. Can't remember if it =
> was the DXA, the one that allows presets, or not.=20
> This model did have a raised pointer on the knob and a removable glass =
> cover to allow a gentle placing of the finger to follow it as it turned.=20=
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> For the extra bucks, that's the model I'd get because it would have the =
> capability to rotate a decent sized push up mast.=20
> In other words, you could place your rotator on a platform or tripod =
> about 3 feet high, and run up a rotatable mast.=20
> This sells for around 400 at radio world in Toronto so you might be able =
> to get this considerably less. I don't know however if this price =
> includes the controller or not.=20
> Enjoyed the QSO last night, worked a JA on the Southern Cross DX net on =
> 20M 10:30 my time this morning.=20
> =20
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> HTH and 73:=20
> Mike VO1AX=20
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