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Thanks Mike. I just ordered a G-800DXA. A little more money than the
450, but has some presets, and the option for pc control If I want to
go that route later on. It also has the overlap feature, which i guess
is standard with Yaesu.
73, Steve KW3A
On 8/25/2014 1:30 PM, Mike Barnard wrote:
> I have a yyasu roter, I will get the model, but that sounds about
> write. It is not the two speed roter, but it works fine. The great
> thing about it is it will turn 90 degrees past 360. Also the roter
> was put up and it wasn't north, I took my iphone out and had a
> sighted friend find where the hex beam was pointed and then set the
> hand to that degree on the face of the roter. It is easy to follow
> and it takes quite a bit of pressure to move it. The face does twist
> off and I just leave it off. If you ever had an a braille clock with
> hands, to change the hand on the roter is harder to move than a
> clock, so you won't accidently change it. If you wanted to you could
> put braille lables or marks on the face easily.
> When someone sighted is here I will try to ask them. I got the
> roter from Dx engineering.
> Mike
> KD2CDU 02:39 PM 8/24/2014, you wrote:
>> My fuzzy brain recollects that one or more people on the list are using
>> the YAESU
>> G-450A antenna rotor.
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>> If so, is this the one where something can be removed from the control
>> box and the pointer felt to find direction?
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>> If I have the wrong model, let me know which one is being used by blind
>> hams.
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>> In any event, is this a good way of doing things, or maybe it really
>> doesn't work that well?
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>> 73, Steve KW3A
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