Finally, this rotator is getting some use! First voice QSO with it a few weeks ago and now it’s very useful for digital mode experiment (my first ever FT4 QSO, lol!) as you are literally hands free and can focused on the computer. I placed the rotator temporarily on the balcony with view to the North (luckily IO-86 pass always scheduled to the North, so I get 100% scheduled coverage) with most coverage for polar satellite with nearly 50% open view to the North and 50% blocked to the South. Next, I probably going to integrate this with my SatNOGS system and that would remove the need of laptop every time using the rotator.
(btw FT4 experiment is on special occasion and not on ordinary voice mode schedule, SO-124 is another satellite that provide digital mode experiment)
And oh, on day-to-day basis, I still use handheld antenna for regular satellite QSO. Using rotator for QSO is weirdly vacant and feels unnatural to me ![]()


