[DogParkList] MacDoppler rotor control

[Ollie Eisman]

Don,

That's very good to know that the rotors are so durable.  I'll stop  
worrying about motor wear and get back to higher priority items, like  
grounding the station properly. :)

Thanks for the reply and 73.

Ollie
AJ1O

On Jul 19, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Don Agro wrote:


> Hi Ollie,

>

> On 2009-07-19, at 1:06 PM, Ollie Eisman wrote:

>

>> Hi,

>>

>> I looked in the manual but didn't see a way to adjust the rate at  

>> which the rotor positions are updated.  It appears it happens about  

>> once/second.  I would like to slow down the rate a little to save  

>> wear and tear on my rotors.

>

>

> MacDoppler updates the rotors once a second but only if the position  

> has changed more than a degree. Adding a filter to make the rotors  

> update less often (and thus less accurately) is a good idea, but the  

> G5400 Rotors on the VE3VRW Satellite Gateway have been operating  

> 24/7 for more than 6 years without a problem.

>

> 73 de VE3VRW Don Agro

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