[amsat-bb] Mounting Elevation part of g-5500

[Michael Wolthuis <wolthui3@xxxxxxx>]

Quick question on mounting a g-5500 elevation router.  Does it matter  
which way you mount it or can you set the controller to know where it  
is?  This is a little hard to explain, but I want to mount it so the  
mass of the controller is horizontal to the ground, not vertical like  
when the az/el are package together.  If I do this, will I be able to  
set the antennas somehow so the controller knows where they are or  
does it determine that on its own?

If I mount it wrong and the controller can not be told where it is  
(ie. calibrated) then all of my degrees would be off by 90 because I  
am mounting the elevation portion horizontal instead of vertical.

I hope this question makes sense, but I don't want to assemble it all  
up high and then findout it doesn't work as planned.

Thanks for any input!

Mike
kb8zgl

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