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Reviews For: Fox Delta ST2-0417 USB

Category: Antenna Rotators & Accessories

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Review Summary For : Fox Delta ST2-0417 USB
Reviews: 1MSRP: $63 USD plus shipping
Description:
ST2-USB is an advanced Satellite Antenna Tracking Interface for Yaesu (Or similar) Rotor Controllers. It's equivalent to the Yaesu GS-232 Az/El interface. It can be purchased as a kit or fully assembled.
Product is in production
More Info: https://www.foxdelta.com/products/st2-0417.htm
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WA9PIE Rating: 2021-10-17
Fantastic rotator interface! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I test a lot of gear - interfaces of all kinds in-particular. I recently obtained a fully-assembled Fox Delta ST2-0417 USB to test with Ham Radio Deluxe and a Yaesu G-5500 rotator. Once the ST2 is configured, it's absolutely excellent.

Tips for getting through the configuration. One - they give you an 8-pin DIN connector to create the cable to connect to the G-5500 controller. Just buy one off Amazon that has connectors on both ends and cut one end off. Two - when I attempted to install the driver, the driver installer that was provided would not install the driver. Just right-click on the INF file that comes with the drivers and then click "Install" and it goes fine from there. And finally - calibrate and configure the ST2 using PuTTY (connected to the COM port at 9600 baud). There are instructions out there for this and it's far easier than trying to configure the EEPROM from the menu on the display. Since I do these kinds of things all the time, it didn't bother me at all. Some folks may require help with it.

Nonetheless... when you compare the price of the ST2 to the price of the GS-232... it's a no-brainer (and you have to configure the GS-232 also).