You could, but that's a $750 rotator to spin some serious antenna weight.

What'd be more ideal is if someone ran a kitting business for the open source satnogs rotator. https://wiki.satnogs.org/SatNOGS_Rotator_v3

Buying in bulk, one could probably get the price down to $200 and still keep a profit, but the volume would be so low that it's probably not worth the time and effort.

I've thought about doing this, ran some math, and that's the conclusion I came to.

I suspect so, but it's pretty heavy machinery and really made for a big mast. I've shied away from it so far because it's a big investment, and it's a bit unclear how precise it is, how exactly to connnect it to a computer and so on.

My gut feel is that SatNOGS would be easier end-to-end (and probably easier to repair and upgrade if necessary).

But yes, I should consider the Yaesu.